[Bug] Excessive token consumption in loops despite unchanged task scope

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 5, 2026 by VicZu Closed Mar 9, 2026

Bug Description
pls see how the Calude code buring tokens on the taks that before (and scope didnd change ) was never ever acting like thank using each time ~10k or sometimes more but neverin such loops. i stopped the cycle
⎿ API Error: Claude's response exceeded the 32000 output token maximum. To configure this behavior, set the
CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.
⎿ API Error: Claude's response exceeded the 32000 output token maximum. To configure this behavior, set the
CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.
✶ Pondering… (20m 49s · ↓ 29.0k tokens · thinking)

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: null
  • Version: 2.1.69
  • Feedback ID: d63eb19e-71ed-4e20-a9d9-907f69e54175

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