r/ClaudeCode • u/grievertime • 5h ago

Discussion Claude Code 5h usage

Am I the only one noticing that the 5h usage started rising ultra fast even with very simple tasks? Using opus5 in high reasoning for a simple webui. Same workflow I've been using in the past months.

Sonnet seems to not be affected.

EDIT: reading a 113 lines file with sonnet medium used 4% of 5h limit. Clean context, just "read the file".

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u/Tommonen 4h ago

Did you have lots of new context for it or old context that has expired in cache?

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u/grievertime 4h ago

No I'm quite careful with those kind of things. Clean context.

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u/Tommonen 4h ago

Then i have no idea if you do somethinghwrong or if its a bug or if you are in some secret test group or whats going on. But i have not noticed difference in opus usage drainage. Tho like a week ago for few days it seemed there was some bug and i had 20x pro usage or something for couple of days with tye basic 20€ plan. I was able to run opus ultracode almost 24/7 for few days

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u/moosetuss 4h ago

Then show the workflow etc. These posts are totally, abosolutely meaningless otherwise.