This could also be because of the recently introduced 1 million token buffer. I also saw my tokens drain away quickly; then in noticed I was pushing 750k tokens through for every prompt :) Sometimes its hard to get into the habit of clearing
Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
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Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#122I think I ran into this yesterday, with Claude Code taking FOREVER on a lot of tasks. But using Claude within Cursor seems way faster
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#123Recently after noticing how quickly limits are consumed and reading others complaints about same issue on reddit I was wondering how much about this is real error or bug hidden somewhere and how much it's about testing what threshold of constraining limits will be tolerated without cancelling accounts. Eventually, in case of "shit hits the fan" situation it can be always dismissed by waving hands and apologizing (or…
I suspect that Claude had a bug that undercounted tokens and they fixed it.
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#124* Hardware will manage models more efficiently
* Models will manage tokens more efficiently
* Agents will manage models more efficiently
* Users will manage agents more efficiently
Why are we acting like technology is on pause?
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#125Over reliance on LLMs is going to become such a disaster in a way no one would have thought possible. Not sure exactly what, who, when, or where.. Just that having your entire product or repo dependent on a single entity is going to lead to some bad times…
It should be abundantly clear that depending on a single entity will screw you royally, but obviously we don't learn from the mistakes of others. We are condemned to repeat history because we don't know it.
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#126Recently after noticing how quickly limits are consumed and reading others complaints about same issue on reddit I was wondering how much about this is real error or bug hidden somewhere and how much it's about testing what threshold of constraining limits will be tolerated without cancelling accounts. Eventually, in case of "shit hits the fan" situation it can be always dismissed by waving hands and apologizing (or…
Working as intended? They openly state that how quickly your limit is reached depends on many factors (that you don't know) as well as current load on their systems.
Could just be that usage has gone up.
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
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Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#128Yesterday asked claude to write up a simple plan adding very basic features to a project I'm working on and it took 20% of 5-hour pro plan limit. Then somehow Codex seems to be infinite. Is OpenAI just burning through way more cash or are they more efficient?
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#129Hit this myself recently, along with a bunch of overloaded errors. I think it's growing pains for where we are with AI right now.
As the tooling matures I think we'll see better support for mixing models — local and cloud, picking the right one for the task. Run the cheap stuff locally, use the expensive cloud models only when you actually need them. That would go a long way toward managing costs.
There's also the dependency risk people aren't talking about enough. These providers can change pricing whenever they want. A tool you've built your entire workflow around can become inaccessible overnight just because the economics shifted. It's the vendor lock-in problem all over again but with less predictability.
Re: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
#130Recently after noticing how quickly limits are consumed and reading others complaints about same issue on reddit I was wondering how much about this is real error or bug hidden somewhere and how much it's about testing what threshold of constraining limits will be tolerated without cancelling accounts. Eventually, in case of "shit hits the fan" situation it can be always dismissed by waving hands and apologizing (or…
I suspect that Claude had a bug that undercounted tokens and they fixed it.
I wonder if that was why they were offering the bonus off hours limits. Ease people in to the transition.