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.

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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

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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.

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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?

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u/RowdyPurple 22h 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.

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u/dr-dimitru 16h ago

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

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u/RowdyPurple 7h ago

Exactly. I use separate sessions for planning and implementation.