34-day agent run processed 21.5B input tokens for $200 with 98% cache hits
nodo48 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A developer detailed a month-plus autonomous agent run: 34 days 18 hours of governed execution across two goals, mostly on GPT-5.6 Sol (extra high) then Astra (high), consuming 21.52B input tokens for $200 — about $0.00929 per million input tokens. The key was 98.25% input cache hits from reusing instructions, tools, and docs. He describes a fail-closed architecture: explicit acceptance criteria, context recovery, permissioned execution, mandatory verification before acceptance, and reopening tasks without sufficient evidence. He argues effective cost, goal continuity, and verified output should be measured together.
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