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beginnerr/MetaAI · Oct 27, 2026

Meta Model API shows a temporary authorization hold: will you be charged twice?

A MetaAI user worried that a pending temporary authorization hold on the Meta Model API means a double charge. The reassuring answer is that authorization holds are verification checks, not actual charges, and they normally clear on their own within a few days. Only if the hold lingers past a week is it worth asking the bank, which controls when holds release.

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