Token Meters Lie: A Reproducible Audit for Free-Tier AI Coding Agents
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Last Tuesday a developer forwarded me a stack trace with a short note: "My free agent refactored the cache layer and broke everything." The trace pointed to a missing key that should never have been removed. I asked to see the agent's prompt, the diff, and the token count. What I found was not a br…
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- 2026-09-02 13:47 · DEV Community — AI
Token Meters Lie: A Reproducible Audit for Free-Tier AI Coding Agents