Cost Reconciliation
Re-check archived months against the cloud and flag any that drifted — so chargeback and trend reports stay accurate long after the month closes.
Why closed months drift#
A closed month feels final, but the cloud keeps adjusting it — often for weeks:
- ✓Late-arriving usage that metered after the month ended
- ✓Credits and refunds applied retroactively
- ✓Reservation and savings-plan true-ups
- ✓Tax and currency restatements
CCO archives a month once and then trusts it — which keeps the app fast, but means a later restatement can leave a stale total behind. For an MSP invoicing a client off that month, a drifted number is a mis-billed number.
What reconciliation does#
Reconciliation re-fetches each archived month's total from the cloud, compares it to what CCO has stored, and records any material drift:
- ✓Material drift is a change past a threshold — a percentage of the archived total or an absolute floor, so rounding noise never raises a flag
- ✓Drift is recorded per month with the archived value, the current cloud value, and the delta
- ✓You review the drift and apply the correction — re-archiving the month with the up-to-date number — or dismiss it
When it runs#
- ✓Weekly — a light sweep of the most recent closed months, where almost all drift lands
- ✓On demand — trigger a deeper check to whatever depth you choose
- ✓Alerts — a cost-drift notification tells you which months moved and by how much, with a full drift history you can audit
Where to find it#
Reconciliation lives on the cloud account in Settings → Cloud Accounts, alongside history backfill. Run a check, watch its progress, and review the drift list — each row offers “apply corrected total” or “ignore.”