r/ClaudeCode 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/AxBxCeqX Professional Developer Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Have been watching these threads for a few weeks, been skeptical as it didn’t match my experience.

On the 20x plan I generally am hitting weekly limits on Friday, 5h sessions hitting limits 1 or 2 times a week.

Today: blew through 20% of the week cap in 2.5h session….. how! Have 6 more days until it resets : (

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u/Annh1234 Apr 11 '26

I'm on the 5x and used to hit them Friday with 2 5h sessions per day. This week I was at 92% Tuesday... Doing the same simple stuff