Why is there no proper tracking of cost for Connect Proxy usage and why is each call billed as one full credit?

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hi everyone, i’m having some big confusion with your Connect Proxy after many back and forth with your support. my system is fully integrated with Connect proxies, but I am having big doubts due to:

  1. There is no way to track the cost. I think there is now a List Usage endpoint thankfully, but that’s only good for my own general reporting. Connect Proxy is by nature for platforms, we need a way to track EACH CALL. This is a big blind spot, I was billed hundreds of dollars (but thankfully reverted) for a customer’s error due to repetitive calls. Zero visibility into anything about billing here, no budgeting etc.
  2. I was just told a few minutes ago, Connect Proxy calls are billed 1 CREDIT PER CALL. Is this correct? Everywhere you are saying 1 credit = 30 seconds computing. My calls take very little time, around 200-500ms and I am being charged 1 FULL CREDIT for each one of them? This is truly crazy and not documented anywhere. Billing documentation is really missing a lot about proxies.
    I am very confused at this point. No way to properly track cost; and now this huge cost per call, I feel helpless. Please advise.
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We’re aware of #1 being an inconvenience and yes, we currently provide an endpoint to track usage, but do not provide it on a per-request basis yet. This is already on the team’s radar.

Regarding #2, this works the same way as it does for workflow executions, action/source executions via connect, and MCP tool calls (docs here). Any of these operations cost 1 credit per 30 seconds of compute time, meaning if it takes 40-60 seconds it’ll cost 2 credits, but we do not add up multiple, separate executions’ compute time - each execution is its own self-contained operation, billed at a minimum of 1 credit.

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hi , thank you, okay, so any single proxy call less than 30 seconds (which almost all of are) would cost 1 credit. This is a no-no pricing structure for platforms, I will have to migrate off. Thank you for the info.