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Messages API now reports usage.output_tokens_details.thinking_tokens for billed output tokens used as extended thinking.
The read
Billing audits can isolate extended thinking because the response separates thinking tokens inside billed output tokens.
The frame
For streaming builds, the token breakdown arrives only on the final message_delta event and needs no beta header.
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