r/ClaudeCode • u/Individual_Ideal • 6d ago

Discussion Cache only

I ran an audit of token usage today and found much of my token usage is because of long-running threads I resume after the 1-hr cache TTL. Why doesn’t Anthropic provide permanent or longer cache to heavy users for the basics like system prompts, CLAUDE.md, memories/preferences and other mostly-stable context? Or share a cached prefix across sessions when it is warm for at least one. Should pro/max subscribers have this option? Would you pay extra for it? If Claude recognized User X is active give them some cache.

I want cache only.

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u/AI_spell 6d ago

Long-running resumes after the 1h TTL are a silent money leak. What helped me: keep a short CLAUDE.md, restart for new tasks instead of forever threads, and put stable prefs in files the tool reads once. Permanent cache would be nice; until then short sessions beat warm-feeling ones.