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How does the five hours limit window really work?

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The limit is meant to annoy you until you upgrade. The difference between Pro and Max is $80 a month or $960 a year. It's greed. This 5 hour limit is new. I've been using Claude for over a year. Once they created the "max" plan, they started fucking with the pro users. I didn't want to upgrade so i simply got a second $20 plan because $40 a month is cheaper than $100 a month. But they want to fuck with people like me as well. Answer from No_Squirrel_3453 on reddit.com

reddit.com › r/anthropic › claude code removes the helpful 5-hour limit reset time, now just says "approaching 5-hour limit"

r/Anthropic on Reddit: Claude code removes the helpful 5-hour limit reset time, now just says "Approaching 5-hour limit"

August 20, 2025 -

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.

After hitting the limit, it does show the time: Knowing the time beforehand was nice to plan that for instance, in about 20 minutes (when I hit the limit), I'll have a break until X.

Interesting, seems a bit coincidental that it is right after this post https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1musjd5/claudes_time_blocks_were_screwing_me_over_so_i/

reddit.com › r/claudeai › how does the five hours limit window really work?

r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: How does the five hours limit window really work?

August 6, 2025 -

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 limit is meant to annoy you until you upgrade. The difference between Pro and Max is $80 a month or $960 a year. It's greed. This 5 hour limit is new. I've been using Claude for over a year. Once they created the "max" plan, they started fucking with the pro users. I didn't want to upgrade so i simply got a second $20 plan because $40 a month is cheaper than $100 a month. But they want to fuck with people like me as well.

I'm guessing you'll need to hold off for 24 hours or more to reset the rolling window alignment, if that's what you want. As an aside, are you keeping session size in mind? The more context that has to be sent with your prompt, the more tokens you'll be consuming as the model has to read through all of the session's context with every prompt. If you have a huge session, get rate limited, then continue in -that- session, you'll hit the rate limit even more quickly. Personally I try to wrap sessions up when they get overly large. Even though it's annoying to have to 'recap' in a new session to get Claude back up to speed with what you were talking about, since there's currently no "please go read and summarize our previous session" functionality.

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reddit.com › r/claudecode › 5-hour limit reached

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: 5-hour limit reached

August 20, 2025 -

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...

You are misunderstanding the limits… Your five hour window starts from when you begin using it during a fresh window. i.e. if you start at 10am, it will finish at 2pm regardless if you reached your usage limit. Then at 2pm, the usage limit restarts a new 5 hour window (the moment you begin using it after 2pm) What seems to have happened in your case is you reached your usage limit before the 5 hour window was up…so it’s not a “one hour break”. It’s likely you used your limit up at the 4th hour of your cycle…hence having to wait an hour before using again.

they changed something today, I hit my limit on low usage in 2 hours, usually I will be going max speed , multiple projects and only max out near the 5 hour limit ($200 plan). Seems very restrictive today, and I am not doing much.... this is sad.

reddit.com › r/anthropic › is the claude pro 5-hour limit a scam? usage doesn't match my activity.

r/Anthropic on Reddit: Is the Claude Pro 5-hour limit a scam? Usage doesn't match my activity.

May 12, 2025 -

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.

I haven’t quantitatively tracked it but anecdotally ive found myself hitting the limit faster for the same scope of work I normally do. Like 40 mins instead of 2-3 hours and I’m diligent about managing my context which kinda echoes your token tracking as well. Super annoying but I’m not upgrading to a higher tier until the service demonstrates that it will stable to justify the added cost.

The Pro plan is not really for Claude Code, they added Claude Code access so that paid users could preview Claude Code. So expect the quota to be insufficient for real workloads. I rarely hit limits on 5x plan working full time with CC. So it is reasonable to expect to hit limit in 1 hour on Pro. The 5 hour window starts from the beginning of the hour you started work. So send Claude prompt at 8:01 or 8:59 will mean the window will be 8:00-13:00. The usage will be any account activity so if you use Claude Desktop to ask how to poach an egg at 7:30 then run Claude code at 8:59. Your window will start from 7:00. In terms of hitting the limit. Like I said, you probably only have about 1 hour of serious work time on a Pro plan within your 5 hour window. How efficient you use Claude can make this longer or shorter. For example you never clear and send lots of small tasks. The whole context window up to 200K tokens will be sent with every new prompt.

reddit.com › r/claude › the only method i've found to bypass the 5-hour limit

r/claude on Reddit: The only method I've found to bypass the 5-hour limit

September 9, 2025 -

Okay guys, hear me out 😅

You know that annoying moment when you're coding with Claude and BAM - "5 hour limit reached" right in the middle of debugging? Yeah, it sucks.

So I discovered the limit works on a rolling 5-hour window from your LAST message, not your first.

My hack:

3 hours before I need Claude, I start sending random msgs every hour
Just quick stuff like "hey" or "give me a fun fact"
Takes 30 seconds lol

Result: When I actually start working, I'm already at hour 4 of the limit, so I get hour 5 PLUS a fresh 5-hour window = way more uninterrupted coding time 🎯

Is it janky? Yes. Does it work? ABSOLUTELY.

Anyone else doing this or am I just being extra? 😂 Drop your limit hacks below!

Claude : Thanks for the bugs reporting

Add $15 a month on Mistral to your AI budget. Or $20 on Google. Go back and forth between them. Use one for debugging. The other coding.

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August 26, 2025 - Me too and its really pissing me ... has broken despite very explicit instructions - then to hit the 5 hour usage limit after 90 min of doing nothing but fixing its own issues - is maddening....

reddit.com › r/claudecode › since when claude code approaches 5-hour limit so fast?

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: Since when Claude Code approaches 5-hour limit so fast?

September 2, 2025 -

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?

I am on the $100 plan and it’s ridiculous . I can’t even finish a chat without it hitting chat limitations.

Same here. As a Pro plan user, I used to be able to use $10 every 5 hours, but now I’m limited to just $7 to $8. I'm surprised that few people have noticed (or complained about) it.

reddit.com › r/claudeai › update on usage limits

r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: Update on Usage Limits

October 1, 2025 -

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.

Thank you, but can you confirm whether we still have access to 25-40 hours of Opus for typical use as stated in your documentation here: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-pro-or-max-plan Can you confirm yes or no? So for typical use, single session with no subagents, can we expect to hit 25-40 hours of Opus? Also, Sonnet should provide 240-480 hours of typical use? Yes or no?

Well thanks for confirming its time to cancel subscription.

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reddit.com › r/anthropic › 5 hour limit reached?

r/Anthropic on Reddit: 5 hour limit reached?

September 18, 2025 -

Just subscribed to Claude Pro today. Was using it a little throughout the day during work and I just came back on at night after a break. It's only been an hour and I just got the message `5-hour limit reached ∙ resets 3am` . What?? How does this 5 hour limit work?

No one really knows.... It's a lottery basically.

Ignore all the crybabies. So the 5 hour window starts the second you start using Claude. If you hit your usage limit you can't use Claude until 5 hours since you started passed. Once the 5 hours have passed, the second you use Claude, another is initiated. Likely you were using opus, or the default which is 20% opus, 80% sonnet. Generally I wouldn't touch opus. If opus appears to perform better than sonnet, it is likely an issue with your prompting not the model. Or a task that requires a LOT of thinking to do properly. Opus burns through usage, and on the $20 plan opus usage is just enough to draw you in to paying more, not to really get anything done with. Sonnet of course works fine, and because it has more reasonable limits you can use the ultrathink keyword more liberally, and that will give you similar performance to opus. You might still hit usage, but assuming you're not vibe coding you should only hit it after 3 or 4 hours. I use the $100 plan and never hit limits but I don't vibe code at all. Even though I use Claude in the browser, on my phone, use Claude code, and Claude desktop, and often multiple at the same time, and still don't hit limits either. Lol Also read the docs, so much powerful functionality is documented there and I swear 99% of the people here have no idea what they're doing, they haven't even read the documentation. I wish I was exaggerating, but of the people that talk, only a small handful have near or greater knowledge than me on Claude, and really I've just googled a bunch and read the documentation, with basic testing like to see what parts of the system prompt are replaced by the output style for example. Be vary warry learning from people here, most are just as blind as you but will happily grab your hand and pull you along claiming to be an expert. Best source of knowledge, surprisingly enough, is YouTube. Have some great creators there like IndyDevDan that shares more than just the surface insights, and shares his own experiences. Hes not the best all the time, sometimes gets things wrong, but far more reliable. I can dig up a few others if you are interested. Of course if you have any questions let me know. Oh and unsure if true, but it might be true that opus limits are more flexible than sonnet, flexible meaning during high usage during peak times, opus gets limited more strictly than off peak hours. I could often eek out a fair bit more usage by coding at 2am for example. But really, just use sonnet and you'll be fine for the most part. You'll get plenty done for the cost regardless.

reddit.com › r/claudecode › looking for input and feedback on 5 hour limit

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: Looking for input and feedback on 5 hour limit

May 17, 2025 -

I'm a pretty new (very new) user to CC, using it to test out true vibe coding. I'm hitting the 5-hour limit pretty fast, in ~1 hour of usage and I was hoping to get input on it. I know it's a fairly new limit, but maybe I'm doing something wrong, maybe that's expected etc. So, details below:

Using Sonnet 4.

On a Pro Plan (yes I know there are higher tier plans, let me know if this is the expected limits for Pro and I should just upgrade for more continuous software engineering pursuits).

The latest /context command shows my context usage as: claude-sonnet-4-20250514 • 19k/200k tokens (10%). I'm not sure how high or low this is.

I'm vibe coding an ios app.

The way I use it is as follows: Describe a small, focused task (add a button, add a screen, change the color for x, etc), keeping it small and focused but verifiable via xcode building and loading on the simulator on my mac. It implements the task, builds and tests to confirm no issues (using xcodebuild). I then verify on the simulator. I then tell it to commit (it amends all docs, changelog, todos, commits to git and verifies clean status). Repeat.

So: What am I doing wrong? Is this limit just the expected limit for Pro? Am I using too much context? Is there something else going on that's eating into my limit?

Thanks

I'm also on the Pro plan, I used to hit limits pretty fast, what I'm doing now is limiting the context window as much as possible with the clear command every time some task is completed. Also, before prompting for new code or big refactoring it's a good idea to have CC write down a precise plan on a markdown file, then follow the plan. Precise technical instructions work better than vague prompts. And the md files also work as "hardcoded" context, so that you don't overload the context window. And in case I hit the limit I also have a Copilot $10/month plan as fallback, which includes Sonnet 4. Copilot works pretty good though not as good as CC for complex things or terminal based tasks.

It’s not the new weekly limit, those are coming on August 28th. Claude always had 5 hours block limit. If you want more you need to upgrade to the Max plan. No one knows how restrictive (or not) the weekly limit will be. But we will know very soon.

reddit.com › r/claudecode › abusing the 5 hour window of claude code

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: Abusing the 5 hour window of Claude Code

June 7, 2025 -

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?

Somebody wrote an automated script to ensure he can take advantage of every 5 hours window each day Edit: found it https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s/YnnomvxKbs

Works for me, I've gotten out of bed at 3am to type "/next" which works on the next task master item, another solid hour from 7-8am, then the next session runs from 8am to 1pm.

reddit.com › r/claudecode › 5 hour limit reached - resets in 8 hours??

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: 5 hour limit reached - resets in 8 hours??

May 23, 2025 -

I'm a new Claude code user and just signed up for a pro account about 8-10 hours ago. I've been using it on and off, not too heavily, just trying to figure it all out.

Then I just got this message at 2:30am: 5-Hour limit reached - resets 11:00 a.m..

This makes no sense to me. Why am I being blocked for over 8 hours when our usage limits are supposed to reset every 5 hours? I haven't gotten any warning about being close to my request limit, unless this is it.

I went on to their get help site and asked the AI bot about it. It reported to me that it's a system-wide rolling reset time that applies to everyone, not just to me. And that the next time the usage will reset for everyone must be at 11:00 a.m.

What!?!?! So they built in a massive delay. And they don't tell you anything about this in the marketing materials. To me it sounds like I have a certain amount of usage I can consume within a 5-hour block and if I use that up I have to wait till the start of the next 5-hour block. But in reality, my next 5-hour block doesn't start for over 8 hours.

Not a great first impression.

Sorry to vent, I know there's been lots of other people venting about usage limits. I just wanted to share my my experience and findings. I'm curious, is this is the same behavior everyone else is experiencing?

Don’t trust what that bot says that’s inaccurate. I suspect that’s a bug and your usage doesn’t actually reset at 11am. Could have been a timezone disparity etc. Did you actually test it before 11am? I’m on 200 dollar plan and I’ve been hammering it, only on one project but none stop with opus only and yet to run into any limits, last month I was on 100 dollar plan and was hammering it with sonnet and same thing.

Also absolutely hammer it on a 100 dollar plan and have never hit the limit. Are you using /clear to clear the context when appropriate?

reddit.com › r/claudeai › for those who hit weekly limits on claude — are you using claude pro or claude code?

r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: For those who hit weekly limits on Claude — are you using Claude Pro or Claude Code?

October 22, 2025 -

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.

you dont have an option for "both"?

I use Claude Max 5x (desktop, Claude Code, iOS app) and never hit limits. Your poll isn't very conclusive though, it's missing options like the desktop app and iOS app.

reddit.com › r/claudecode › how to get maximum out of 5h limit

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: How to get maximum out of 5h limit

June 12, 2025 -

I work as a software developer and since recently I started using claude code.
I've spent 100 usd on cursor last month and now wanted to try CC + cursor combination to bring the cost down and also to try CC.

Yesterday I started working around 10am and around 4pm I got a message that my limit is approaching and that I could resume working at 8pm.

Since I know there is a 5hour time window for this limit, I wonder if I spent the whole limit in just one hour (from 3pm-4pm) since I would have to wait until 8pm to resume using CC again? It seems that I started my first 5h window at 10am, which finished at 3pm, then a new 5h window started and I used all the limit in this one hour from 3pm to 4pm, when I saw this message about limit coming soon. Is this assumption correct?

If that is the true, I was wondering could this little trick help me:

Since I work 8 hours a day, from 10am-6pm, what if I make a script that will send simple first day prompt to CC each day at 8am? Then the 5 hour time window will be established from 8am to 1pm and subsequent time window would be from 1pm-6pm?

Can I get more out of CC this way? And In the meantime, while stuck, I could use Cursor.

This way, I could use two 5h sessions each work day, totaling 10 of five hour limits per week. (btw. I know in my example I had two sessions as well, but this way could be more optimized to make sure it lasts until 6pm when I usually finish with work)

I made an online application that allows me to access the webpage anywhere that connects to a local agent I've made on the computer on my Windows 11 that tells the web app what command prompt Windows I have open and I can therefore send schedule messages and frequency so that I can schedule multiple messages with multiple windows and it's somewhat predictable like if I say to organize a folder then I don't really need to see what it does I trust it does this but I can also remote connect just to see the screen and read the responses if needed. The point is that I can schedule messages to be in 30 minutes gaps throughout the night or one hour gaps. Obviously if you're at the computer then the advice is just to not rush and think about what you are doing slow down to speed up if you like. But the biggest game is using the nighttime to schedule messages

You can use Claude Code Router, i haven't tried it yet but you can save usage using external LLMs in Claude Code. I like Claude Code but use all the usage and then I can't use Claude Desktop.

reddit.com › r/claudecode › sudden usage limit issues on claude code today — anyone else?

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: Sudden usage limit issues on Claude Code today — anyone else?

2 weeks ago -

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!

Same here. It's not a small decrease. It's severely reduced. I already cancelled my subscription. It began last night for me, like night and day.

Came to post this, I've never burned capacity at anywhere near this rate as a 20x max user. Any chance that we get an official response to this?

reddit.com › r/claudecode › how does claude code 5-hour limit work?

r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: How does Claude Code 5-hour limit work?

May 28, 2025 -

When does 5-hour window start and end? Or is it a rolling window thing?

It start when you fire your first prompt ends when the 5 hours ends. If you reach token cap before 5 hours end you will have to wait until the end of the window.

It changes based on demand also, thats why some days it feels like you get more usage than others. I think its in the fine print somewhere.

reddit.com › r/claudeai › the difference of claude pro and max5 plan usage limit are enormous. it is not only 5x

r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: The difference of Claude Pro and Max5 plan usage limit are enormous. It is not only 5x

2 weeks ago -

I'm back from month hiatus of Claude Max5 Subscription and just recently re-subscribed to Pro plan to test Opus 4.5.

At first, I was laughing on how people comments and said in here that you can only prompt one Opus 4.5 and your 5-hour limit is gone until I literally experienced it. Now, I upgrade my Plan to Max5 and the usage limit difference is HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE compared to Pro Plan. It is not just 5x. So I feel like the Pro plan (This should be renamed to just "Plus" because there's no pro in this plan) is really just to test the model and Anthropic will force you to upgrade to Max.

Right now, been coding on 2 sessions simultaneously continuously using opusplan model and I'm only 57% of the 5-hour limit, reset in 1 hour.

Anyhow,

Opus 4.5 is great, the limit is higher. I'm happy but my wallet hurts. Lol

Yeah Pro is such a bad value right now. Max or nothing if you want to use CC for professional coding.

Yeah, the Pro plan usage limits are brutal, especially with Opus 4.5. I've been running Haiku for most of my work, and it's been a solid middle ground. I'm on the Pro plan ($200ish yearly), and I use Opus 4.5 only when I really need it, complex architecture decisions, tricky bugs, or when Haiku keeps missing something obvious. The ROI makes way more sense for me this way. Max5 at $200/month would need to literally 10x my productivity to justify the cost.

reddit.com › r/claudeai › megathread for claude performance and usage limits discussion - starting august 31

r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: Megathread for Claude Performance and Usage Limits Discussion - Starting August 31

August 31, 2025 -

Latest Performance Report: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1n4o701/claude_performance_report_with_workarounds_august/

Full record of past Megathreads and Reports : https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/wiki/megathreads/

Why a Performance Discussion Megathread?

This Megathread should make it easier for everyone to see what others are experiencing at any time by collecting all experiences. Most importantly, this will allow the subreddit to provide you a comprehensive periodic AI-generated summary report of all performance issues and experiences, maximally informative to everybody. See the previous period's performance report here https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1n4o701/claude_performance_report_with_workarounds_august/

It will also free up space on the main feed to make more visible the interesting insights and constructions of those using Claude productively.

What Can I Post on this Megathread?

Use this thread to voice all your experiences (positive and negative) as well as observations regarding the current performance of Claude. This includes any discussion, questions, experiences and speculations of quota, limits, context window size, downtime, price, subscription issues, general gripes, why you are quitting, Anthropic's motives, and comparative performance with other competitors.

So What are the Rules For Contributing Here?

All the same as for the main feed (especially keep the discussion on the technology)

Give evidence of your performance issues and experiences wherever relevant. Include prompts and responses, platform you used, time it occurred. In other words, be helpful to others.
The AI performance analysis will ignore comments that don't appear credible to it or are too vague.
All other subreddit rules apply.

Do I Have to Post All Performance Issues Here and Not in the Main Feed?

Yes. This helps us track performance issues, workarounds and sentiment and keeps the feed free from event-related post floods.

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reddit.com › r/claudeai › why is the message limit reset unit in claudeai not actually 5 hours?

r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: Why is the message limit reset unit in ClaudeAI not actually 5 hours?

November 19, 2024 -

I am a user of ClaudeAI's Professional plan.

I'm writing to question the way ClaudeAI resets your time limit.

I'm not talking about the number of questions you ask, or the length of your messages. I'm talking about the way the timeout is calculated.

[Examples]

Assume that the message timeout due to a previous action is 10 AM. You can actually send a question to Claude AI at 10 AM.
then you can guess that the message unrestriction time for the next session is 3 PM.
However, when you use up all your messages by 1 PM, you realize that the message unrestriction time at that point is 5 PM, not 3 PM.
After 5 PM, you exchange questions and answers with Claude AI and reach your message limit around 8 PM, at which point you realize that the message limit lifting time is 11 PM.

In this case, Claude AI's message limit reset happened every 7 hours and every 6 hours.

You guys don't experience this? I experience it almost every time.

Is this an officially announced way of operating? Or is it an arbitrary disregard of the 5-hour rule? If so, isn't this way of counting time deceptive to paying users?

The Claude rate limit is so poorly implemented, for me and most people in my class, it’s a deal breaker that ruins what could be an okay tool. Impossible to create consistent context thanks to rate limits: When Anthropic calculates your rate, they’re including its context algorithms of that conversations’ previous key points. if you’re a content creator, your contextual kors become too large and you hit rate limit like a gym bro hits steroids—hard! It’s worse if you’re using it for a coding project. Like, Clause is actually really good at the moment, but the entire tool is basically relegated to minor bug fixes because the rate limits prevent any meaningful project management since every kors of a conversation will gradually destroy your rate limit until you get one to 5 interactions a day. Or whatever other arbitrary tease limit Anthropic decides to fuck is with. It’s actually insulting to pay for this too: “here’s a really great tool, and we know you’re a pro subscriber, but eff you anyways.” Makes the whole thing very sus.

1 hour on 4 hours off for me, i wish they offered an unlimited plan at $99/month for the web ui

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r/ClaudeCode on Reddit: new 5 hour limit on max plan is pretty bad so far

September 10, 2025 -

The description of what you get is pretty unclear: between "200-800 prompts".

Why not just give a token limit?

I'm maxing out my 5 hour limit pretty fast.

"240-480 hours of Sonnet 4 a week" that's 20 days worth of Sonnet 4. I definitely prefer this to the token limit.

I usually get 2 hours work done. 30 minutes of that dealing with whatever code it broke the constant gaslighting that my code is ready for production. Then 3 hours wait wondering if cc is worth it. Ps i tried to post a similar topic but the mods locked it ?!!