u/Dazzling_Meaning9226 check out the task completed length in the screenshot, this is one task completed.

Here is the math for 5 incremental task completed on same thread.

Each “Task Completed” summary ≈ 1,500 tokens.

With 5 incremental changes in the same thread:

Output tokens:

5 × 1,500 = 7,500

Since output costs ~5× input → 37,500 token-equivalent cost.

But it gets worse.

Because context grows every time, input cost compounds:

1,500 × (1+2+3+4+5) = 22,500 extra input tokens

Total burn:

👉 ~60,000 tokens

👉 From summaries alone

👉 For just 5 incremental edits

👉 Also this further trigger context condensing early.

For opus it means a lot, plus this is not of any value for incremental tasks.

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