[Bug] Excessive token consumption per prompt with Opus 4.7 1M context model
Bug Description
Title: Excessive token usage per prompt — weekly limit exhausted unusually fast
Description:
Over the past several days, token consumption per single prompt in Claude Code has been abnormally high.
Observed:
- Weekly usage (all models) hit 100% far earlier than my usual pace
- 78% of last-24h usage was at >150k context, even for short follow-ups in fresh sessions
- Single prompts that previously cost a few % of the weekly budget now consume significantly more
Environment: - Claude Code CLI, Opus 4.7 (1M context)
- Plan: Max + extra usage
- OS: WSL2 (Ubuntu) on Windows 11
- No recent changes to CLAUDE.md, hooks, MCP servers, or auto-memory
Questions: 1. Any recent change to context handling / auto-compact thresholds?
2. Known issue where long sessions fail to compact and re-send full history every turn?
3. Any change in how cached input tokens count against the weekly limit?
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