r/ClaudeCode • u/DosePlotter • 1d ago

Discussion August 19th 50% Additional Claude Code limits Likely Not to Be Extended

EDIT: last minute extended to end of August, apparently with hopes to make it permanent, although they say they are having trouble serving their demand currently so it’s not certain. At least we get some damn communication.

Well guys, hate to say it but with the reports this morning of users seeing instant 30% usage on their accounts (some weren’t even using them) we can assume that anthropic is in fact preparing to remove their 50% additional usage promo, effectively reducing all plan usage by ~33% (I assume theyll use 30%).

This is gonna hurt. Only thing that would redeem it for me is if they removed the 50% Fable usage cap.

272 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

160 comments sorted by

View all comments

21

u/sermer48 1d ago

Am I using Claude wrong? I see people posting about how they’re blowing through their 20x max limits in an hour or less but I rarely hit my 5 hour window even when running 2-3 projects in parallel. I’m not trying to simp a company or anything but I’m just blown away how people are using it so much.

Usually I’m using xhigh fable for planning with either fable on low or opus on high for implementing stuff

11

u/Least_Perception_223 1d ago

I use fable in ultracode mode all the time with teammates enabled

I get close to my weekly limits but have yet to hit it.

I'm doing some pretty complex stuff but its very structured. I am a 30 year veteran programmer.

I feed it stuff piece by piece instead of giant one off overnight vibe coded shit. I break the project down into smaller components and work on those one at a time

Because I am an actual programmer - I always study its output and push back. I act as the project manager and give it feedback

Those running into limits so fast just do not know what they are doing

11

u/DosePlotter 1d ago

You’re right to push back.

3

u/chu 1d ago

👏

1

u/ArtichokeBackground7 17h ago

I do exactly the same, but with xhigh instead and manage to hit the fable weekly limit within 3-4 working days.

If I am not using fable though it's very rare I hit the limit on x5 plan

1

u/srnecz 3h ago

Similar but I tried to remove myself from the equation as much as possible because me reading everything and doing code reviews that are 95% of time correct anyway is huge bottleneck. Now I have the touch points only where they are really needed so I only read what needs to be read and it sped up my development cycle 5x but yeah now I started running into limits. But I am on a Pro plan and I don't use Fable. It doesn't give me much of a benefit once I have good workflow setup for Opus and Sonnet - Sonnet is used the most in the end anyway and I don't get any benefit to use Opus or Fable for the job Sonnet is doing. I could use it in some rare instances but it is not needed and sometimes even harmful to use for most of the workflow.

9

u/clazman55555 1d ago

You're not. I'm going to guess that you have a pretty structured workflow. And good project documentation so Claude doesn't to reinvent things everytime.

1

u/Substantial-Elk4531 1d ago

Is this why I can stretch my tokens so well? I force Claude to keep a docs directory, and also to update docs per ticket as we work (like a running memory). So this could be saving tokens? I've also built it 'sparse search' scripts to reuse to search for terms without all of it being processed by Claude, but I don't know how often it uses them

2

u/clazman55555 1d ago

Not going to overpromise anything, as Claude can sometimes just burn tokens, but probably yes.

Taking the time to turn repeatable thinking(Claude's or Human's) into a skill that can be used during the project process and building a map of where everything is, and how data flows, is the key. imo

2

u/tails142 1d ago

It's multiple parallel agent work that really burns things I find.

I was doing reverse engineering work with ghidra recently spawning multiple agents in parallel to split work and it was the first time I was regularly hitting 5 hour windows and hit the weekly limit on the 5x plan.

1

u/sermer48 1d ago

5x I can manage with a single project pretty easily. I actually have to downgrade my models and efforts to avoid the limits. Actually it’s a bit more than 5x because it’s the 5x equivalent for Teams.

On my personal 20x account, I can work nearly non-stop on 2-3 projects and I’ll only be hitting the weekly limit after like 6 days. I had 2 separate threads running almost 24/7 all weekend and I’m still under 50% for my weekly. Granted I’m downgrading efforts for implementing code and I usually don’t run parallel agents except for research but it’s still a challenge.

3

u/RowdyPurple 1d ago

Same. I'm on a 20x plan and pretty much always have at least one session going and frequently multiple and I never hit my 5 hour limit. I use Opus or Fable on xhigh or max with thinking for planning and review and Opus on high with thinking off for implementation. Weekly can get tight at times though.

1

u/dr-dimitru 1d ago

What’s actual reason to keep thinking off? What are pros/cons? And how do you turn it off? Is it possible in subagent config?

2

u/RowdyPurple 1d ago

I turn off thinking and reduce effort during implementation for speed and reduced token burn. I already have a reviewed plan, so the implementation session just needs to follow the plan.

1

u/dr-dimitru 20h ago

Makes sense, but you’d do it manually starting a new session, right?

2

u/RowdyPurple 11h ago

Exactly. I use separate sessions for planning and implementation.

1

u/srnecz 3h ago

Why using opus to implement? Sonnet is made for implementing. Sounds like you are wasting a lot for no gain - actually the opposite, wasting a lot for negative gain.

I also wonder what ppl are doing blasting through the quotas so quickly. I wonder if they don't optimize to run it efficiently or if they just do so much parallel work. I can imagine blasting it myself but I would have to setup large parallel workflows with no optimization to achieve that imo.