[Bug] Sub-agent spawning ignores user constraints and exhausts token quota

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.270
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 14, 2026

Bug Description
I have specifically asked not to spawn multiple sub agents and still it exhausted all my tokens by spawning so many subagents. Also, on checking the usage, the usage always showed lower number after recent update. to get correct usage stats, I need to restart claude everytime.
Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: iTerm.app
  • Version: 2.1.270
  • Feedback ID: 9d73191d-0210-4b79-b373-6f836d93d662

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