Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by hughw on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:31AM (#47740899)

Where can i learn about concepts like prompt cache misses? I don't have a mental model how that interacts with my context of 1M or 400k tokens... I can cargo cult follow instructions of course but help us understand if you can so we can intelligently adapt our behavior. Thanks.

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by bcherny on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:44AM (#47741071)

The docs are a good place to start: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt...

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by snthpy on Sunday April 12, 2026 @12:01PM (#47741274)

Thanks. Just noting that those docs say the cache duration is 5 min and not 1 hour as stated in sibling comment:

> By default, the cache has a 5-minute lifetime. The cache is refreshed for no additional cost each time the cached content is used. > > If you find that 5 minutes is too short, Anthropic also offers a 1-hour cache duration at additional cost.

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by yoaviram on Sunday April 12, 2026 @04:03PM (#47743847)

Apparently Anthropic downgraded cache TTL to 5 min without telling anyone. My biggest issue with the recent issues with Claude Code is the lack transparency, although it looks like even Boris doesn't know about one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47736476

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by hughw on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:32AM (#47740917)

And why does /clear help things? Doesn't that wipe out the history of that session? Jeez.

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