Claude code used to show the time that it'd reset. It was quite helpful to be able to plan for getting lunch, coffee, workout, etc.

I assume they're prepping for the Aug 28 hammer.. but removing transparency is a bit frustrating.

Note before your pants-ants go nuts, settle down I'm using roughly 70% sonnet.

I have been subscribing to pro since June 15, 2025. In the first month, I found it hard to reach the limit. Even if I full-on use it for a few hours non-stop, I would hit limit after almost 5 hour, and the limit would just reset in less than 1-hour. It felt great for me, I shipped an IOS app with it within 2 weeks.

Today I'm trying to use CC to fix an issue with my shipped app. My app need to load all photos and calculate the sum of the sizes. It's currently running on the "UI main thread" which makes the UI slow. I sent in a few prompts (about fewer than 5). It's now telling me I reached the limit and need to re-start the work in 3 hours, meaning I splurged 5-hour usage in 2 hours.

I used to be able to complete a few features within a 5-hour interval, now it can't do a performance improvement before running out the usage. Am I missing out some major updates? Since when this tools is like this?

5-hour limit reached ∙ resets 2pm
I didn’t understand something — I thought the limit reset every 5 hours! I didn’t realize there was a one-hour break between two 5-hour sessions...

I am a Pro user and often hit the timeout limit. As I understood it, Claude gives you a token limit that resets five hours after the session starts. Therefor I try to ask Claude a question immediately after waking up, thinking it will trigger the start of session and also the five hour reset timer. Then I can go about my morning routine a little bit more chill, bother Claude a little later, thinking it will clear the limit earlier than if I didnt send that question. So today I ask Claude a Question around 0800 in the morning, at about 1215 Claude tells me it will reset at 1600, although it should reset at 1300 if the session started at 0800.

So what is the issue here? Did I not trigger the 5h window with the initial question? Is the cooldown timer now dynamic?

The message limit is relatively simple - it resets in 5 hour blocks from your first prompt. If you log on at 2:15pm, you're in the 2pm block, so 5 hours after 2pm would be 7pm. So whenever you run into the limit, your message limits will reset at 7pm. Whether you use them all up in the first hour, or slowly use them over the course of 4 hours, it doesn't matter - your total limit will reset at the same time. This is why sometimes when you run out, it only takes 1 or 2 hours to reset, but if you use them very quickly, it could take 3 or 4 hours to reset.

I take advantage of this if I know I'm going to have a short time in the evening to work on a project. For example, if I plan to use Claude for a few hours after dinner (6-9pm, for example), I might log on earlier in the day, around 2pm, to "start the clock" by sending 1 prompt to both Sonnet and Opus (they have separate prompt limits but they each reset in 5h blocks). That way, when I begin the project at 6pm with a good momentum, I can run through all of my available prompts for both Sonnet and Opus in that first hour, knowing that my limits will be reset at 7pm and I can use that second 5h block's worth of prompts. I then have the option of staying up until midnight if I want to use another 5h block's worth of prompts.

This tip can essentially double the available prompts you have to use each day, if you usually only have one 5-hour block to work in consistently. Start the clock and control the reset to your advantage.

Hey everyone, I'm getting seriously frustrated with the Claude Pro plan and I'm wondering if I'm alone in this or if I'm just completely misunderstanding how their billing works. I just got hit with the "5-hour limit reached" notification, but according to the CC-Usage statistics tool I've been running, my actual usage is nowhere near that. I've been meticulously monitoring it the entire time. This has me wondering, how on earth is this limit actually calculated? Is it a hard five-hour timer that starts the second you open a Claude window? Does it keep counting down whether you're actively using it, have the tab in the background, or even if your computer is asleep? My workflow for the past few hours has been mostly reading documentation and crafting my next prompts. I haven't been in a constant back-and-forth with Claude. So, to be told I've hit my limit feels like a total rip-off. Is this some kind of scammy business practice? It feels incredibly misleading to advertise a "5-hour limit" if any period of inactivity with the window open drains your paid time. It essentially forces you to close the window every time you need to think or research, which is a terrible user experience. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a better way to track your "true" usage, or is this just how they get you? I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences.

What does it mean in reality? How many requests do I have left? Or time? Anyone has some experience with it?

I just switch from Cursor to Claude Code. I've understood that once u start any session with claude code, an open window of 5 hours just started, with some limit.

Im thinking about the idea to abuse it:

If I have 6 hours to work, say 4PM till 10PM
its best for me to "enjoy" 3 hours from one "five-hours-session" and another 3 hours from second "five-hours-session"
meaning, I should start claude code session in 2PM, so that when I start coding in 4PM, at 7PM, my window will reset.

Am I missing something?

For me it's about 3 hrs. I can take a 7:30am train somewhere arrive for breakfast at 10:30, spend the day and leave after dinner at 7:30. Arrive home at 10:30.