Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users

9 months ago

Anthropic introduces new weekly rate limits for Claude to curb excessive usage, effective August 28.
Rate limits target users running Claude Code continuously or violating usage policies like account sharing.
Existing five-hour usage limits remain, with new weekly limits for overall usage and Claude Opus 4.
Max subscribers can purchase additional usage beyond limits at standard API rates.
Claude Code has faced multiple outages, possibly due to nonstop usage by power users.
Less than 5% of subscribers will be affected, with Pro users getting 40-80 hours of Sonnet 4 weekly.
Anthropic cites computational resource constraints as a reason for the limits.
Other AI coding tool providers like Cursor and Replit have also adjusted pricing strategies recently.
Anthropic commits to exploring long-running use case support in the future.

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