[BUG] Cost increased a lot

Thanks for catching this! I downgraded to 0.2.108 and the cost of saying hi went from $0.10 to $0.0006!

npm install -g --force --prefer-online @anthropic-ai/claude-code@0.2.108

Edit:
The cost calculation in 0.2.108 is incorrect. Multiplying by 6.67 gave me approximately what my billing section says

Edit: i tested with the most recent version vs the 0.2.108 and both cost $0.1 according to billing. So the value in the most recent version is reflecting actual cost.

I've been experimenting a lot in the past and cost seems to fluctuate. At times I would launch Claude and immediately quit and it would say "Cost: $0.006" or something for doing nothing.

I've since switched to Claude Max. Never looking back. Excellent value for money as otherwise costs spiral out of control.

Hey! We recently fixed an inaccuracy in the /cost shown in the UI, so if the cost increased, it is now more accurate and should match what you see in your Anthropic Console. You might also be charged a few cents here and there for various background jobs (eg. summarizing your conversations to make them easier to browse in --resume mode). As @guidedways suggested, if cost is something you're worried about, we recommend the Max plan, which has quite generous rate limits (most people will never hit a limit).

Thanks for the quick responses. I updated, but I'm not sure if these costs is to be expected or not? (The cost per say it's not any problems, but would be good to know if these numbers are correct or not)

Here is the cost after implementing a feature, the number of input / output is not so much, but there is a lot of cach read / write.

/cost

⎿  Total cost: $5.91
Total duration (API): 9m 31.9s
Total duration (wall): 38m 42.9s
Total code changes: 150 lines added, 10 lines removed
Token usage by model:
claude-3-7-sonnet: 537 input, 16.2k output, 2.6m cache read, 1.3m cache write

I had the exact same experience tonight saying hello and asking simple questions in an empty directory with no context @sleipner42 .

@bcherny This is insane. We are billed for typing /cost and background API calls also cost tokens? What's up with the tens of thousands of input tokens used for simple questions, where do those come from? Is that also normal? Is upgrading to the max subscription plan really your answer to this cost madness? "if cost is something you're worried about, spend $100 a month instead"??? Sorry if I seem a bit unhinged but you closed the issue without addressing the actual problem as well, I don't find that very professional. I was just watching your recent "Mastering Claude Code in 30 minutes" talk and did NOT expect this to be my experience just trying it out for a few minutes, bleeding tokens left and right.

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