I am also currently in a rabbit hole for
I am also currently in a rabbit hole for token expenditure. Here is my latest cost breakdown from the last two days:
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Why So High?
Looking at the input tokens:
- Heartbeat: 53.6 million input tokens
- User: 180k input tokens
Each heartbeat sends the full context (~100k tokens) to Claude. With 1,982 heartbeat calls, that's
massive token consumption.
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By Date - The Spikes Make Sense Now
โโโโโโโโโโฌโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโฌโโโโโโโโโโโโ
โ Date โ Heartbeat Cost โ User Cost โ
โโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโค
โ Jan 23 โ $32.24 โ $2.03 โ
โโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโค
โ Jan 24 โ $65.92 โ $0.83 โ
โโโโโโโโโโดโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโดโโโโโโโโโโโโ
The Jan 23-24 spike was entirely heartbeat, not your usage.
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Why So High?
Looking at the input tokens:
- Heartbeat: 53.6 million input tokens
- User: 180k input tokens
Each heartbeat sends the full context (~100k tokens) to Claude. With 1,982 heartbeat calls, that's
massive token consumption.
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By Date - The Spikes Make Sense Now
โโโโโโโโโโฌโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโฌโโโโโโโโโโโโ
โ Date โ Heartbeat Cost โ User Cost โ
โโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโค
โ Jan 23 โ $32.24 โ $2.03 โ
โโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโผโโโโโโโโโโโโค
โ Jan 24 โ $65.92 โ $0.83 โ
โโโโโโโโโโดโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโดโโโโโโโโโโโโ
The Jan 23-24 spike was entirely heartbeat, not your usage.
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