[BUG] First observed Dec 10, ur bot is chewing up tokens at >2x the rate of previous days, and I use it daily

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• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I use Claude Code exclusively via API tokens, and my normal Claude spend is $25 and this gets me through a full work session of 1-2 days, most times I have some left the next day and have to work - I'd say I've been consistently averaging about $20/day on Claude spend.

Yesterday, I don't know what changed, but your bot chews up $ 25 of tokens in about 2-3 hours of work now, and I haven't changed my work flow. Normally when I hit my limit, we're at negative $ .01 - .35 - now when we bottom out its been more like negative $ 1.00-1.35 - believe you can learn a lot about the impact of your recent changes by observing that metric in aggregate.

Are you trying to get us to switch platforms?

Observe: after paying the $25 (my default), we are at $23.61, so some process spent >$1.00 in tokens when it went negative. THIS is the root issue. WHY did this jump so much higher than before???

<img width="316" height="273" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e6ddb76c-37b9-4ba3-8329-1e332a9e39ff" />

What Should Happen?

The tool should not 2X in cost overnight.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Use the tool

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.65 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

iTerm2

Additional Information

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