Burning tokens very fast

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What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.311.21342

What subscription do you have?

Business

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

Am I the only one still seeing my tokens burning very fast following today's extension update? e.g. just by writing 1 or 2 prompts, usage drops by 1%, within 2 hours of working I managed to burn through ~20% of my tokens. Tried using GPT5.3 and 5.4, High reasoning effort. I know High reasoning effort will consume more quickly, but is it considered normal to consume one fifth of the tokens within 2 hours even for business accounts? Doesn't make sense to me, but please clarify

What steps can reproduce the bug?

just by writing reasonably simple prompts. GPT5.3 and 5.4, High reasoning effort.

What is the expected behavior?

Last week token usage was like 25% slower.

Additional information

No response