Claude Code resume used 20–30% of a new session limit
On a plan, Claude Code reached its and was used again later with a clear instruction to continue the previous task and finish the remaining steps. Completing the resumed work consumed about 20% to 30% of the new session allowance. In one case, read a single 70-line script, processed it for roughly 30 seconds, and finished, yet used about 20% of the allowance.
A similar attempt the previous day used as much as 30%. The cause of the high usage and whether a different resume prompt would reduce it were not established.
Key points
- The setup used Claude Code with a plan.
- After the limit reset, the instruction explicitly requested continuation of the previous task.
- The resumed work used about 20% to 30% of the new .
- Reading and processing one 70-line script used about 20% in one case.
- The model was , but the reason for the usage was not confirmed.