[BUG]

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What's Wrong?

Bug Report: Claude Code — Excessive Token Consumption

What Should Happen?

Bug Report: Claude Code — Excessive Token Consumption

Environment:

• Platform: Windows Desktop App (Claude Code tab / VS Code extension)
• Interface: Claude Code in VS Code

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Issue 1: Excessive Token Consumption on Simple Requests

Summary

Claude Code is consuming disproportionate tokens on simple tasks. Users on paid plans are seeing token budgets burned through operations that should be lightweight.

Observed Behavior

• Simple prompts trigger large numbers of internal tool calls (conversation searches, web fetches, status page lookups) before responding
• Internal overhead is charged against the user's token quota
• Token cost is not proportional to task complexity

Expected Behavior

• Simple tasks should use minimal tokens
• Internal diagnostic/search operations should not count against user quota, or should be minimized

Impact

• Users lose usable token budget to system overhead
• Particularly harmful for users on metered or limited plans

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Requested Actions

1. Investigate token overhead from internal tool calls on simple user requests
2. Fix session persistence so context survives server-side errors
3. Improve status page accuracy for Claude Code degradation events
4. Consider not billing users for tokens consumed during confirmed outage periods

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Just use code to do simple tasks Claude will tell you it's self its wasting and reloading files etc.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude 1.1617.0 (8d6345) 2026-04-09T16:10:15.000Z

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

_No response_