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.

This Megathread is a continuation of the discussion of your thoughts, concerns and suggestions about the changes involving the Weekly Usage Limits implemented alongside the recent Claude 4.5 release. Please help us keep all your feedback in one place so we can prepare a report for Anthropic's consideration about readers' suggestions, complaints and feedback. This also helps us to free the feed for other discussion. For discussion about recent Claude performance and bug reports, please use the Weekly Performance Megathread instead.

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Recent related Anthropic announcement : https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1ntq8tv/introducing_claude_usage_limit_meter/

Original Anthropic announcement here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1mbo1sb/updating_rate_limits_for_claude_subscription/

Anthropic's update on usage limits post here : https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1nvnafs/update_on_usage_limits/

Last week's Megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1nu9wew/usage_limits_discussion_megathread_beginning_sep/

Megathread's response to Anthropic's usage limits update post here:

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

You can now track your usage in real time across Claude Code and the Claude apps.

• Claude Code: /usage slash command

• Claude apps: Settings -> Usage

The weekly rate limits we announced in July are rolling out now. With Claude Sonnet 4.5, we expect fewer than 2% of users to reach them.

UPDATE: I switched to Claude Code CLI and the token consumption is now way more reasonable.

After hitting the same frustrating wall with Claude Desktop + MCP filesystem, someone recommended trying Claude Code instead.

What changed:

• No need to the filesystem MCP, claude code read/write directly from your computer

• Same tasks

• 3–5x less token consumption on average

• No more random "max length" errors on brand new chats

The paradox: MCP is the reason I chose Claude in the first place. The ability to connect to filesystems, databases, Notion, etc. is too powerful to ignore but the token management makes it almost unusable for real work.

If Anthropic fixes MCP integration and token optimization , they’ll easily dominate the market.

MCP is revolutionary, the model is brilliant, but the UX is holding it back.

Anthropic is sitting on a goldmine !! Fix the token management and Claude becomes the undisputed #1.

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ORIGINAL POST

I’m on Claude Pro, and honestly, in 20 years of using paid software, I’ve never been this frustrated.
The model itself is absolutely brilliant but using Claude is just a p*** in the a**.

Here’s what happened:

• I opened a brand-new chat inside a folder (the folder has a short instruction and 3 small chats).

• Sent one single request asking Claude to analyze a README through the MCP filesystem.

• Claude reads the environment variables, then instantly throws:“Claude hits the maximum length for this conversation.”

Like… what?!

• Brand new chat

• Claude Sonnet

• 30% session usage

• 20% of my weekly limit And it just dies.

Is the folder context included in the token count?
Or are the MCP env vars blowing the context window? Because this behavior makes absolutely no sense.

The model is extraordinary, but the user experience is pure madness.
How can a Pro user hit a max length after one request? This shouldn’t even be possible.

Anyone else seeing this nonsense?

I have been using Claude since a long time now and have been on the pro plan. It was fine until a week ago, but now I just hit limits way too easily. Even if I just chat normally and no research work or anything, its few messages before I get the limit. Then theres the absurd weekly limit as well. Do I have to keep waiting hrs just to use it as I want it to? What's even the point of pro if its so limiting. Absolutely frustrating to use.

I was using Claude Code like usual and I noticed a message saying approaching weekly limit. Next thing I know, 75% weekly limit used. It resets on Monday, and today is just the 2nd day of the week. Absolute scam. I have never ever approached the weekly limit with the $200 max plan before. The most terrible part is that this sudden change in weekly limits was never communicated to us. I really love claude code but I cannot work with random restrictions on my usage out of the blue.

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?

I’m beyond frustrated right now. I pay for the Claude Code MAX plan ($200/month) and for months I NEVER came close to hitting the weekly usage cap for Opus. After this latest update, within just 7 hours of use I’ve already hit 80% of my Opus weekly limit.

On top of that, even Sonnet 4.5 is draining limits ridiculously fast. It feels like Anthropic silently changed how usage is counted, and we’re the ones paying the price. This is outrageous.

If we’re paying premium money for MAX, the limits should either be much higher or at least transparent. Right now it feels like we’re being scammed.

I think we need to make noise about this.

Anyone else experiencing this? Let’s get this thread some visibility – upvote and share your experience. The more people raise hell about this, the harder it will be for Anthropic to ignore us.

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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?

Hey all,
I’ve been using Claude Pro on a monthly plan and lately the usage limits have become way more restrictive, hitting me hard pretty quickly each week. It’s been frustrating because it really cuts into my workflow.
But I noticed a few users on the yearly (annual) Pro plan saying they don’t see any weekly limits at all—just the usual session limits that everyone has. I found this conversation where several people on yearly plans confirmed this, even after the new limits rolled out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/s/17H7cvZ3XP

If you’re on the yearly Pro plan, can you check if you have weekly limits? Or do you also get this “exemption”?
I’m curious if this is something affecting only some accounts or if all yearly plan users have this advantage.

Thanks in advance for any insights!

Edit: A few hours ago, Anthropic reset the weekly limits for all users. This happened after hundreds of users complained about the limits being too strict, with even Max plan subscribers hitting their caps after just a few requests. However, it’s important to note that Anthropic only reset the limits—they didn’t remove or increase them.
You can check their official announcement here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/comments/1nvnacp/update_on_usage_limits/
Also, it might be that annual plan users agreed to conditions that don’t renew monthly like the monthly plans do, but Anthropic hasn’t been clear or transparent about this difference.
Also, will those who subscribe to the annual plan from now on have weekly limits or not?

I was hit with a weekly limit warning for the first time ever and now I’m scared to touch Claude Code because I can’t wait a week to use it.

Pretty sure if these are the new limits, I’d probably be willing to pay 400/mo for the same type of usage I’ve been using since July.

I’ve only had one daily warning before and that was during the August issues

Claude is still the GOAT coding agent tho.

I’m on Claude Plus and mostly use Sonnet/Claude Code for dev work，

Over the last this weeks, I’ve been hitting the weekly limit much earlier than expected.

Looking for community input:

1. What’s your actual weekly capacity on Plus (hours of coding/debugging, number of sessions/messages) before hitting the cap?

2.If you upgraded to Max (5x/20x), did it materially improve throughput? How many days of Opus/Sonnet usage can you realistically sustain on active projects?

Hello everyone I hope y'all having a great day.

I've been using Claude Code since they released but I'm tired of the usage limits they have even when paying subscription.

I'm asking here since most of you have a great knowledge on what's the best and efficient way to run AI be it online with API or running a local LLM.

I'm asking, what's the best way to actually run Claude at cheap rates and at the same time getting the best of it without that ridiculous usage limits?

Or is there any other model that gives super similar or higher results for "coding" related activities but at the same time super cheap?

Or any of you recommend running my own local llm? which are your recommendations about this?

I currently have a GTX 1650 SUPER and 16GB RAM, i know it's super funny lol, but just lyk my current specs, so u can recommend me to buy something local or just deploy a local ai into a "custom ai hosting" and use the API?

I know there are a lot of questions, but I think you get my idea. I wanna get started to use the """tricks""" that some of you use in order to use AI with the highest performace and at lowest rate.

Looking forward to hear ideas, recommendations or guidance!

Thanks a lot in advance, and I wish y'all a wonderful day :D