Dev finds agent tokens billed as input: "my money is leaking"
YouJiacheng · x · 2026-09-11
YouJiacheng reiterates that tokens generated while his agent (Astra) ran are billed as input tokens — he caught it by checking his bill mid-run and says his money is literally leaking. A useful billing caveat for agent users.
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