ultrareview: failed reviews count against free tier (server crashes before findings)

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened May 4, 2026 by vonaxai Closed Jun 1, 2026

Summary

Both my ultrareview attempts on PR #8 (vonaxai/vonaxai-system, private repo) failed with "Review crashed before producing findings" — but BOTH counted against my 3 free-tier reviews. I now have 1 of 3 left despite getting zero useful output.

Steps to reproduce

  1. cd <repo>
  2. claude ultrareview 8 (PR with ~38 commits, several hundred file changes — recovery branch)
  3. Output: "Free ultrareview 1 of 3" — slot consumed
  4. After ~5 min: "Review failed: Review crashed before producing findings"
  5. Retry: claude ultrareview 8 → again "Free ultrareview 2 of 3", again same crash

Sessions (server logs should be available there)

Expected

  • If the cloud reviewer can't handle the PR (size, complexity, etc.), return a clear error like "PR too large for cloud review" and don't decrement the free-tier count.
  • If it crashes server-side, don't decrement the free-tier count — failed reviews shouldn't be billed.

Actual

  • Crash happened server-side (no output produced)
  • Counter went 1/3 → 2/3 anyway

Environment

  • Claude Code: 2.1.126
  • Platform: darwin
  • Local repo: 38-commit PR against main, primarily docs/configs/scripts/landing-pages

Ask

Refund the 2 consumed free reviews + fix the counting so server-side crashes don't decrement the quota.

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