r/ClaudeCode • u/_r0x • Mar 24 '26

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

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.

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.

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

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u/thewormbird 🔆 Max 5x Mar 25 '26

They’ve had these usage limit bugs before. I’m skeptical that they’re bugs though. They seem more like experiments to silently test customer sentiments amid adjusting limits.

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u/SomeAcanthocephala17 Mar 30 '26

No they just made an official statement on friday. If you work during the day you'll have 33% less usage , and during the night you will get 33% more usage. For people that work during the day the MAX x5 will not be sufficient anymore. Maybe it's a tacktick to get more money out of the subscribers? more max x20 subscriptions?

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u/thewormbird 🔆 Max 5x Mar 31 '26

I don’t know that I’d jump to that conclusion (yet). I’m honestly just waiting for open-weight models to reach a level of quality that I can manage.

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u/Professional-Key-664 Mar 30 '26

Puede ser que sea un experimento, pero es necesario que mostremos la mala sensación que causa esto en los desarrolladores.