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Cloud expense ledger (HEARSAY)
Every rental appends a row here (scripts/cloud/launch.sh), the reaper appends the destroy,
and scripts/cloud/teardown_check.sh appends the credit left. Balance: uvx vastai show user --raw.
Payments in
| Date | Vendor | Method | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| before Sep 26 | vast.ai | card | credit $13.37 at handoff (01:30) |
Charges
| Date | Vendor | Instance / item | Role | GPU | Storage | Bandwidth | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 04:13 | vast.ai | 52714961 (31632908) | pilot attempt | A100 SXM4 $0.67 | stuck in loading 10 min, destroyed by the launcher | |||
| 2026-09-26 04:26 | vast.ai | 52721239 (50894989) | abl_extra attempt | A100 SXM4 $0.61 | stuck in loading, destroyed by the launcher | |||
| 2026-09-26 04:29 | vast.ai | 52716242 (50894989) | pilot | 0.611111111111111 A100 SXM4 | est 1.5 h | |||
| 2026-09-26 04:51 | vast.ai | 52716242 | pilot | destroyed (failed: FAIL fold4_nsa_extra) | ||||
| 2026-09-26 04:54 | vast.ai | 52718897 (50894989) | pilot | 0.611111111111111 A100 SXM4 | est 1.0 h | |||
| 2026-09-26 05:47 | vast.ai | 52725429 (51341862) | abl_extra | 0.7055555555555555 A100 SXM4 | est 1.5 h | |||
| 2026-09-26 06:00 | vast.ai | 52726831 (24559409) | abl_cons | 0.811111111111111 A100 PCIE | est 1.2 h | |||
| 2026-09-26 06:39 | vast.ai | 52726831 | abl_cons | destroyed (failed: FAIL full_frozen) | ||||
| 2026-09-26 06:55 | vast.ai | 52725429 | abl_extra | destroyed (failed: FAIL full_frozen) | ||||
| 2026-09-26 07:34 | vast.ai | 52718897 | pilot (pilot #2, ablation NSA-only, replicate, frozen folds 1-2, full model) | destroyed by teardown_check after DONE | ||||
| 2026-09-26 07:34 | vast.ai | teardown check | credit left $33.28 | |||||
| 2026-09-26 07:35 | vast.ai | M5 total through the finals (10 instances: 6 never booted, pilot x2, ablation x2, conservative x1) | all runs | A100 SXM4/PCIe $0.61–0.81/h | included | included | $5.09 (credit $38.37 → $33.28) | |
| 2026-09-26 08:33 | vast.ai | 52718897 | pilot | destroyed (stalled 60m at 'WAITING 0') | ||||
| 2026-09-26 08:34 | vast.ai | 52746167 (50894989) | resume_probe | 0.611111111111111 A100 SXM4 | est 0.6 h | |||
| 2026-09-26 08:38 | vast.ai | 52746167 | resume_probe | destroyed (failed: FAIL setup) | ||||
| 2026-09-26 08:42 | vast.ai | 52747172 (50894989) | resume_probe | 0.611111111111111 A100 SXM4 | est 0.6 h | |||
| 2026-09-26 08:57 | vast.ai | teardown check | credit left $32.95 | |||||
| 2026-09-26 05:13 | vast.ai | 52722912 (41367916) | abl_extra attempt | A100 | stuck in loading, destroyed by the launcher (row added 10:55 from the launch logs) | |||
| 2026-09-26 05:30 | vast.ai | 52724147 | abl_extra attempt | A100 | stuck in loading, destroyed by the launcher (row added 10:55 from the launch logs) | |||
| 2026-09-26 05:40 | vast.ai | 52724249 | abl_cons attempt | A100 | stuck in loading, destroyed by the launcher (row added 10:55 from the launch logs) | |||
| 2026-09-26 05:45 | vast.ai | 52725556 (51341862) | abl_cons attempt | A100 | stuck in loading, destroyed by the launcher (row added 10:55 from the launch logs) | |||
| 2026-09-26 08:57 | vast.ai | M5 resume probes (52746167 failed setup, 52747172 DONE) | G4 evidence | A100 SXM4 $0.61/h | $0.33 (credit $33.28 → $32.95) |