Developer reports Cursor's Astra burning through credits at an unusually fast rate
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-06
A developer who has used Astra since its release claims the model is gobbling tokens at a wildly elevated rate all day. Familiar with typical task costs from months of repeated, post-update work, he finds the current consumption clearly abnormal and is asking other users whether they've noticed the same. No concrete numbers are provided—this is a personal observation seeking corroboration.
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