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Anthropic's Claude Code context cache reportedly dropped to 5 minutes

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

A user reported that Anthropic's Claude Code model experienced a significant reduction in its context cache, dropping from one hour to just five minutes on October 12th. This issue affected all subsequent API calls made by the user. The user analyzed over 5,600 of their own API responses to verify the impact of this reported bug. AI

IMPACT Potential disruption for users relying on Claude Code's extended context window for complex coding tasks.

RANK_REASON User-reported bug affecting a specific model's functionality.

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Anthropic's Claude Code context cache reportedly dropped to 5 minutes

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  1. Medium — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Noor Mohammad ·

    Claude Code’s Cache Reportedly Fell to 5 Minutes. All 5,696 of My Calls Since Then Got 1 Hour.

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