Comment by aaronblohowiak
21 hours ago
So if I run a test suite or compile my rust program in a sub agent I’m going to get cache misses? Boo.
21 hours ago
So if I run a test suite or compile my rust program in a sub agent I’m going to get cache misses? Boo.
Sub agents don't have much context and don't stay around for long, so misses in that case are trivial.
As of yesterday subagents were often getting the entire session copied to them. Happened to me when 2 turns with Claude spawned a subagent, caused 2 compactions, and burned 15% of my 5-hour limit (Max 5x).
how long they stay around after the cache miss is irrelevant if I am burning all the prior tokens again. also, how much context they have depends entirely on the task and your workflow. I you have a subagent implement a feature and use the compile + test loop to ensure it is implemented correctly before a supervisor agent reviews what was implemented vs asked then yes, subagents do have a lot of context.