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title: "Overage Billing Control"
description: "Choose whether API usage continues past your monthly limit — new accounts start with overage off by default."
canonical_url: "https://docs.carsxe.com/docs/changelogs/2026-04-22"
markdown_url: "https://docs.carsxe.com/docs/changelogs/2026-04-22.md"
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# Overage Billing Control
URL: /docs/changelogs/2026-04-22
LLM index: /llms.txt
Description: Choose whether API usage continues past your monthly limit — new accounts start with overage off by default.

## Added

- Overage Charges control in [billing settings](https://carsxe.com/dashboard/billing) — choose whether API access continues past your monthly limit, with overage billing applied.
- Confirmation prompts when turning overage on or off, to help prevent accidental billing changes.
- Direct links from over-quota warning emails to the developer dashboard to manage this setting.

## Breaking Changes

- New accounts now start with overage charges turned **off** by default. Once your monthly quota is reached, requests pause until you enable overage in [billing settings](https://carsxe.com/dashboard/billing) or your usage resets. Existing accounts keep their current overage setting and are not affected.

## Notes

- Failed or paused requests due to reaching your quota are not billed and do not count against quota.

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