[BUG] Tokens Eaten for to 100% without doing very little in Claude Code this morning

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 7, 2026 by MarkH-UK

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?

<img width="933" height="190" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7c5cd702-97a0-464b-ad18-81f406e4301d" />

Started to look at some work from last week, only got 5 minutes in and my usage exploded to 92% ! what the hell?

What Should Happen?

Refund my token usage.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

<img width="860" height="434" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c179d58-89d1-4ea2-b299-14b5655032ad" />

Just used for 33 mins on latest Claude Code, Opus 4.7 as usual for what im doing, NEVER seen the usage come so quick!

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude 1.18286.2 (b682d9) 2026-07-07T00:03:05.000Z

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_

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