[Bug] Session token limit appears too restrictive for extended coding workflows

Resolved 💬 8 comments Opened Mar 30, 2026 by dimasdark Closed May 15, 2026

Bug Description
I checked the clock. It had been exactly five minutes. Five. That means I used up roughly 66% of my entire session limit in the time it takes to brew a cup of coffee. I love Claude's reasoning capabilities, but this feels insanely restrictive, especially if you're trying to get into a deep workflow. I literally just prompted "continue" on the work of the previous session which was barely a bug fix on a file which is about 350 lines. That's INSANE.
Also, a small detail. When I've stated the session I had ALREADY spent 6% without prompting at all (first image). What is happening??? I am literally afraid to prompt "check the pending tasks on our document" and burning the rest of the tokensa
Claude Code v2.1.81 | Opus 4.6 (1M context) · Claude Max

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Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: windows-terminal
  • Version: 2.1.87
  • Feedback ID: 64cd3be4-876d-4e36-b474-d6f22e5d5fc0

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