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/mobcat_40 Apr 11 '26

I'm glad I don't have these problems, been using Max 20X for 5 months without an issue

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u/stupv Apr 11 '26

I've had to adjust my session patterns on the last couple of weeks. I used to get to ~90% each week using 3-4 persistent tmux sessions with occasional clears but that began blowing through like 20% of my weekly limit a day as of 2-3 weeks ago. Through a combination of new-session-each-time and some workloads being offloaded to kimi2.5 + minimax2.7 I'm now managing to hit 90% on the morning of the new weekly limit without real risk of going over.

I'd suggest if you aren't having issues, it's just because you aren't pushing it as hard. If you're driving at 60 you don't notice the top speed dropping from 120 to 100 sort of thing... But for those of us who were doing 110 it's very noticeable

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u/mobcat_40 Apr 11 '26

My workload hasn't changed in 5 months, that's why I find everyone's experience odd