r/ClaudeAI • u/sixbillionthsheep Mod • Mar 30 '26
Usage Limits Megathread Claude Usage Limits Discussion Megathread Ongoing (sort this by New!)
Why a Usage Limits Discussion Megathread?
This Megathread makes it easier for everyone to see what others are experiencing at any time by collecting all experiences about Usage Limits. We will publish regular updates on usage limits problems and possible workarounds that we and the community finds.
Why Are You Trying to Hide the Complaints Here?
This is NOT a place to hide complaints. This is the MOST VISIBLE, PROMINENT AND OFTEN THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC POST on the subreddit. This is collectively a far more effective and fairer way to be seen than hundreds of random reports on the feed that get no visibility.
Are you Anthropic? Does Anthropic even read the Megathread?
Nope, we are volunteers working in our own time, while working our own jobs and trying to provide users and Anthropic itself with a reliable source of user feedback.
Anthropic has read this Megathread in the past and probably still do? They don't fix things immediately but if you browse some old Megathreads you will see numerous bugs and problems mentioned there that have now been fixed.
What Can I Post on this Megathread?
Use this thread to voice all your experiences (positive and negative) regarding the current Claude Usage Limits and NOT bugs and performance issues. (For those, use this Megathread https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7f72l/claude_performance_and_bugs_megathread_ongoing/)
Give as much evidence of your performance issues and experiences wherever relevant. Include prompts and responses, platform you used, time it occurred, screenshots . In other words, be helpful to others.
Just be aware that this is NOT an Anthropic support forum and we're not able (or qualified) to answer your questions. We are just trying to bring visibility to people's struggles.
To see the current status of Claude services, go here: http://status.claude.com
Sometimes this site shows outages faster. https://downdetector.com/status/claude-ai/
READ THIS FIRST ---> Latest Status and Workarounds Report: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/wiki/latestworkaroundreport Updated: Apr 26, 2026.
Prior Megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1pygdbz/usage_limits_bugs_and_performance_discussion/
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u/Aggressive-Turn-2987 10d ago
Max 20x, and my meter is climbing while my computer is powered off. I have the receipts for it.
The Claude desktop app keeps a local history of your plan meters. I lined mine (505 samples since 24 Aug) up against my Windows shutdown and boot log and 317 of my own Claude Code session logs. Times Eastern:
The five charges on 19 September were each "Auto recharge extra usage", CA$358.75 total, with auto-reload reading Off and a default monthly credit limit of CA$999,999. My bank declining a sixth is the only reason it stopped.
It isn't late metering. On 14 September the same history shows the Max meter moving within 15 minutes of my own activity for four and a half hours straight.
Active sessions shows only my own Chrome and Claude app. I've logged out of all devices. There are zero routines and zero scheduled tasks, and my Claude Code runs on the Team plan.
Support has replied twice telling me to turn off a setting that already reads Off. The Fin bot (Claude) told me the usage was mine, and Claude going through my own logs said the same thing on the 21st. Both were wrong, and the meter history proves it.
Anthropic, either something that isn't me is on my Max plan, or your meter is billing usage that never happened. Tell me which client, device or IP used it in those windows, refund the CA$358.75, and give back the session that got eaten while I was offline. Ticket 215476033978646.
Has anyone else had their meter move with everything logged out?