Anthropic introduces new rate limits for Claude Code, its AI coding tool, for Pro and Max subscribers starting at the end of August.
Last week, Claude Code users suddenly noticed the usage restrictions. Max users experienced issues with prompts. Anthropic acknowledged there were problems but did not provide further explanation. Now, the company announces via a post on X that there are new weekly limits for Pro and Max subscribers using Claude Code. According to Anthropic, the limits will affect less than five percent of subscribers and will be effective from August 28.
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The new rate limits for Claude Code will take effect on August 28 for Pro subscribers ($20 per month) and Max subscribers ($100 and $200 per month). According to the company, the speed limits are intended to restrict usage for users who run Claude Code “continuously in the background”. Additionally, it is also meant to stop users who violate the usage policy by sharing accounts.
Anthropic tells TechCrunch that most Pro users can expect 40 to 80 hours of Sonnet 4 via Claude Code within their weekly rate limits. Subscribers of Anthropic “’s Max subscription of $100 per month can expect 140 to 280 hours of Sonnet 4 and 15 to 35 hours of Opus 4. And subscribers of Anthropic”’s Max subscription of $200 per month can expect 240 to 480 hours of Sonnet 4 and 24 to 40 hours of Opus 4.
In an email to Claude subscribers, read by TechCrunch, Anthropic states that it is committed to “supporting long-running use cases through other options in the future”.