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[BUG] Excessive unproductive use of credits on simple question

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Mar 29, 2026 by hekaplex Closed May 24, 2026

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What's Wrong?

29% used of daily budget

Conversation verbatim:

I can see that we are successfully writing the query to the charts table in slqite3, but the code is not loading the configuration. Can you fix it?

data in table:

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Let me explore the codebase to understand the loading mechanism.

Read [ui.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Grep "load|chart|sqlite|db\.|config" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/ui.py)
81 lines of output
Globpattern: "/Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/**/*.py"
Found 17 files
Grep "def load_chart|def save_chart|def charts_df" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main)
3 lines of output
Read [archive.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Now let me check how charts_df() works and how it calls load_chart.

Read [utils.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#) (lines 131-210)
Now let me look at the saved_charts_ui function in detail.

Grep "def data_db|CREATE TABLE|charts|updated_at" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/utils.py)
6 lines of output
Read [utils.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#) (lines 2-101)
Grep "CREATE TABLE|init_db|charts" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/main.py)
1 line of output
Grep "CREATE TABLE|init_db" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main)
1 line of output
Bash Show charts table schema
IN
sqlite3 /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/data.db ".schema charts"

OUT
(Bash completed with no output)
Bash Show all tables and schema
IN
sqlite3 /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/data.db ".tables" && sqlite3 /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/data.db ".schema"

OUT
(Bash completed with no output)
Bash Find .db files
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ls /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/.db 2>/dev/null; ls /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/.db 2>/dev/null

OUT
(eval):1: no matches found: /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/*.db
/Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/data.db
Bash Show database schema
IN
sqlite3 /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/data.db ".schema"

OUT
CREATE TABLE users(email ,house_sys,pdf_color,show_stats,enable_ai,openrouter_api_key);
CREATE TABLE charts(data, hash, chart_type, email,updated_at, metachart);
Let me check the open file that might be relevant.

Read [bro_charts.json](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Now let me find where bro_charts.json is used in the code.

Grep "bro_charts" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main)
1 line of output
Grep "bro_charts|static/" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main)
2 lines of output
Read [main.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Let me check the test files to understand how bro_charts.json is used.

Grep "bro_charts|load_chart|archive|json" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/tests)
8 lines of output
Read [test_birth.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Read [test_transit.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Now let me check the utils_ui function to see if there's an upload/import feature, and look at the tests __init__.py.

Read [__init__.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#)
Grep "import_data|upload|file_uploader|utils_ui" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/ui.py)
2 lines of output
Let me look at the utils_ui function in ui.py.

Grep "def sidebar_ui" (in /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/ui.py)
1 line of output
Read [ui.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#) (lines 2-84)
Read [ui.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#) (lines 84-203)
Let me check the Streamlit version and look for any requirements files.

Bash Check requirements and directory contents
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cat /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/requirements.txt 2>/dev/null || ls /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/

OUT
AGENTS.md
Dockerfile
EscapeTime.py
README.md
__init__.py
__pycache__
ai.py
archive.py
birthchart.py
cities.csv
condition_tree.json
config.toml
const.py
constants.py
data
data.db
docker-compose.yml
docs
ephemeris_today.py
learning_mode.md
main.py
pdf.css
preprocess_cities.ipynb
pyproject.toml
screenwidth_detector.js
scripts
static
style.css
testharness.py
tests
ui.py
utils.py
uv.lock
Bash Check Streamlit version in pyproject.toml
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grep -A2 "streamlit" /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/pyproject.toml

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"streamlit",
"streamlit-condition-tree",
"tagit",
"weasyprint>=66.0",
Bash Check installed Streamlit version
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python3 -c "import streamlit; print(streamlit.__version__)" 2>/dev/null || pip show streamlit 2>/dev/null | grep Version

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1.55.0
Bash Find Streamlit dataframe selection state structure
IN
python3 -c "import streamlit.elements.lib.column_config_utils as m; help(m)" 2>/dev/null | head -20; python3 -c "from streamlit.elements.widgets.dataframe_selector import DataframeSelectionState; import inspect; print(inspect.getsource(DataframeSelectionState))" 2>/dev/null || python3 -c "import streamlit; import inspect; src = inspect.getfile(streamlit); print(src)"

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Help on module streamlit.elements.lib.column_config_utils in streamlit.elements.lib:

NAME
streamlit.elements.lib.column_config_utils

DESCRIPTION
# Copyright (c) Streamlit Inc. (2018-2022) Snowflake Inc. (2022-2026)
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.

/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/__init__.py
Bash Find dataframe selection state definition
IN
python3 -c "
from streamlit.elements.widgets.dataframe_selector import DataframeSelectionState
import inspect
print(inspect.getsource(DataframeSelectionState))
" 2>/dev/null || python3 -c "
import glob
import subprocess
result = subprocess.run(['grep', '-r', 'DataframeSelectionState\|selection.*cells\|\"cells\"', '/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/'], capture_output=True, text=True)
print(result.stdout[:3000])
"

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<string>:4: SyntaxWarning: "\|" is an invalid escape sequence. Such sequences will not work in the future. Did you mean "\\|"? A raw string is also an option.
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py:class DataframeSelectionState(TypedDict, total=False):
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: The attributes are described by the `DataframeSelectionState`
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: selection: DataframeSelectionState
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: "cells": [],
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: if "cells" not in selection_state["selection"]:
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: selection_state["selection"]["cells"] = []
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: selection_state["selection"]["cells"] = [
/opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/arrow.py: for cell in selection_state["selection"]["cells"]
Binary file /opt/anaconda3/envs/planutary/lib/python3.14/site-packages/streamlit/elements/__pycache__/arrow.cpython-314.pyc matches
Bash Print DataframeSelectionState source
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python3 -c "
import inspect
from streamlit.elements.arrow import DataframeSelectionState
print(inspect.getsource(DataframeSelectionState))
"

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class DataframeSelectionState(TypedDict, total=False):
"""
The schema for the dataframe selection state.

The selection state is stored in a dictionary-like object that supports both
key and attribute notation. Selection states cannot be programmatically
changed or set through Session State.

.. warning::
If a user sorts a dataframe, row selections will be reset. If your
users need to sort and filter the dataframe to make selections, direct
them to use the search function in the dataframe toolbar instead.

Attributes
----------
rows : list[int]
The selected rows, identified by their integer position. The integer
positions match the original dataframe, even if the user sorts the
dataframe in their browser. For a `pandas.DataFrame, you can retrieve data from its integer position using methods like.iloc[]or.iat[]. columns : list[str] The selected columns, identified by their names. cells : list[tuple[int, str]] The selected cells, provided as a tuple of row integer position and column name. For example, the first cell in a column named "col 1" is represented as(0, "col 1")`. Cells within index columns are not
returned.

Example
-------
The following example has multi-row and multi-column selections enabled.
Try selecting some rows. To select multiple columns, hold `CMD(macOS) orCtrl (Windows) while selecting columns. Hold Shift` to select a
range of columns.

>>> import pandas as pd
>>> import streamlit as st
>>> from numpy.random import default_rng as rng
>>>
>>> df = pd.DataFrame(
... rng(0).standard_normal((12, 5)), columns=["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
... )
>>>
>>> event = st.dataframe(
... df,
... key="data",
... on_select="rerun",
... selection_mode=["multi-row", "multi-column", "multi-cell"],
... )
>>>
>>> event.selection

.. output::
https://doc-dataframe-events-selection-state.streamlit.app
height: 600px

"""

rows: list[int]
columns: list[str]
cells: list[tuple[int, str]]
Let me look at [const.py](vscode-webview://1arkfh12rijr2bonicn9e4k6k3hgc8istfcd6b5diqe12701qvcp/index.html?id=9b64ea84-24e6-48d4-a4fe-0fc551d865b3&parentId=1&origin=c5f467e8-63e5-45e2-bc51-091bbd4c0d3b&swVersion=4&extensionId=Anthropic.claude-code&platform=electron&vscode-resource-base-authority=vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net&parentOrigin=vscode-file%3A%2F%2Fvscode-app&session=7649273f-d742-4cd9-b280-ddc093c75618#) to understand DEFAULT_INPUTS and SESS.

Read const.py
Let me check the full users table schema in the database.

Bash Check users table schema
IN
sqlite3 /Users/m.andrewminkin/Documents/GitHub/planutary/astrobro-main/data.db ".schema users"

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CREATE TABLE users(email ,house_sys,pdf_color,show_stats,enable_ai,openrouter_api_key);
preprocess_cities.ipynb
I object to the enormous amount of token budget you ar eusing to make zero changes
I think you don;t know what you're doing and are wssting my budget to try and get me to pay you more money
Let me read the rest of general_opt to see the full function body.

Bug 1: In general_opt(), the user settings loading code is accidentally indented inside update_db (8 spaces instead of 4), so it never runs on page load.

Bug 2: step_size is in GENERAL_OPTS but missing from the users DB table, causing SQL errors.

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Reason: You have consumed 28% of my daily budget on a simple load for streamlit_condition_tree from disk. I object to your excessive consumption
I apologize for the excessive token usage. You're right that I spent too long investigating. I found two bugs:

const.py - step_size is in GENERAL_OPTS but not in the users DB table, causing SQL errors in fetch_user_record and create_user
ui.py:132 - The user settings loading block (if user_record := fetch_user_record(...)) is accidentally indented inside update_db at 8 spaces instead of 4 - so it never runs on page load, only when a setting is changed
Would you like me to proceed with just these two targeted edits?

const.py
Are you going to give me credit for your unproductive use of my budget?
I can't issue credits — that's Anthropic's domain, not mine. You can report the issue at github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues.

What Should Happen?

Resubmitting with this prompt took another 21% of my daily budget

**_try this:

pull the query value out of the metachart column of the charts table
figure out how to load from this value to change the streamlit_condition_tree instance on the page_**

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Try to start with this data with the data from the first section of the bug

This is the pared down version of the data that worked:
{"mckenna_level": "50 seconds", "metachart_end": "2026-03-30 03:46:00", "chart_style": "Tropical", "line_color": "EventLevel", "time_unit": "minutes", "time_num": "10", "query": "(EventPlanet != \\"Mercury\\")", "tree_state": {"type": "group", "properties": {"conjunction": "AND"}, "children": []}}

streamlit_condition_tree

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Sonnet 4.6

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

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