{"version":"2.1.310","anchor":"token-limit-gap-now-carries-the-actual-token-count","canonical_anchor":"token-limit-gap-now-carries-the-actual-token-count","heading":"Over-the-limit requests now carry the actual token count","tier":"internal","area":"Context Window","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.310\/e\/token-limit-gap-now-carries-the-actual-token-count","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.310","markdown":"### Over-the-limit requests now carry the actual token count\n\nWhen a request is over the token limit, Claude Code now works out both how far over it is and the actual token count\n\n**What**\n\nTokens are the small pieces of text a model counts when it measures the length of a request. When a request is too long, Claude Code calculates how far over the limit it is. That calculation now also returns the actual number of tokens in the request, instead of only the amount over.\n\n**Why**\n\nWith the actual count available, errors about requests being over the limit can give more detail than just the size of the overshoot.\n\n- Area: Context Window\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}