[Bug] Unexpected high token usage on minimal "continue" command

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 29, 2026 by MAbohassan Closed Apr 2, 2026

Bug Description
i sent just "continue" claude wrote very tiny change, and it's already more than 8% of my 5 hours limit of my max subscription, how could?

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.1.87
  • Feedback ID: 62465728-896e-494b-aa64-90b422c9d490

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at gv_ (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:1365:16708)\n    at next (native:1:11)\n    at Gy9 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:7572:8934)\n    at next (native:1:11)\n    at Ly9 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:7577:10737)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T17:50:32.595Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (22437 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (10000). Use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or search for specific content instead of reading the whole file.\n    at gK9 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:4281:5251)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T18:39:00.926Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (10336 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (10000). Use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or search for specific content instead of reading the whole file.\n    at gK9 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:4281:5251)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T19:02:54.576Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (10336 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (10000). Use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or search for specific content instead of reading the whole file.\n    at gK9 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:4281:5251)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T19:09:19.589Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (10605 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (10000). Use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or search for specific content instead of reading the whole file.\n    at gK9 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:4281:5251)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T19:17:38.310Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read '/backend/internal/repository'\n    at PwH (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:4277:9325)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T19:18:12.965Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read '/backend/internal/metrics'\n    at PwH (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:4277:9325)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T19:18:55.803Z"},{"error":"Error: 429 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"rate_limit_error\",\"message\":\"This request would exceed your account's rate limit. Please try again later.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CZXwjJExKRdXChBF6YGTh\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:51105)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:50:5435)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-29T19:44:13.161Z"}]

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