Z.ai Platform Reports Billing Glitch, Token Charges Surged 19x

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Release Time: 06/14/2026 10:02:33

Summary

AI and crypto news broke as Z.ai, the overseas arm of Zhipu AI, encountered a billing error. Developer Da7em reported a 19x overcharge caused by repeated context inputs being billed as new. The invoice showed 270,000 tokens used but charged nearly 5 million. Testing confirmed the issue stemmed from server-side caching and billing. The glitch underscores risks associated with new token listings and platform reliability.

ME AI message, according to monitoring by Beating, the Z.ai overseas developer platform by Zhipu AI has been revealed to have a severe caching and billing system anomaly. Developer Da7em reported to the official team on X that when using the platform’s GLM model, repeated contexts appeared not to trigger caching-based billing, but were instead treated as new inputs and charged repeatedly. Screenshots of Da7em’s bill show that the actual token usage recorded by the development tool Zcode was approximately 270,000, yet the platform’s final billing statement showed nearly 5 million tokens consumed—an increase of nearly 19 times. To rule out client-side interference, Da7em conducted comparative tests across multiple agent development frameworks, including Claude Code, Hermes Agent, Zcode, and OpenCode, and confirmed the anomaly persisted consistently across all tools, indicating the root cause lies in the server-side caching and billing system. (Source: BlockBeats)

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