{"version":"2.1.305","anchor":"sidequery-now-prices-usage-and-logs-when-it-cant","canonical_anchor":"sidequery-now-prices-usage-and-logs-when-it-cant","heading":"Background side requests now count toward cost tracking","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.305\/e\/sidequery-now-prices-usage-and-logs-when-it-cant","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.305","markdown":"### Background side requests now count toward cost tracking\n\nClaude Code now works out and records the cost of its side requests, and logs a note when it cannot price one\n\n**What**\n\nBesides the main conversation, Claude Code sometimes sends smaller side requests to the model. A side request is a separate, short call made in the background. After each one, Claude Code now calculates what it cost and records it. If it cannot work out a price, it writes `sideQuery: not priced:` to its log.\n\n**Why**\n\nSpending on these side requests now shows up in Claude Code's cost tracking, where before it was left out.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}