Diagram showing Claude Code cost loop controls: task budget, retry evidence, stop rule, and human review

Claude Code cost loops start as helpful retrying

Claude Code can waste more than tokens when it keeps retrying a weak task. Production teams need budgets, stop rules, and evidence before another agent attempt is allowed.

May 17, 2026 · 6 min · 1192 words · Thomas De Vos
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