[Bug] Recursive subagent spawning causes rapid quota depletion

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 30, 2026 by ricardobeat

Bug Description

Claude Code spawned 5-level deep subagents for a simple exploration task. Each subagent forwarded basically it's main task to another subagent. 4x4 subagents ate away 80% quota in minutes.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: ghostty
  • Version: 2.1.197
  • Feedback ID: 94a051a8-26ad-418d-a04f-79b5faad2eeb

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