Rank, 14 days: 34 on the Claude Code sheet
6 people reported

All time, since Oct 20, including 4 thumbs-up on GitHub.

Credit balance too low error

“Only the interactive TUI session reports the low-balance error.”

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Interactive sessions report low credit balance despite funded API key. Every prompt in the interactive session fails with "Credit balance too low" while the same key works with claude --print, claude -p and direct API calls.

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Where
Interactive CLI session
Error text
Credit balance too low · Add funds: https://platform.claude.com/settings/billing
Versions
2.1.305 to 2.1.316
Platforms
Linux
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Original reports2, newest first

  1. Individual API plan: interactive Claude Code returns "Credit balance too low" despite $199 credit; claude -p works#106458
  2. Interactive session reports “Credit balance too low” with a valid ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, while claude --print and direct API calls succeed with the same key#103854

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