Billing flow and reliability updates
January 15, 2026
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Billing behavior is now consistent across accounts, and onboarding checklists stay hidden until billing is accepted so setup steps appear at the right time. Staging billing now better matches live behavior, while invalid-request handling is smoother to prevent avoidable disruptions.
Summary
- Onboarding checklist appears only after billing is accepted.
- Staging uses real charges and skips automatic test charges.
- Bad requests no longer break context pre-filtering reliability.