Claude Code spends 15-20% of tokens on 3-word agent status lines
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Every ~30 seconds Claude Code sends each background agent's full transcript to its own model (usually Opus) to generate a 3-5 word status line, on by default since 2.1.232 in August 2026 with no setting to disable it. Issue #86879 collects four independent measurements of 18-26%.
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