Claude Code burns ~15–20% of your tokens on a 3-word status line
NikZaal · hn · 2026-10-29
A Hacker News post with an accompanying gist shows that Claude Code's persistent 3-word status line consumes roughly 15–20% of your tokens — a real cost leak for metered users that sparks broader questions about agent-side prompt overhead.
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