r/ClaudeAI • u/claudeai-perfhub • 21h ago
Usage Limits Discussion Hub updated on 1 September 2026 - Sort by New!
Why a Usage Limits Discussion Hub?
This Discussion Hub makes it easier for everyone to see what others are experiencing at any time by collecting all experiences about Usage Limits. We will publish regular updates on usage limits problems and possible workarounds that we and the community finds. Traffic stats show This is the OFTEN THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC POST on the subreddit. This is collectively a far more effective and fairer way to be seen than hundreds of random reports on the feed - most of which get zero visibility.
Are you Anthropic? Does Anthropic even read this?
Nope, we are volunteers working in our own time, while working our own jobs and trying to provide users and Anthropic itself with a reliable source of user feedback.
Anthropic has read this Discussion Hub in the past and probably still do? They don't fix things immediately but if you browse some old Megathreads you will see numerous bugs and problems mentioned there that have now been fixed.
What Can I Post on this Discussion Hub?
Use this thread to voice all your experiences (positive and negative) regarding the current Claude Usage Limits and NOT bugs and performance issues. (For those, use the Performance Discussion Hub)
Give as much evidence of your limits issues and experiences wherever relevant. Include prompts and responses, platform you used, time it occurred, screenshots . In other words, be helpful to others.
Just be aware that this is NOT an Anthropic support forum and we're not able (or qualified) to answer your questions. We are just trying to bring visibility to people's struggles.
READ THIS FIRST ---> Wilson's Survival Guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/wiki/survivalguideweekly/
Prior Discussion Hub: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1vxuf9r/usage_limits_discussion_hub_updated_on_25_august/
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u/Efficient_Ad_4162 21h ago
Most of the random reports are just dogshit about how 'I did a prompt and it took 595% of my allocation'.
Could we at least include a minimum standard?
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u/sixbillionthsheep Mod 20h ago
Possible, If you and others can define the minimum standard precisely
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u/Efficient_Ad_4162 20h ago
My personal standard is 'not' but obviously you've got a different vibe. And that's fine because I'm not a mod and it's not my job to set community standards.
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u/Kilt_Rump 20h ago
For the first time ever i reached 50% of my weekly allocation on Monday. Also i hit every 5hr wall all day long. Both have never happened to me before. I usually hit my week on Thursday and never hit the 5hr limits.
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u/athrowaway2242 17h ago
Is there a way to measure token usage in chats not in code? I run a few projects via claude chat and in the last 24-48 hours i have noticed my usage is being consumed rapidly, much more rapidly than it had been in the past. Ive had the same workflow, same file sizes, same inputs/outputs for months, and usage has never been this rapidly consumed. Id like to have more data to go on than just' vibes' but im not sure how to track it in claude chat if not running it in claude code.
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u/InterstellarReddit 15h ago
One prompt around 30 page document hit my max 5x limit within 30 minutes. Running fable
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u/Ok_Dirt8893 11h ago
what model do you use for planning? I just ran out of the 100 usd credits they gave us when they removed fable and my efficiency dropped instantly, i used to use fable for planning and then handing it over to opus. Today i tried opus for planning and frankly it sucks. How do you do it? Do you use another model? Maybe i get the 20usd open ai tier with sol as cant really afford 100USD monthly and even if i get 20usd credits on fable they will be gone fast. What can i do?
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u/No_Sprinkles_8835 10h ago
I gave my GitHub repository to Claude Opus 5 and asked it to read every file to understand the project's design logic and architecture, then write a detailed pdf documentation to share with someone who has zero knowledge of the project and can understand the project details from the PDF. I started it as a fresh chat with 0% credits used before it. It started cloning the repository and kept thinking, thinking, thinking, overthinking more than I did, and used all my 100% credits, then said my credit limit was reached and to try ducking again later. I have a pro plan to make the AI overthink more than I do and waste all the credits with no use. When I use sonnet, it just gave me a small readme file. Do you think there is a problem with my prompt, or is Claude overthinking a lot after more updates?
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u/Asly97 Experienced Developer 9h ago
Don't start vibe coding with Claude Code unless you have installed these 4 plugins.
First is Ponytail. It optimizes your Claude Code's output. It cuts your token usage by over 50% without losing any accuracy at all.
Second is OmniRoute. It gives your Claude Code almost unlimited usage by connecting to over 300 free AI providers. The moment your usage limit runs out, it automatically switches you to the next best model, giving you up to 1.6 billion free tokens every single month.
Third is Graphify. It turns your entire codebase into a knowledge graph so your agent doesn't waste tokens by re-reading files again and again.
And finally, Agent Skills. It's a pack of 24 skills that let you vibe code like a senior engineer. Built by the former AI engineering director at Google, it has dedicated skills for planning, coding, testing, and publishing. It activates the right one at different stages of coding, all on its own.
You can install these 4 Vibe Coding Plugins from here:
Ponytail : https://github.com/DietrichGebert/ponytail
OmniRoute : https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute
Graphify : https://github.com/Graphify-Labs/graphify
Agent Skills : https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills
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u/Historical-File1734 9h ago
Auch. Tried Fable 5.1 for ~30 minutes and burned 36% of my weekly usage and basically a full 5h session. Max 20x account.
Even more annoying: my weekly limit reset today at 18:00. Terrible timing. Really wish Claude let us move our weekly reset day, like ChatGPT does.
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u/SatuVerdad 20h ago
I would just like to have the usage limit I pay for. In my illusion, I believed that 5x Max was 5 times the usage of Pro, but it seems like its not. Also, Fable is eating the tokens like a supercharged pac-man even if its pretty good.
Yesterday, I felt wild and crazy and tried out Opus 5 after Fable tokens ran out. I had to spend half an hour explaining to Opus that the 1st sep is tomorrow. I'm actually on the verge of giving up on this.
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u/Wocha 20h ago
Fable use is so strange. Sometimes it feels like it doesn't eat tokens at all. But as soon as I do anything that includes running a subagent outside of main thread, the token count just goes nuts and limit is up very fast.
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u/SatuVerdad 20h ago
Agree to that. I only use skills and instruction documents and still it feels like the amount of tokes Fable eat is random.
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u/ShelZuuz 19h ago
Just tell it to use Opus 5 agents. Opus 5 is great if you're not the one talking to it.
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u/ShelZuuz 19h ago
Wow a discussion hub about usage limits without any concrete instructions for people on how to measure their actual spent usage using either ccusage or .jsonl logs.
So basically just another place for people to vent on usage based on "feels".
This is going to go well. I feel it.
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u/Embarrassed_Fix9862 19h ago
Bro they are not upfront about usage, the only thing there is to measure with is feels. Nobody here is going to start running expiraments
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u/ShelZuuz 18h ago
Nobody here is going to start running expiraments
That's exactly the problem. This is just a bitch forum. If people were to actually run experiments and prove they're getting nerved or whatever you can go to the press and force Anthropic to speak to it. But nobody is willing to put in 3 minutes of effort.
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u/Embarrassed_Fix9862 18h ago
Force anthropic to talk to the press?
Also what expiraments do you propose?
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u/ShelZuuz 18h ago
Easy, when people think that tokens are getting used up quicker because they think Anthropic has changed the limits or whatever, just run a ccusage output like I suggested here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1w40iam/comment/p748l5q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_buttonIt will immediately show whether Anthropic is giving out less tokens or if you just used up more for some or other reason.
Nobody ever does though. Or they do, and realized they just consumed more tokens, and then doesn't reply back.
Yes, and Anthropic will respond to real stats, there was a case a few months ago where someone proved that because of a bug in Claude Code, Anthropic wasn't accounting cached tokens correctly. So they fixed it and refunded everybody's limits within a week.
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u/vicmarcal 6h ago
Amazing. I didnt know about it. Does it work in Claude website too?I have problems with artifacts, I was using Sonnet for 2 months and I didnt have issues regarding limits, and since Saturday night I am finding high consumption. Not a feeling, it just accepted one command to fix the css issue and it again hit the limit in my Pro plan. Insanely fast.
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u/CannyGardener 14h ago
Ah good, yes, the best way to kill conversation around something, a megathread. Good thinking.
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u/Fluid-Raspberry3948 20h ago
the limits hit hard when trying to keep a virtual companion chat going, it always resets right in the middle of a good session. anyone else dealing with that for roleplay?