Unclear What the meter records, and whether it is reported anywhere, is not known.
What
Claude Code now starts a meter of processor time used by its threads as one of the first things it does on launch, before it reads the options you typed.
Why
It adds a measurement taken from the very start of each run.
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What the meter records, and whether it is reported anywhere, is not known.