Haiku 5.5 draws complaints over heavy agentic token usage

Developers report that Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5, despite cheaper per-token pricing, burns excessive tokens in agentic workflows, with simple tasks exceeding 100k tokens and high-reasoning usage surpassing Opus 5.5 and doubling Fable.

2026-10-08 ~ 2026-10-08 · 3 related posts

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