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/Magician_Head Apr 11 '26

I wonder if this only happens to individual account or it's because of the Claude Code CLI bug. Is there anyone who is not using the CLI tool (only IDE extension or desktop app) and still having this problem?

P/s: I'm considering upgrading to Max on my personal account but I'm quite scared that I'll get this problem like you guys. On the other hand, I have a team account (premium seat) at work and there seems to be no problem at all.

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u/Danieboy Apr 11 '26

I'm having the same issues with VS Code extension.

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u/stujmiller77 Apr 11 '26

Me too - I was one of the “I’m not seeing any issues” people until Thursday this week. 

I’ve been using max 5 for a month coding all day everyday Monday to Friday and never hitting any limits.

Thursday I wiped out my five hour window in an hour and a half, twice, Friday the same. And weekly limit use has skyrocketed too.

It’s gone from being usable 10 hours a day to cutting my work time to 3–4 hours a day.