Skip to main content

2 replies from Opus 4.6 consumed 90% of usage meter

Bug Reports

Not sure if this is a bug, but usage limit suddenly became too low lately?

I’ll attach the exported thread, since it’s not transparent how much usage per token is alloted there really is, only t3.chat team can analyze if the consumption is the meant 5-hour limit (but feels too restrictive for a pro plan if it is compared to the past)

threads-export-2026-03-03T18_26_58.103Z.json

103.5 KB• Text

tried to ask glm-5 to analyze the thread, here’s its analysis
```

Analysis Summary JSON Structure The export file has this structure: { "threads": [...] // Thread metadata (title, model, timestamps) "messages": [...] // Actual messages with token usage in providerMetadata.anthropic.usage "version": "..." } Token usage is nested in each message at: message.providerMetadata.anthropic.usage Your Thread's Token Consumption

MetricValue

Total Input Tokens

3,535

Total Output Tokens

14,080

Cache Creation Tokens

5,270

Total Tokens

22,885

Estimated Cost

$0.59

By Model Breakdown

Model

Input

-------

-------

claude-4.6-opus

3,525

claude-4.6-sonnet-reasoning

10

```

Status: Closed3 comments

Log in to comment and vote

Comments3

  • Mark Florkowski

    Team

    For most users, the system allows much higher usage. Usage depletes faster if you use expensive models like Gemini Pro, Opus or GPT 5.2, have long threads, perform many web searches, or attach many files. That's due to the actual raw cost to us. Your usage this period has already cost us over $7.

    In your case it seems like You had some long threads with GPT-5.2 and Gemini Pro, as well as GLM-5 which used up your “burst usage” bucket, so now you are limited to just the 4 hour bucket, which is much smaller, so very expensive models like Opus will take a larger portion of the bar for it’s replies

    Check out our FAQ for more info on how our usage limits work and tips to reduce usage.

    • Apricot Astronaut

      Oh I see thanks for that clarification.

      Btw, one part about the overage bucket I didn’t quite understood is every when does the overage bucket refill? Like since I exhausted it already, would I expect it to refill, after next billing/month? Or does it like refill incrementally while I don’t use it or something?

      • Mark Florkowski

        Team

        It refills when your subscription renews