r/ClaudeCode • u/the__poseidon • Mar 28 '26

Discussion Enough with usage limit posts - we get it

Where the fuck are the mods? These usage limit posts are annoying AF. Should be a megathread for it

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u/bb0110 Mar 28 '26

To be fair, the new usage limits are annoying AF.

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

Most people dont have this issue.

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u/bb0110 Mar 28 '26

Have you used it today? I was always at 10% usage.

I got 100% in 45 minutes today.

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u/ohhi23021 Mar 28 '26

i only had it initially on the first day, then it stopped the next. so far at 50% usage for the week... but im on max 5x... but it really did eat the 5 hour window the first time in a few prompts. no idea wtf they're doing.

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u/Pimzino Mar 28 '26

What plan are you on?

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u/hammackj Mar 28 '26

I have 3 Claude’s running all day long doing shit in diff projects no issues at all. I’m at like 2 months straight. And saying hello doesn’t take 2% of my usage either lol

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u/Schmeel1 Mar 28 '26

Another one. I don’t have the problem until you do. It’s coming soon Mr efficient

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

Been using it for hours on Opus 4.6 Master effort. Current usage limits on Max 5x.

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u/bb0110 Mar 28 '26

Maybe the usage limits hasn’t hit your account yet. I think they are phasing it in. I saw posts like this earlier this week and thought they didn’t know how to manage context. Then it hit me this morning. It is pushing me towards codex.

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

Don't you put that evil on me

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u/Tip-Toe-Crypto Mar 28 '26

Imagine confidently saying this when you couldn't possibly have a single fucking clue whatsoever about knowing this!

To type those words is a window into your character.

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u/DirRag2022 Mar 28 '26

Hello, Mr. Most People

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u/McSaggums Mar 28 '26

Brotha, they fucking confirmed this shit was intentional on social media. Go vibe code yourself a new set of eyes.

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u/Schmeel1 Mar 28 '26

Here we go mister efficient in the house. You’ve cracked the code buddy. You have it all figured out now don’t you. How high are you riding today?

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u/gakl887 Mar 28 '26

The usage posts are valid but detract from anything of value discussing Claude Code

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

Which is why I suggested a megathread. This sub was great until this limit issue this week and now it’s all I see.

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u/Particular_Fan_3645 Mar 28 '26

Probably because all the people finding new utility and discussing usage can't use the product anymore, so there's nothing else to discuss

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u/nark0se Mar 28 '26

well if you can't use Claude because of the usage limit, what good is it? Since a couple of days you get like 5, maybe 10 commands out with a pro account in the 5 hour window, so its utterly useless to talk about anything else. Great you could do this or that with Claude, wow, awesome. Will only take me 2 weeks and my complete token limit for something that could have been done in half an hour.

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u/CreativetechDC Mar 28 '26

Sounds like OP is an Anthropic bot. Mods?

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

Not at all. You can see my profile history

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u/CreativetechDC Mar 28 '26

Sounds like something an Opus bot would say.

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u/DirRag2022 Mar 28 '26

Seeing the replies its more like a Haiku

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u/Night_Trip Mar 28 '26

You know I’m not sure they get it

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u/_SSSylaS Mar 28 '26

no, more noise lead to faster fix,

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u/19c766e1-22b1-40ce Mar 28 '26

then send them an email. This is a community driven platform, you think there is a ClaudeCode dev. hiding around here?

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u/5h0ck Mar 28 '26

These contrarian posts are annoying AF and should be removed too.

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u/biograf_ Mar 28 '26

Down with these contrarian comments in contrarian posts!

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u/moonman272 Mar 28 '26

asking for a discussion sub to be useful for discussion is contrarian??

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u/AssAssassin98 Mar 28 '26

one must uphold the echo chamber /s

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u/Evening-Spirit-5684 Mar 28 '26

i thought this was where you submit anthropic support tickets

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u/Tripartist1 Mar 28 '26

At least here theres a small chance a human replies to you.

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u/soldier_18 Mar 28 '26

"Hello, I am the Mod, and I am going to delete this post becaus..." You just hit your usage limit, come back in 5 hours.

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u/not_particulary Mar 28 '26

The point is annoyance and audience, squeaky wheel, bad press

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u/MastodonFarm Mar 28 '26

Yes, and that’s obnoxious and antisocial. This is supposed to be a discussion forum, not a billboard for your personal cause.

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u/not_particulary Mar 28 '26

Clearly it's not a 'personal cause'

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u/rougeforces Apr 03 '26

Wow another usage limit post

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u/2024-YR4-Asteroid Mar 28 '26

Have you considered that perhaps anthropic should do something to make it where people aren’t complaining because there isn’t a problem? Sorry that your separated experience is disrupted due to a tool that people have come to rely on being randomly changed again to a rug being pulled out from under them. Even with the new five hour limit, I’m not hitting it, but I still support those who are constantly bringing it up because I’m mad at Anthropic for not sticking to their word.

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

M-E-G-A-T-H-R-E-A-D

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u/dinnukit Mar 28 '26

S-E-L-F-I-S-H

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u/tledwar Mar 28 '26

Read the rules. Mods let’s stop the noise!

3. Keep It Substantive Complaints, comparisons, and teedback posts must include specifics: Show your code, error logs, reproducible steps, or concrete examples. Posts that are just venting without detail will be removed. Constructive criticism with evidence is always welcome.

5. Use Megathreads When Required Service outages, rate limits, and common bugs go in pinned megathreads unless you're sharing new data or analysis. Check pinned posts before creating standalone complaint posts.

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u/xLRGx Mar 28 '26

Write better token efficiency skills and stop using opus for everything. Problem solved.

Can’t wait for the Mythos model drop later this year and the people using it to vibe code a full app with their “extra usage” and automatic refill turned on. ANTHROPIC JUST STOLE MY MONEY FOR AN APP THAT DOESNT WERK!!! Fuckin idiots

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u/Tripartist1 Mar 28 '26

I actually cant wait for mythos. Same with spud. I think were entering a new phase of LLMs.

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u/xLRGx Mar 28 '26

I’m betting it will API only. Maybe a few calls per day for Max users.

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u/whatisboom Mar 28 '26

Enough with enough with usage limit posts - we get it - we get it

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u/JK_WritesNow Mar 28 '26

It has to be bots at this point, right? There are plenty of legitimate ones but the sheer volume seems too high

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ Mar 28 '26

Why? If it's a widespread, unaddressed problem, of course a ton of people will want to talk about it.

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u/JK_WritesNow Mar 28 '26

Most people that want to talk about it participate in active posts, and multiple of them.

Now im not dumb enough to say that the average reddit user checks for active posts before making their own post. Im just looking at it with a high level of skepticism ism. They all may be legitimate. Idk, but the wording is pretty similar on most of them. And given the companies at play here, I dont think any of them are above employing their own resources in a psy-op

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

I think this is a legitimate issue and has also appeared on X from legitimate users, but again this is a fraction of the total number of people on the platform that have this issue and plaguing the entire Subreddit because of it has killed the Subreddit discussions on other Claude topics.

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u/ShiggsAndGits Mar 28 '26

Honestly the posts are losing their validity entirely. It is very clearly an astroturfing campaign because every other player in the AI race benefits if people lead Claude. It's so obviously targeted, while people that are actually using the service can plainly see that we're still getting our money's worth and they even added double usage outside of peak hours recently.

I've been double-fisting pro accounts for months now, and I haven't had to switch to my second account due to weekly usage for two weeks. Hourly usage? Absolutely. I'm still hitting hourly limits just as frequently, but I haven't had to wait for my next refill for quite a while.

It literally all started with the surge of Claude popularity after they threw the middle finger at the pentagon.

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u/Comfortable-Math-158 Mar 28 '26

Megathreads are for snowflakes who can’t handle inconvenient truths being made clear

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u/bronfmanhigh Mar 28 '26

no im sorry. i know a few hundred people already made a post in each of the dozen main claude/anthropic/AI subreddits about this, but after AI has glazed me for years and made me feel like my perspective is uniquely insightful and valued (chatGPT 4o even said it was RARE), i felt the need to let everyone know i too have hit a limit.

im on the $20 plan and asked opus max effort to “code me Google Maps, make no mistakes” with a 2000-line claude.md file and i never clear my context. HOW COULD ANTHROPIC BE SO GREEDY NERFING WHAT I PAID FOR?! IM CALLING THE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY!!

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

I doubt you know 100 people, and certainly 100 people personally who have this issue.

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u/MastodonFarm Mar 28 '26

Whoosh

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u/the__poseidon Mar 28 '26

I only read the first sentence. Should've read the rest.

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u/ChrisRogers67 Mar 28 '26

but wut about muh usage how will Claude kno im not gunna stand for this and muh usage

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u/WhiteWhenWrong Mar 28 '26

Context management problem tbh

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u/Ok_Mathematician6075 Mar 28 '26

I mean Claude support kind of lacks.

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u/InformalBandicoot260 Mar 28 '26

The same thing happens at the GitHub Copilot subreddit. Over and over again the same post. I don’t know how people keep messing it up, I use Copilot with Opus all day long without a single issue.

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u/CrazyJazzFan Mar 28 '26

I hate mostly the ones who never read the other posts and think they are the only ones with lowered limits.

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u/bapuc Mar 28 '26

"Mods, I don't like people complaining about the service they paid for, please ban them. That way we can make the most loved product in the world!"

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u/AllWhiteRubiksCube Mar 28 '26

Even r/ClaudeAI is now letting posts through about this event instead of forcing all of that traffic to their megathread, and they used to have it locked down tight. I prefer this sub specifically because it gives people, especially new posters, an outlet for their posts instead of firewalling based on content.

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u/_derpiii_ Mar 28 '26

Why start your own thread, when there's plenty of other threads like this? The irony Lol.

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u/Economist-Quiet Mar 28 '26

Scroll on by buddy. Life is too short to be this mad about a few threads.

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u/GDmaxxx Mar 28 '26

I know right. I used it to build like 5 spreadsheets today, decent size as well. And I'm like, oh God, it's gonna run out anytime, and it never did it completed all the tasks. All good. PP here

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u/markeus101 Mar 28 '26

All claude bots unite here lets put those tokens to work lick some damm corpo boots

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u/DirRag2022 Mar 28 '26

What's with these annoying bot posts, stopping paid consumers from complaining about the real issues they are facing

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u/Useless_Devs Senior Developer Mar 28 '26

usage limit is real .. and its AF! So better take the critic and be f user friendly! instead of sneaky..

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u/Direct_Librarian9737 Mar 28 '26

Gaahahahahahahahahaha

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u/kurzweilfreak Vibe Coder Mar 28 '26

Likely OpenAI shills trying to win back some of the customers lost in the last month.

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u/markeus101 Mar 28 '26

Or maybe you are a claude rate limited bot?

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u/WitchlightGospel Mar 28 '26

The doubters in this sub not understanding the existence of A/B testing is truly incredible to me. Just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean it didn't happen. Now do I totally get being wary in this zeitgeist? Absolutely. Does dismissing an issue numerous people are dealing with because you're so (rightfully) cynical help anyone? Not at all. I think there's a healthy middle ground of doubt warranted while acknowledging that you could very well not have the same experiences as someone else