I'm a Claude Pro user. Right now it's around 8:40 PM in France. Before 8 PM, I had about 12 hours left until my weekly limit reset (I had used roughly 50%) and about 40 minutes left on my 5-hour session limit (I had used roughly 70%).

But just after 8 PM, both my weekly and session limits were completely reset. The weekly limit is now showing Monday at 8 AM. I was running a task in Claude Code CLI at the time.

I distinctly remember it previously saying the weekly limit would reset on Tuesday morning, France time. Even if it were in US time, it should have been Tuesday afternoon. This sudden reset is confusing and unexpected.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? Any ideas on why it might have happened?

Is this a nice Christmas gift from Anthropic? If so, thank you! And wishing all in our community a fabulous few days of project fun!

We've just reset weekly limits for all Claude users on paid plans.

We've seen members of this community hitting their weekly usage limits more quickly than they might have expected. This is driven by usage of Opus 4.1, which can cause you to hit the limits much faster than Sonnet 4.5.

To help during this transition, we've reset weekly limits for all paid Claude users.

Our latest model, Sonnet 4.5 is now our best coding model and comes with much higher limits than Opus 4.1. We recommend switching your usage over from Opus, if you want more usage. You will also get even better performance from Sonnet 4.5 by turning on "extended thinking" mode. In Claude Code, just use the tab key to toggle this mode on.

We appreciate that some of you have a strong affinity for our Opus models (we do too!). So we've added the ability to purchase extra usage if you're subscribed to the Max 20x plan. We’ll put together more guidance on choosing between our models in the coming weeks.

We value this community’s feedback. Please keep it coming – we want our models and products to work well for you.

I’m on the $50 plan and recently got a “Weekly limit reached” message, even though I’ve barely used Claude Code this week.

When I checked with

ccusage blocks --period week

the actual usage looks very low (see screenshot).

the PROJECTED value keeps increasing and shows several hundred percent over the limit — which doesn’t make sense.

Is anyone else experiencing something similar?
Could this be a bug in how the projection is calculated?

Thanks!

So Anthropic claimed that their new weekly usage limits would only impact “less than 2% of users.” Spoiler alert: That’s complete BS. Here’s what’s actually happening: • Pro users hitting weekly Opus limits in 1-2 days of normal usage Max 20x subscribers (yes, the highest paid tier) getting restricted • People burning through 80% of Opus quota in a few hours without hitting the old 5-hour conversation limit • 50% of total model quota disappearing in a single day of regular use The math ain’t mathing. If 2% means “basically everyone who uses the service regularly,” then sure, 2%. My experience: I hit my Opus 4 limit on a Tuesday. Not because I was doing anything crazy - just normal conversations and work tasks. Meanwhile ChatGPT’s limits are also getting ridiculous (my Codex is locked for 24 hours as I write this). The real problem: It’s not just about the limits themselves. It’s the unpredictability. You can’t plan your work around these restrictions when they kick in seemingly at random and the stated policies don’t match reality. For those of us who switched from ChatGPT specifically to avoid this kind of limitation mess - welcome back to limitation hell, I guess? To Anthropic: Either fix the quotas to match actual reasonable usage patterns, or stop pretending this only affects 2% of users. The gaslighting isn’t helping. Anyone else experiencing this? What are your actual usage numbers looking like? Edit based on comments: Seeing reports that even users who barely touch Claude during the week are suddenly hitting limits. Something is clearly broken with how usage is being calculated.

I’ve seen a lot of mixed reports about hitting weekly usage limits on Claude.
Some people say it happens with Claude Pro (web), others never hit any limit when using Claude Code.

So I’d like to get a clearer picture from actual users here.

I’ll summarize results later for everyone — hopefully we can see if limits depend on version or usage type.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1o1wn34/megathreads_response_to_anthropics_post_update_on/

Am I missing something, or is the Claude Pro weekly limit completely absurd?

I just hit my cap (really fast I might add...). Fine, limits suck, whatever.

What's even more idiotic is that hitting the Pro limit... it cuts you off completely. You can't even revert back to the free account limits. Nothing.

So I paid $20, hit the "pro" limit, and now I literally can't use Claude at all until it resets.

My only option to send a simple prompt is to... what? Log out and register a whole new account with a different email? How does it make sense that I, a paying customer, am left with ZERO access?

This is a new level of "thanks for your money, now get lost." WTF Anthropic?!

I'm done. Won't be subscribing again.

I have Claude Pro ($20/month) and consistently run into the per-session usage limits when using Claude Code (CLI tool). I'll max out my current session and have to wait for the window to reset, even though I often end up using only 20-40% of my overall weekly allowance.

My budget is around $30/month total. Is there a better solution than Pro + occasional overage purchases?

Options I'm considering:

Paying for extra usage when I hit limits (but feels inefficient)

Switching to API pay-as-you-go for Claude Code specifically

Upgrading to a higher tier (but $100/month seems excessive for my usage)

For those who use Claude Code heavily in bursts but inconsistently week-to-week - what's your setup?

Hey everyone,

Not sure what’s going on, but starting today, I’m suddenly hitting my usage limits after only a few non coding related prompts (like 3–4). This has never happened before.

I didn’t change my plan, my workflow, or the size of my prompts. I’m using Claude Code normally, and out of nowhere it tells me I’m at my limit and blocks further use.

A couple things I’m trying to figure out:

• Is this happening to anyone else today specifically?

• Did Anthropic quietly change the quota calculations?

• Could it be a bug or rate-limit miscount?

• Is there any workaround people found? Logging out, switching networks, switching country, etc.?

It’s super frustrating because I literally can’t work with only a few prompts before getting locked out.

If anyone has info or experienced the same thing today, please let me know.

Thanks!

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In late August, we're introducing weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, affecting less than 5% of users based on current usage patterns.

While Pro and Max plans offer generous Claude access, some advanced users have been running Claude continuously 24/7—consuming resources far beyond typical usage. One user consumed tens of thousands in model usage on a $200 plan. Though we're developing solutions for these advanced use cases, our new rate limits will ensure a more equitable experience for all users while also preventing policy violations like account sharing and reselling access.

We take these decisions seriously. We're committed to supporting long-running use cases through other options in the future, but until then, weekly limits will help us maintain reliable service for everyone. Max 20x subscribers can purchase additional usage at standard API rates if needed.

We also recognize that during this same period, users have encountered several reliability and performance issues. We've been working to fix these as quickly as possible and will continue addressing any remaining issues over the coming days and weeks.

I was recently invited to participate in a brief AI-moderated interview by Apthropic which I completed because they were offering a $250 Amazon gift card.

I was invited because I am supposedly "one of our most engaged Max 20x users" which was surprising to me. I log some pretty long hours and hit limits almost daily with CC but I wouldn't consider myself a power user at all. I don't even use mcp servers... Just a vibe coder building ai slop projects I probably have no business trying to build.

Anyways, the reason I am posting is because I was disappointed to learn that they are strongly considering or have already decided they will be implementing weekly limits.

Meaning you could, depending on your usage, max out your limits by Monday or Tuesday, even on the 20x plan and then be locked out for a week or need to upgrade or purchase additional utilization.

I voiced my concerns in the interview and let them know how I felt about that. But I haven't seen anyone else talk about this and I feel like more of you should be able to let Anthropic know if you support this or not.

I do apologize for not screenshoting some of the questions it was super early morning when I did it and wasn't really expecting them to talk about changing the limits in this manner. I can share screenshot of the email if anyone doesn't believe but I don't think it's that serious.

Since completing the interview I've felt uneasy thinking about how much higher the pricing could get and how it would be really disappointing if I have to limit the amount of development I can do because of the price. For me in my "self-learning" developer journey I am currently the bottleneck. I can learn experiment and develop all day. I think it would suck to max out your usage and literally not be able to use it even for little things throughout your week. Although I might get more sleep if I'm not trying to max out my daily limits lol.

Also some people can't use CC everyday. At least one or two weeks a month I get busy, and I don't have time to work on my projects for 3 or 4 days at a time. Maybe weekly limits will help give back lost usage in that manner but I have a feeling they will be in addition to the daily and monthly limits.

They also asked my thoughts about a truly "unlimited" plan and how much I would pay.

Then asked if they implemented the weekly minimums and I was hitting my 20x usage limits what I would do. Purchase additional utilization or upgrade to a higher monthly tier.

Just sharing so you can make your own opinions on the matter.