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id: agent-delivery/the-cost-of-resuming-grows-with-the-transcript
title: "The cost of resuming grows with the transcript"
theme: agent-delivery
status: open
created: 2026-08-21
date_source: stated
order: 2
---

**The cost of resuming grows with the transcript.** Raised 2026-08-21 by the owner as a challenge
worth taking rather than a limitation to live with. Every resume re-reads the whole conversation as
input tokens, so a long-lived commander costs more per note than it did in week one, for identical
work. Measurable today rather than theoretical: `command_hq_turns` already records input tokens and
USD per turn, so the curve can be plotted before anyone argues about a fix.