{"version":"2.1.224","anchor":"task-budgets-and-session-budgets-are-no-longer-conflated","canonical_anchor":"task-budgets-and-session-budgets-are-no-longer-conflated","heading":"Task budgets and session budgets are no longer conflated","tier":"notice","area":"Agent SDK Docs","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.224\/e\/task-budgets-and-session-budgets-are-no-longer-conflated","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.224","markdown":"### Task budgets and session budgets are no longer conflated\n\nDocs now warn that task_budget is advisory tokens while session budgets are hard dollar caps.\n\n**What**\n\nThe skill's quick reference and its feature-support notes now warn that the Messages API `task_budget` is advisory and counted in tokens, while a Managed Agents session budget is a hard, dollar-denominated cap enforced by the platform.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The model-tier restriction (Opus 5, Fable 5, Sonnet 5, 4.8, 4.7) applies only to the Messages API form; session budgets have no tier restriction.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Not the same thing as **Managed Agents session budgets**`\n\n- Area: Agent SDK Docs\n- Names: `task_budget`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}