[Bug] Default output token limit (32k) causes mid-session failures and poor token utilization for extended tasks
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 6, 2026 by ToxicShawn Closed May 6, 2026
Bug Description
Spent 35 minutes and over 100k tokens which errored out due to default limits (CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS at 32000) and wasted 56% of my session. I still had about 20 minutes and ~50% left on my prior session limits so this was a double whammy of inconvenient default behavior that feels extraordinarily unfair to a Pro user. Does Claude have no insight as to what the max output tokens is before it commits to outputting this much?
Environment Info
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: windows-terminal
- Version: 2.1.129
- Feedback ID: 8bd623f4-94f3-4436-b8ca-85535846aba8
Errors
[{"error":"Error: LSP server plugin:csharp-lsp:csharp-ls failed to start: ENOENT: no such file or directory, uv_spawn 'csharp-ls'\n at start (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:22157)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-06T02:26:23.004Z"},{"error":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, uv_spawn 'csharp-ls'\n at spawn (unknown)\n at spawn (node:child_process:679:35)\n at spawn (node:child_process:14:39)\n at start (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:20693)\n at O (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:24783)\n at Y (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:30317)\n at D (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:30702)\n at j (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:31261)\n at call (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3166:889)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-06T02:26:23.005Z"},{"error":"Error: Failed to start LSP server for file C:\\Projects\\DotsExamples\\GrappleTech\\Assets\\_Project\\Scripts\\Player\\FirstPersonLocomotion.cs: ENOENT: no such file or directory, uv_spawn 'csharp-ls'\n at Y (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:30343)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-06T02:26:23.005Z"},{"error":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, uv_spawn 'csharp-ls'\n at spawn (unknown)\n at spawn (node:child_process:679:35)\n at spawn (node:child_process:14:39)\n at start (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:20693)\n at O (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:24783)\n at Y (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:30317)\n at D (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:30702)\n at j (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3143:31261)\n at call (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:3166:889)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-06T02:26:23.005Z"}]This issue has 2 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗