March 23 Rate Acceleration

Description

Community-observed step-change around March 23, 2026 in per-session Claude Code token burn rates. Three converging causes identified: (1) v2.1.100 phantom token injection; (2) git-status cache-bust; (3) thinking-signature resume accumulation. Together these drive the post-March-23 cost pattern users report.

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src-20260423-542f02260352