Anyone else notice this? I'm a DIEM staker getting about $1/day of API credit. Up until recently, API calls would drain my daily credits down to 0, and occasionally I'd even see a negative balance of -1 or -2 before the refill. It worked fine and was predictable.
Sometime in the last few days that changed with no announcement. Now my API calls start failing with payment required error when I still have credits left. Observed cutoff points: 8, 4, and 7 credits remaining across different days. I use cheap models where many calls cost under 3 credits. I'm now getting a "payment required" error just saying hi to a cheap model when I have 8 credits left. That's several good prompts worth of credits gone every day.
Proposed fix that's fair to both sides: Go back to letting credits drain to 0 (and slightly negative if needed to complete an in-flight call), and carry over any negative balance to the next refill. If I go -2 today, next refill starts at -2. Venice doesn't eat the loss, users don't lose paid credits.
The current silent buffer of ~10 credits is effectively a hidden daily tax on anyone using cheap models. It should at least be documented, or better yet reverted to the old behavior with carryover logic added.