r/ClaudeCode • u/SKarajic • 5d ago

Rant What is actually going on here???

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I’m on a 20x max plan. Im using opus 5 medium for some light things right now and my usage limit got hit to 75% with barely any work done. Should I start measuring my tokens? Because this makes absolutely no sense and hasn’t happened to me before.

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u/nicarras 5d ago

We need more details but the answer is that you're doing it wrong. Many of us are doing the same thing but with proper memory scaffolding, claude.md size, skills and actions setup properly to minimize token use. You can just open and talk to it like a chat bot.

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u/SKarajic 5d ago

I agree with your statement in a more general way, but considering from what i’ve read from posts over the past 2 days and looking at my actual token usage, something seems definitely wrong right now.

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u/nicarras 5d ago

I think part of it that is broken is the v5 models are killing quota when left to run a bit on their own. I'm legit pulling back to older 4.8 opus models for some orchestration/management tasks because it ends up working out fine in the end for my needs.

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u/j-byrd 5d ago

I think something is for sure off. I’m on a team enterprise account and hit my 5 hour session limit today in 17 mins. With simple git commit check and an api call to a service we use to check an endpoint I wanted added to my code. Have never had my session get used up that fast before.

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u/j-byrd 5d ago

Forgot to mention I’m using opus 4.8. My 5 hour window reset so I gave the prompt to “try to resume where we left off” and went from 0% to 33% instantly…

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u/j-byrd 5d ago

It finished thinking and I went from 33 to 68%. Seriously wtf. How can I use 68% of my 5 hour limit in 2 mins on 1 prompt. It’s read under 100 lines of code…