Claude burned through 15+ EUR from a 2 EUR usage limit
A user had 2.01 EUR left in with their at 95%. To keep working, they set their spending limit to 2 EUR, kept off, and asked Claude to summarize the conversation so it could be handed off to another model (likely GPT-4.8). That single summarize request consumed 700% of the intended usage and ended up over 14 EUR, for a total spend north of 15 EUR — despite the limit being set and disabled.
Key points
- Had 2.01 EUR in with already at 95%
- Set spending limit to 2 EUR and kept off beforehand
- Asked for a single summarize request to hand context to another model
- That one request used 700% of intended usage, 14+ EUR
- Total spend exceeded 15 EUR despite the limit being in place