{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"web-search-call-counter-replaced-by-a-budget","canonical_anchor":"web-search-call-counter-replaced-by-a-budget","heading":"Web search limits tracked as a budget instead of a call count","tier":"internal","area":"Web Search","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/web-search-call-counter-replaced-by-a-budget","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Web search limits tracked as a budget instead of a call count\n\nSession state no longer counts web search calls and instead tracks a web search budget, plus a new cap on media items\n\n**Unclear.** The budget and media cap values, and where they are enforced, are not clear.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code's session state stopped keeping a running count of web searches. It now keeps a web search budget that can be read and reset. The state also gains a cap on media items.\n\n**Why**\n\nLimits on web searching move from counting calls to drawing on a budget, alongside a limit on media.\n\n- Area: Web Search\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}