Developer finds agent-generated tokens billed as input tokens

Developer YouJiacheng confirmed that tokens generated by an agent called Astra are billed entirely as input tokens, a quirk he only noticed by checking the bill mid-run.

2026-09-11 ~ 2026-09-11 · 2 related posts

• Dev discovers agent-generated tokens are billed as input tokens by checking his bill — YouJiacheng · 2026-09-11

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