Describe the Bug Cursor showed a provider rate limit error when using Claude-4 Sonnet, even though my usage was well below my plan quota (Pro plan, 500 requests/month, only 54 used so far). I am not on Usage-Based Pricing and wasn’t using Max Mode. Steps to Reproduce Be on Pro plan with plenty of r…

I see. Now it would be good to know why sometimes 0 tokens are being used and other times millions of tokens. I was working on the same code (python tools), you can see the token assumptions is highest with 4.0 , lower with 3.7 and lowest with default (3.5). I find this unexpected as the tasks I gav…

@alorbach your screenshot shows clearly why 0. There was an error, it was not charged, so 0. Your other parts show moderate to high token consumption. Have a look at the Tokens feature in Usage logs (top right). It would show you what the tokens were used for. This depends highly on how you use Cur…

Appears that the CACHE Tokens is what makes up the difference between the model calls. Shouldnt CACHED Tokens be cheaper in general? Regarding the 0 ones, I found some more - but perhaps these are just connection failures? [image]

@alorbach some may be still processing or being updated. The token Cache Reads are the cheapest, but having 500 000 tokens read from cache means that a lot of context was necessary to handle that part of a request. It is unusal large amount, check the chat, what you requested and how AI performed. …

I am letting it code rather complex python scripts which display UI, perform AI requests of it’s own, process data and so on. So using lighter models is not really an option as they fail more on the tasks I am giving them. claude-sonnet 4.0 is so ■■■■■■■ good, I got so used to it’s quality of code …

Sure I also use Claude 4 Sonnet :slight_smile: and it is the best so far. Not that you have to use 3.5 all the time. I meant more looking into the prompts, what AI does and how you can save yourself tokens for the important parts of your work. Do you use any framework e.g. for UI / crud or similar…

[image] Condor (Tee): crud Not yet, I had claude decide how to do the GUI coding which is btw made great results. Would be great if you could release a list somewhere how many tokens per model and plan is needed to reach the RATE Limit. Perhaps I need to ask by boss for a better plan ^^

I personally dont have that information as I am not internal to Cursor Team, but they mentioned that usage included is always more than the cost of the plan if you look on the token consumption. With old plan as a developer I used up my 500 requests in about 2 weeks. after that it was usage based p…

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Cursor hitting a rate limit on Claude-4 Sonnet despite low usage, raising concerns about infrastructure and pricing direction

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Please have a look at the recent update

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Cursor hitting a rate limit on Claude-4 Sonnet despite low usage, raising concerns about infrastructure and pricing direction

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