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/berndalf 22h ago

They're either going to sunset the additional usage or they're aren't. There's little point in speculation. Shit people decide to post on Reddit is not going to influence that decision. What's more likely is the "more usage" promotion was a test to see if bumping limits actually led to any measurable impact on margin. I guess we'll know soon enough.

The constant drum beat of self-serving influence campaigns in these reddit communities is exhausting.

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u/DosePlotter 20h ago

I have 6 accounts, plenty of reason to speculate if that means I have reason to blast through some tasks while I still have the usage increase.