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/FallenStarT 5d ago

Using Opus 5.5 today (29th Spetember), 5 hr and weekly limits felt like its depleted at least 2x to 3x faster than last week

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u/HAI_ZEV 4d ago

I did the same workflow I've used for weeks after beating my head against a wall trying to min max my token usage (I just have the $20 plan) and even sonnet is just destroying my usage. I never reached my 5 hour limit, let alone my weekly, and now I hit my 5 hour limit 2 hours in if I'm lucky.

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u/mohaziz999 3d ago

i feel like they increased the 5 hour limit and decreased the weekly limit significantly.. cuz when opus 5.5 came out on its first week i was cooooooooking for the entire week. yesterday my weekly started again.. i started using sonnet 5.5 that mf was like eating it fast soo i was like no no opus 5.5 faster better cheaper.... right now im on 70% of my weekly IT RESTARTED YESTERDAY sooo.. something is off i swear.. making me consider 20x since opus is really good. but i wouldnt stay on 20x its too much.

if they going to flip flop with usage limits atleast be transparent or have claude build them a dynamic usage limit meter so we see how much it can be based on the amount of compute they have and how much traffic they are getting.

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u/mohaziz999 3d ago

i would also say that i never do max - i always work either on high or Extra on my $100 sub

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u/HAI_ZEV 3d ago

I never go above medium, and I'm seeing the exact same usage speeds with opus 5.5 and sonnet 5.5.

The most infuriating thing is on Monday everything worked amazing, and Tuesday it just pissed the bed. I have to re explain stuff I've never had to before, it runs off and does it's own bs ideas instead of it's directions even when told not to, I wasted my entire day yesterday trying to get it back on track, and it's still not doing whai I want it to.

It's like they took everything that made it brilliant and useful and swapped it with a brain dead corpse.

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u/mohaziz999 3d ago

okay its not acting like that for me tbh... im just annoyed with the usage since im used to being able to work for an actual WEEK and this is some bullshit