Cache TTL Scandal (95-Day JSONL Analysis)

Description

Forensic analysis by Recca Tsai of 95 days of ~/.claude/projects/*.jsonl logs proving two silent server-side TTL regressions: March 6, 2026 (main+sub agents mixed) and April 9, 2026 (sub-agents forced 100% 5m). Findings derive from server-authored cache_creation objects (ephemeral_5m_input_tokens, ephemeral_1h_input_tokens) that cannot be falsified by the client display layer.

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