Hi @68bzetsq-4300, welcome to the Vercel Community!

Thanks for reaching out here. As I can see in your account, you received your $5 credit on 5 Jan, 2026 and there are transactions from 5 to 9 January where the credits were used before they reached $0.

This all seems normal usage to me and not via our system.

I'd request you to visit the AI Gateway tab in your Vercel dashboard and view the usage to understand how the credits were consumed. Let me know if you need more help.

Hi,

Thank you for checking my account. I understand that the $5 credit was issued on January 5, 2026, and that usage logs show consumption through January 9.

However, I want to emphasize that I’ve been using AI Gateway within normal, expected patterns—nothing unusual or excessive. There were no bulk requests, automated scripts, or unexpected traffic. Yet the credit dropped to $0 much faster than anticipated, almost as if it disappeared “by magic.”

I don’t believe this aligns with typical free-tier usage behavior, especially since I’ve used the same setup in previous months without issue.

That said, I’ll monitor closely during the next billing cycle (starting February 5) to see if the credit renews and behaves as expected. In the meantime, if there’s any way to review whether there might have been an anomaly—such as incorrect metering or a background process consuming credits unintentionally—I’d really appreciate your help looking into it.

Thanks again for your support!