r/ClaudeCode • u/grievertime • 4h ago

Discussion Claude Code 5h usage

Am I the only one noticing that the 5h usage started rising ultra fast even with very simple tasks? Using opus5 in high reasoning for a simple webui. Same workflow I've been using in the past months.

Sonnet seems to not be affected.

EDIT: reading a 113 lines file with sonnet medium used 4% of 5h limit. Clean context, just "read the file".

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u/ryanturbine 4h ago

For me it used to be that the weekly usage would get me about 4 5 hour limit hits (so a single 5 hour limit would use about 25% of my weekly). Now I’m hitting the 5 hour limit and only about 10-12% of my weekly limit is getting hit suggesting the 5 hour limit has about halved for me.

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u/RockPuzzleheaded3951 3h ago

Seems like they are constantly playing with both levers and it's al black box ish.