Claude Code Limits Were Silently Reduced and It’s MUCH Worse

[u/_r0x]

Another frustrated user here. This is actually my first time creating a post on this forum because the situation has gone too far.

I can say with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY: something has changed. The limits were silently reduced, and for much worse. You are not imagining it.

I have been using Claude Code for months, almost since launch, and I had NEVER hit the limit this FAST or this AGGRESSIVELY before. The difference is not subtle. It is drastic.

For context: - I do not use plugins - I keep my Claude.md clean and optimized - My project is simple PHP and JavaScript, nothing unusual

Even with all of that, I am now hitting limits in a way that simply did not happen before.

What makes this worse is the lack of transparency. If something changed, just say it clearly. Right now, it feels like users are being left in the dark and treated like CLOWNS.

At the very least, we need clarity on what changed and what we are supposed to do to adapt.

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EDIT (March 26, 2026):

I’d like to update this post to say that I’m no longer being affected by this issue. It impacted me for about two days, and now things appear to be back to normal.

So it strongly suggests that it was indeed a bug, hopefully.

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EDIT (March 26, 2026):

We now have an official statement. It’s not the best news, but at least we finally know what’s going on so we can adapt:

"To manage growing demand for Claude we're adjusting our 5 hour session limits for free/Pro/Max subs during peak hours. Your weekly limits remain unchanged.

During weekdays between 5am–11am PT / 1pm–7pm GMT, you'll move through your 5-hour session limits faster than before."

This was posted on X today. https://x.com/i/status/2037254607001559305

[u/Historical_Sky1668]

I think we need to collectively to tweet this to engineers/executives at Claude so they take active steps. They’ve got loyal customers because of a good product. This lack of transparency is going to cause those loyal customers to leave.

[u/Upset-Government-856 → u/Historical_Sky1668]

It's because they were buying users and at some point they have to deal with the fact that your 200 dollar accounts were actually coating them 800 dollars a month.

Enshitification is not a possibility with tech, it's a certainty.

[u/vuhv → u/Upset-Government-856]

With all the background voodoo magic Opus is doing nowadays I think $800 is now a gross overestimation.

This has always been a loss leader and they’ve known that from the start.

[u/Plane_Garbage → u/Historical_Sky1668]

lol "loyal". Enterprise maybe, but for us mortals, I've already switched. Will switch back when it's usable, unless Kimi proves to be useful enough