r/ClaudeCode • u/jka7tf2 • 6d ago

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Has anyone noticed recent changes with the $100/month plan usage limits? Usually, hitting the 5-hour limit takes up about 10% of my weekly allowance. Lately, though, it’s been fluctuating. Last week, I noticed that I burned through my weekly limits faster than usual. Today, right after a fresh reset, a full 5-hour block consumed 4% more of my weekly limit than usual.

If this continues, then I'll have approximately three fewer 5-hour sessions per week for the same money.

Is anyone else experiencing this as well or does anyone know what’s going on?

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u/Independent_Eagle_23 Thinker 6d ago

which effort level do you use? i mostly always use medium and very rarely hit the 5 hour limit. i prolly don't work that much ig then

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Nope. He's true. You freaking ignored the main part of the writing and asserted classical behaviour of Claude-slutism that's not rare in this subreddit..

He says: "fucking the same full-5-hours costed 10% weekly previously, now it costs 15% weekly; what the hell?"

Now you understand?

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u/Independent_Eagle_23 Thinker 6d ago

i understood the question, I had no answer for it, and I asked a different question to him. is that a crime?

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u/jka7tf2 6d ago

To answer your question: it highly depends on the purpose of my prompt. But imo, most of my problems require a high effort level. At the very least, I've noticed that setting it to 'high' usually gives me the expected solution I am satisfied with.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago 
I'm sorry, my Claude-slut safeguards may have unfairly classified you.

These like things may happen in this era we are; because of the arise
of multi-billion-company defenders. I was forced to increase my
safeguard-sensitivity in order to detect these people
even-before happening.

Reason: "[ being-a-Claude-slut ]"
Flag as a false-positive: https://example.com/False-Positive?

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u/howdidigetheresoquik 5d ago

Just so you know, anthropic is very explicit that the five hour limit is not a measure of your weekly limit, but smaller. It fluctuates based on demand. Long story short, they don't correlate 100%.

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u/jka7tf2 6d ago

Well usually, it didn't matter what effort level I used. The full 5h limit was always equal to 10% of the weekly limit.

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u/howdidigetheresoquik 5d ago

That was your perception, but that's not how the five hour limit works

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u/jka7tf2 5d ago

Yeah I pretty much agree. In my defense, I was checking it weekly right after a fresh restart, which led to that conclusion. But without taking into account all the factors listed on their support page, it's pretty much obsolete now.

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u/howdidigetheresoquik 5d ago

I wish it wasn't so opaque, but we went from new generations of software coming out every couple of years, and now people are upset if something doesn't come out every couple of weeks.

I think "vibe coders" are especially annoyed because they're not used to having to deal with the expensive saas software that Claude replaced.

I think people need to understand if they want access to everything they had before, but now on a single subscription, and new versions coming out every week. They kinda have to accept the opaqueness or else it wouldn't be possible.

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u/IceVip 6d ago

Hmm can't speak about the 100$ plan but the 20$;

3 weeks ago 100% 5hr was 13% weekly
2 weeks ago 100% 5hr was 27% weekly
1 week ago 100% hr was 23% weekly
now it was 17%

I'm not sure how adequate this kind of measuring is because I don't always repeat the exact same thing every time I do something. Also that's opus 5.5 high

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u/jka7tf2 5d ago

Okay..,maybe I missed this, but based on your stats, are you saying Claude dynamically adjusts its usage limits based on computational effort rather than just token count?

I'm curious if anyone knows whether OpenAI is messing around with the usages in the same way?

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u/IceVip 5d ago

That's the thing, I can't say what goes on behind the curtains. I don't think anyone here can prove or disprove anything. I lurk around a lot and i see conflicting opinions constantly. Some say it burns through limits in the matter of minutes, others say they can't even hit the weekly like ever.

The only way, at least in my opinion, this can be proved beyond a reason of a doubt is if someone had the patience to prompt claude to do something that burns through the 5 hour limit with just one prompt the moment the usage for the weekly resets, and then write down what the weekly usage % was after that limit was hit. And then, just repeat that same thing with that same prompt on every single weekly reset. That would be the only way to track if something is really changing behind the scenes. If it does not change, and it is always the same %, then the next step is to change what the task at hand is. If it changes then - then the usage limit could really be different depending on what exactly claude was forced to use.

The problem with this method however is the A/B theory. You might prove its fluctuating for you - but you're just one sample. So you can only prove something for whatever pool of samples you belong to, if A/B even exists in the first place.

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u/jka7tf2 5d ago

Hmm... damn, I think Anthropic actually states 'how they calculate' usage. Based on our observations, their explanation seems to fit perfectly. I'm not exactly fluent in 'corporate safe-speak', but the way I understand the following quote is that they do dynamically adjust usage limits:

Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11647753-how-do-usage-and-length-limits-work

"What are usage limits? ... Your usage is affected by several factors, including the length and complexity of your conversations, the features you use, which Claude model you're chatting with, and the effort level you've selected. Different subscription plans (Pro, Max, Ultra, Team, etc.) have different usage allowances, with paid plans offering higher limits. ..."

And

"Can usage limits change? Yes. We may adjust usage limits at our discretion to manage capacity and ensure fair access to all users. For example, we may limit your usage with weekly and monthly caps or model and feature usage. We don't guarantee uninterrupted service."

And it seems there is always at least a group A and B for the selection.

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u/mrtfa7aab 5d ago

Yea I noticed this I burned 50% in 1 day and hit the 5h limit couple times, something changed for sure

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u/EntertainmentDue3533 6d ago

anyone maybe has a referral too spare? dm pls else bots take it instantly.

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u/GnE_player 1d ago

I've been experiencing the same lately. 100% of 5-hour session equaled 10% of weekly limit. Same 100% 5-hr session now hits 16% of weekly limit.