AWS is currently experiencing an issue where usage figures of several trillion yen are being displayed.
A problem has occurred in Amazon Web Services (AWS) billing system, resulting in many users seeing billing amounts in the trillions of yen on their billing screens.
Service health - Jul 18, 2026 | AWS Health Dashboard | Global
An example of an incorrect charge is shown below. For July 2026, the usage fee is displayed as $825,850,000,616.00 (approximately 134 trillion yen), an amount exceeding Japan's national budget.
bankruptcy
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(Apparently there's an AWS outage 💦) pic.twitter.com/C95aOa2Fs7
Some users have been charged $122,635,438,852.36 (approximately 20 trillion yen).
The AWS account used for testing has shown some incredible activity. The amount is insane. I wonder how many physical data centers that would be equivalent to. pic.twitter.com/OlBY3jaRuE
— Ryo Suzuki (@suzryo) July 17, 2026
Checking the AWS outage information page reveals that there is a global issue with the AWS billing console. AWS appears to have recognized the problem and started an investigation at 5:33 PM JST on July 17, 2026. Fixing work has already begun, and full recovery is expected by 4:00 PM JST on July 19, 2026.
Users don't need to do anything; they just need to wait for AWS to respond. Perhaps because the amount was so large that there was no room for misunderstanding, AWS is treating the issue half-jokingly, commenting on their official X page, 'It was just a slight calculation error on our part (really slight 😅)' and 'What would you buy if you had trillions of dollars?'
Typo alert: Some customers saw quadrillion-dollar AWS billing estimates today. Slight miscalculation on our end (very slight 😅).
— Amazon Web Services (@awscloud) July 17, 2026
We're fixing it now. No action needed on your end. Sorry for the confusion.
Real question: what will you do with those trillions instead?
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