gemini code assist using 10K tokens for input , for task like "hi"

[lietuva1]

What happened?

[ACTION REQUIRED] 📎 PLEASE ATTACH THE EXPORTED CHAT HISTORY JSON FILE TO THIS ISSUE IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING IT.

What did you expect to happen?

please help

Client information

• CLI Version: 0.42.0
• Git Commit: 68e2196
• Session ID: 8b01c84e-f794-4723-bed9-d6508babd342
• Operating System: linux v24.15.0
• Sandbox Environment: no sandbox
• Model Version: gemini-3-flash-preview
• Auth Type: compute-default-credentials
• Memory Usage: 417.4 MB
• Terminal Name: Unknown
• Terminal Background: Unknown
• Kitty Keyboard Protocol: Unsupported

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gemini code assist using 10K tokens for input , for task like "hi" , output 20 tokens . eats all quota in on hour . help please

[lietuva1]

Gemini CLI v0.42.0 uses ~19k input tokens for a simple "hi" in an empty folder with only .geminiignore blocking all files. /agents shows multiple local agents loaded. Is this expected baseline agent context, and is there a minimal/no-agent mode?