AWS Billing Glitch Shows Customers Trillion-Dollar Charges

On July 17, 2026, a bug in AWS's billing estimation system inflated charges across its console worldwide. Some customers saw figures as high as $1.5 trillion; a UK charity was billed $7.8 billion for an app costing under £1 monthly. AWS blamed a unit-pricing error and apologised. The incident raises fresh questions about trust in cloud billing transparency.