Hard spend caps arrive

- Cloud and gateway vendors are rolling out hard spend controls that pause API access at budget limits and surface root causes for overspend. - Google Cloud FinOps launched Spend Caps to pause APIs when limits hit and an Explainability agent to identify model/key/token drivers; Respan offers per‑key/model budgets with alerts and blocking. - These features give teams immediate governance to stop runaway bills as token prices and usage climb. (x.com 1) (x.com 2)