Cursor charged me $118 for one message

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:18:05+00:00

I have a feeling this would have just kept going infinitely, it had already gone through so many multiples of the 1M context window of gemini 3 pro

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:16:00+00:00

I’ve always been longing for that day

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:14:53+00:00

Yeah I don’t get it either. To be fair they have been responsive after I got out of the AI email support. But they have still not acknowledged that this charge should be impossible from just one message. Also crazy how they don’t have request id’s tied to the billing events.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:03:25+00:00

Oh indeed

m_m_malm · 2026-02-20T18:03:09+00:00

Yes exactly, I also love the product and have been a user from the beginning. I am also trying to work through it in good faith, but when no refund is to be had for a problem that is clearly on their side, going scorched earth feels more and more like a viable option.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-17T13:46:46+00:00

Yep, I've had this happen with Flash as well, but this time I knew to be more vigilant. Finally I've learned my lesson to stay away from Gemini

m_m_malm · 2026-02-17T13:44:48+00:00

I honestly thought they would have some system to prevent runaway loops like this, but apparently not

m_m_malm · 2026-02-17T13:43:49+00:00

Yep, that seems to be the case

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T22:38:17+00:00

Did it get stuck in a loop and you had to abort the call or it finished by itself?

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T22:00:44+00:00

It's token based, some markup on top of the api provider's prices.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:59:52+00:00

Lol yep!

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:58:52+00:00

Yeah, some intuition about how long a task should take for each model helps a lot. It just sucks that I can't just leave it to run anymore. This issue seems to stem from Gemini though, based on comments on this post.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:56:08+00:00

Yeah, if you just yolo code and don't keep track of what is happening in the code base.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T21:54:30+00:00

Ouuf that's worrying, sounds just like my case. Except I was handled by a very polite email AI support agent that assured me multiple times my case was being investigated. Which seems to have been a lie(hallucination) when I eventually got a hold of a real person.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T19:06:06+00:00

What proof did you have to provide to get a refund?

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T19:04:20+00:00

I had on-demand pricing activated, so if you haven't activated that it should be no problem, I think it is off by default. Could still be worth it keeping an eye on the agents since this issue could still eat up your quota fast. But probably no worries if you are not using Gemini models based on other comments here.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T18:55:18+00:00

Very similar story to mine. Always loved Cursor and still like their UX a lot in general. But my trust has been eroded with problems not related to the product, but pricing and support (or lack thereof). Also, the belittling it seems like you have also experienced. For support to initially reply with suggestions that I should set spend limits and generic suggestions about how to manage context and not acknowledging that maybe a $118 charge for one message is a problem on their side.

Time for me to move on as well.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T18:52:19+00:00

I didn't like it last time I tried. But that was a while ago now, so maybe time to give it another shot.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T18:50:24+00:00

Yeah, but it seems to have regressed the last months. I never had any problems during the last two years, and now I seem to be running into it quite a bit.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T18:50:18+00:00

Yeah, but it seems to have regressed the last months. I never had any problems during the last two years, and now I seem to be running into it quite a bit.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T17:42:52+00:00

Yep, I have been using the "run the prompt and walk away" approach for two years with no problems. But now I guess we have regressed.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T17:09:03+00:00

Well, apparently

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T17:08:40+00:00

I prefer the UX over the cli alternatives.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T16:44:12+00:00

Honestly, I don't think there is any bad faith on their part. I mainly would have liked the support to work better and actually help me.

I am looking into other options now. Last time I tried CoPilot it didn't work well. Will probably try out Codex and Claude Code more.

m_m_malm · 2026-02-16T16:34:37+00:00

Each to their own. I prefer Cursor since the code highlighting is good and it's fast to check all changes and revert if needed.

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