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When My Paid Gemini Chat Bill Came in at Double the Estimate — Field Notes on Per-Request Token Accounting to Plug the Cost Leaks

From a real overrun where my paid Gemini chat SaaS bill nearly doubled the estimate, here is how I logged token usage per request, traced where cost was leaking, and plugged three specific gaps. Recording usage_metadata and reconciling it against the invoice is the starting point.