Token usage limit reached significantly earlier than in previous versions

Description

The token usage limit is being reached much earlier compared to previous versions of Claude Code. In this session, the limit was hit during a moderate-complexity bugfix task (NPE crash fix with diagnostic logging + test writing), which would have completed comfortably within limits in prior versions.

Details

• Model: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context)
• Task: Bugfix with ~3 file edits, 2 gradle builds, 1 GitLab ticket creation, and spawning a test-writing agent
• Reset window: ~4 hours — this feels disproportionately long for the amount of work completed
• The limit was hit when spawning a subagent (android-unit-test-expert), suggesting agent spawns may consume tokens more aggressively than expected

Expected behavior

A session of this complexity should complete within token limits, as it did in previous versions. The 4-hour reset window also seems excessive.

Environment

• OS: macOS (Darwin 25.3.0)
• Claude Code CLI
• Date: 2026-03-24