[BUG]CloudCode started consuming 3-5 times more tokens for the same actions

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 14, 2026 by Acteq1391gp Closed Apr 18, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

At the end of the monthly subscription, CloudCode started consuming tokens several times more with the same settings (Opus 4.6 max effort and thinking on).
At the beginning of the billing period, I could write a huge code for 4 hours, and I still had 30-40 percent left. Now, I've written 2 modules with 500-900 lines each, and I've used 90 percent in just 37 minutes. I've only been writing code, and there's nothing extra.
I don't know what to associate it with, but my friend has the same problem, even though we don't have any super complex architectural solutions with searches and so on
but when you pay 100 or 200 bucks for a subscription, you'd want the limits to be 5 or 20 times higher, otherwise there's no point in overpaying.

What Should Happen?

because I don't think it's a problem with what people are doing, but rather with how the tokens are being counted (possibly at the end of the subscription), as these cases are common and it's unclear how it should be counted.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1.I don't know how to describe it correctly

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

latest

Platform

Other

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

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