If you're paying for Claude Pro, Max, or Ultra:
Run `npm update -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code` RIGHT NOW.
Every background subagent was silently taxing your usage allowance every 30 seconds by re-reading the entire transcript.
The fix cuts status polling cost by 99% and gives you ~6% more prompts per limit cycle!!
Do not burn your weekly allowance on unoptimized status pings.
Tekon Burns
@TekonBurns
ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs
Background subagents in Claude Code now use less of your usage limit.
A running subagent updates its status line every 30 seconds, and each update used to re-read its whole conversation. Now Haiku 5.5 writes it from short notes instead, so each update costs about 99% less.
A running subagent updates its status line every 30 seconds, and each update used to re-read its whole conversation. Now Haiku 5.5 writes it from short notes instead, so each update costs about 99% less.
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