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2026-10-24-claude-code-unattended-retry-can-bound-a-usage-wait-and-recheck-an-early-limit-lift
Unattended retry can bound a usage wait and recheck an early limit lift. 301 adds CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG_MAX_USAGE_LIMIT_WAIT_MS to end an unattended retry request when its usage reset is too far away. 305 adds CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG_USAGE_LIMIT_RECHECK_MS to notice a limit lifted before the advertised reset.
Channel: tagged-release. Half: capability. Date: 2026-10-20.
Operator consequence: Configure native unattended retry before maintaining a usage-limit polling wrapper. Set a maximum wait that matches the job deadline. These controls manage waiting and establish neither the cause nor a fix for separate usage-drain reports.
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Run: 2026-10-24-weekly-digest-2026-10-13_2026-10-24-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-10-24-claude-code-unattended-retry-can-bound-a-usage-wait-and-recheck-an-early-limit-lift
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