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HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing

A string-matching quirk in Claude Code's commit parsing routes billing to wrong quota tier, charging Max users for already-included requests when HERMES.md appears in git messages.

Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline

Claude Code exhibits billing routing anomaly: when git commit messages contain the case-sensitive string "HERMES.md", API requests incorrectly route to extra usage billing instead of Max plan quota, causing unintended charges despite available plan capacity.

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