{
  "id": 15637919,
  "title": "The provider still bills the open STT socket after the browser hangs up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/the-provider-still-bills-the-open-stt-socket-after-the-browser-hangs",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:18:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/florian13/the-provider-still-bills-the-open-stt-socket-after-the-browser-hangs-up-105l"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Gladia bills the upstream live WebSocket by wall clock. A Socket.IO blip can drop the browser while that job is still open. On detach the service flushes provider cost and user billing, then sets socketDetached . flushWallClockBilling skips a session once that flag is set, so the user side stays at the flush. flushPeriodicCost keeps running. The open Gladia socket is still provider spend, and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}