[BUG] Session/weekly limit shows 100% used with 0 actual tokens ($0.0000 cost)

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• [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?

Current session limit shows 100% used immediately after a fresh 5-hour window
starts, and in brand-new chats with no prior context — even though /usage
reports zero actual consumption:

Total cost: $0.0000
Total duration (API): 0s
Usage: 0 input, 0 output, 0 cache read, 0 cache write

Despite this, "Current session" bar shows 100% used and the session is blocked.

Reproduces identically across three separate clients on the same Max account:

• Claude Code (terminal)
• Claude Code (desktop app)
• Claude Code (VSCode extension)

All MCP connectors are disabled. Issue was first noticed in a chat with a long
history, but reproduced in brand-new chats as well — blocked before any
real work starts.

Current week (all models): 16% used
Current week (Fable): 29% used

Note: account has the active +50% weekly limits promo (runs through Sep 13, 2026).
The problem started after Max paid for the plan on 2.1.241 claude version. Within one minute of a 5-hour window, all tokens burn. All my chats are manually switched to the Opus model, but tokens are burned out of the weekly Fable limit and spended my entire session limit. Yesterday, this was repeated several times and played on two different laptops - MacBook and Lenovo IdeaPad on Windows.

What Should Happen?

Expected: session usage % should reflect actual recorded token consumption; a session with $0.0000 cost should not be blocked.

Error Messages/Logs

No stack trace

Steps to Reproduce

I don’t know what steps to take to reproduce this behavior. I can only describe what happened.
What I've observed so far:

• Happened after a fresh 5-hour session window reset.
• Also happened in a brand-new chat with no prior history.
• In both cases: /usage showed "Current session: 100% used" while

Total cost / input / output / cache all read 0.

• Reproduced across 3 separate clients (terminal, desktop, VSCode) on the

same account within the same day.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

Last working version 2.1.241

Claude Code Version

2.1.269

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Other

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

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