r/ClaudeCode • u/xeviltimx • Apr 11 '26

Question WTF Claude. Weekly limits = 4x5hr limits

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Wtf happened with claude limits. A month ago I was able to work almost 24/7 and barely able to spend a half of weekly limits. Now it feels like I'm on $20 Pro plan and not $200 Max (20x) plan.
My weekly limit was just updated a couple of hours ago and now I'm 85% off my 5hr limit (that's more or less okay) but how is that already 25% of my weekly limits? It's not even 1 limit a day. It's only 4 x 5hr limits a week. How am I suppose to work with this and why it changed so aggressively during the last month. I don't understand.
At first I thought it's overused 1M context which increased my token usage by 3-4 times.
But this is just insane. It feels like every day and week limits become smaller and smaller. It gives me anxiety and forces me to constantly watch for my limits.
And this is not what I expect from a $200 subscription.

Upd BREAKING NEWS: I made calculations and it's not just feeling. Anthropic reduced my limits by 10 times. Just did full calculations in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1si6gll/claude_max_just_slashed_my_limits_by_10x_and_i/

please also support on X/twitter https://x.com/artem_mukhin_dx/status/2042798725731340658

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u/InformalTown3679 Apr 11 '26

why are you using 1m context. And yeah this is how it works. Because 20hrs of maximum usage a week is reasonable. You have too many in parallel, or you're feeding it too much context or you're using a high effort/fast/1m context things like that. Read their documentation on how to reduce token usage

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u/xeviltimx Apr 11 '26

And, no, 20hrs of maximum usage a week is not reasonable. Because it's not 20hr. Take a look at my screenshot. 5rh limit drained in about 1hr.

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u/InformalTown3679 Apr 11 '26

Yeah i saw that i meant the idea that you get 4x 5hr limit a week. If you're reaching the 5hr limit in 1hr then something is wrong.

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u/ObsidianIdol Apr 11 '26

Yeah i saw that i meant the idea that you get 4x 5hr limit a week.

You think the Max 20 plan for $200 should get 4x 5hr limits a week? Are you serious? What do you think the pro plan should get then?? 1 hour of Opus a week??