# Thinking Tokens Are Not Free. Most Pipelines Treat Them Like They Are.

> Source: <https://pub.towardsai.net/thinking-tokens-are-not-free-most-pipelines-treat-them-like-they-are-846708fdcef1?source=rss----98111c9905da---4>
> Published: 2026-06-21 18:31:00+00:00

The hidden ops problem inside agentic pipelines using OpenAI GPT-5.x and o-series, Claude Opus/Sonnet 4.x, Gemini 3/2.5 reasoning models…
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