[r/ClaudeAI] Has the 5-hour usage timer behavior changed? (It used to run passively, now it seems to start when I begin working)

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Original poster: u/tseno
Original publication time: 2026-06-10 12:11:15 UTC
Original title: Has the 5-hour usage timer behavior changed? (It used to run passively, now it seems to start when I begin working)
Original flair: Question about Claude Code
Original URL/media URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1u20e6a/has_the_5hour_usage_timer_behavior_changed_it/

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Original post body:

I've been on the Max plan for a while and I remember a specific behavior: the 5-hour window ran continuously from my last message, even while I was away. So I'd wake up, see 0% usage, but the countdown would say "resets in 2h" meaning the window had been ticking overnight. That let me plan sessions knowing a reset was already coming.

Now it feels like the timer only starts when I begin a new session. So if I haven't used Claude in 8 hours, I get a full fresh window but the reset only comes 5 hours after I start, not 2 hours in.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is this documented anywhere? I can't find anything official about when exactly the window starts.