From a5face110767108ea9165bd88799b9d462d92034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Noel Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:47:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] [Fundamentals] Add changelog for default-on Budget alerts --- .../2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx diff --git a/src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ecc67dd32b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: Budget alerts now on by default for Pay-as-you-go accounts +description: Eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts now receive an automatic $10 budget alert at the start of each new billing cycle. You can edit the threshold or remove the alert at any time. +products: + - fundamentals + - workers +date: 2026-06-15 +--- + +We are turning on Budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred. + +The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When projected monthly usage-based spend reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only and does not cap or stop usage. + +You can change the threshold, add additional alerts, or remove the default alert entirely from **Manage Account** > **Billing** > **Billable Usage**, or from your Notifications settings. If you already configured your own budget alert, nothing changes. + +Default alerts are available for Pay-as-you-go accounts with active usage-based products. Enterprise contract accounts are not in scope. + +For more information, refer to the [Budget alerts documentation](/billing/manage/budget-alerts/). From 9167b5a51b2314a9032ac4ef9d1eba093077be0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Noel Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:09:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] [Billing] Move to billing folder, tighten informational-only copy --- .../2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) rename src/content/changelog/{fundamentals => billing}/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx (93%) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx similarity index 93% rename from src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx rename to src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index ecc67dd32b6..80dbad82fc4 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/fundamentals/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ title: Budget alerts now on by default for Pay-as-you-go accounts description: Eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts now receive an automatic $10 budget alert at the start of each new billing cycle. You can edit the threshold or remove the alert at any time. products: - - fundamentals - - workers + - billing date: 2026-06-15 --- We are turning on Budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred. -The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When projected monthly usage-based spend reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only and does not cap or stop usage. +The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When projected monthly usage-based spend reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. You can change the threshold, add additional alerts, or remove the default alert entirely from **Manage Account** > **Billing** > **Billable Usage**, or from your Notifications settings. If you already configured your own budget alert, nothing changes. From 06b2f8098cff30a45e5f21c5552a912643852a0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Noel Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:11:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] [Billing] Clarify budget alerts only count usage-based spend --- .../changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index 80dbad82fc4..14cb32a9a79 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ We are turning on Budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When projected monthly usage-based spend reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. +Budget alerts only consider spend on usage-based products. Recurring subscription fees, such as the Workers Paid plan fee or other monthly plan charges, are not included in the threshold calculation. + You can change the threshold, add additional alerts, or remove the default alert entirely from **Manage Account** > **Billing** > **Billable Usage**, or from your Notifications settings. If you already configured your own budget alert, nothing changes. Default alerts are available for Pay-as-you-go accounts with active usage-based products. Enterprise contract accounts are not in scope. From 8893e1418f8c280a739ed60e90ad21e32e8e2c8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Noel Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:41:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] [Billing] Align changelog wording with cumulative-spend language --- .../changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index 14cb32a9a79..3730c1a41de 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ date: 2026-06-15 We are turning on Budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred. -The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When projected monthly usage-based spend reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. +The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When your cumulative usage-based spend this cycle reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. Budget alerts only consider spend on usage-based products. Recurring subscription fees, such as the Workers Paid plan fee or other monthly plan charges, are not included in the threshold calculation. From 6c4502180454f74e41cfb00d084ad6bbedff8aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Noel Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:44:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] [Billing] Note phased cohort rollout for default Budget alerts --- .../changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index 3730c1a41de..306780cc9bb 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ date: 2026-06-15 We are turning on Budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred. +We are rolling this out in cohorts over the coming weeks, so eligible accounts may see their default alert appear at different times. + The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When your cumulative usage-based spend this cycle reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. Budget alerts only consider spend on usage-based products. Recurring subscription fees, such as the Workers Paid plan fee or other monthly plan charges, are not included in the threshold calculation. From 287f9050985451f41b062614d0170b6cd69dc2d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ryan-noel-2258 Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:11:45 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Apply suggestion from @vy-ton Co-authored-by: Vy Ton --- .../changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index 306780cc9bb..17bc4e432ba 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: Budget alerts now on by default for Pay-as-you-go accounts description: Eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts now receive an automatic $10 budget alert at the start of each new billing cycle. You can edit the threshold or remove the alert at any time. products: - billing + - workers date: 2026-06-15 --- From a27a38f8a229176fbcd8bc7d7f4e5dc860ba921a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Noel Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:34:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] [Billing] Clarify daily ETL delay for budget alert firing --- .../changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index 17bc4e432ba..af7426462a1 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ We are rolling this out in cohorts over the coming weeks, so eligible accounts m The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When your cumulative usage-based spend this cycle reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. +Usage is processed once per day for the prior day's activity, so budget alerts fire the day after the threshold is reached rather than in real time. + Budget alerts only consider spend on usage-based products. Recurring subscription fees, such as the Workers Paid plan fee or other monthly plan charges, are not included in the threshold calculation. You can change the threshold, add additional alerts, or remove the default alert entirely from **Manage Account** > **Billing** > **Billable Usage**, or from your Notifications settings. If you already configured your own budget alert, nothing changes. From 10cc388a0cd62102fc47b20afb98deb991a92069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ryan-noel-2258 Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:38:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Update 2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx --- .../changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx index af7426462a1..bdc082da8dc 100644 --- a/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx +++ b/src/content/changelog/billing/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on.mdx @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts now receive an automatic $10 budget products: - billing - workers -date: 2026-06-15 +date: 2026-07-16 --- We are turning on Budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred.