Claude Code changelog

Five-hour usage limits raised with Opus 5.5, plus a saved limit reset

Alongside Opus 5.5, Anthropic raised five-hour usage limits on Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans and gave subscribers one rate limit reset they can use when they choose.

Claude Code weekly limits settle 25% above pre-promotion levels

The 50% weekly limit promotion ended on September 13, 2026. From September 14, weekly Claude Code limits are 25% higher than before the promotion, which is lower than during it.

Who is affected:

Claude Code users on Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans.

Action needed:

Check /usage in Claude Code. Heavy users get less weekly headroom than during the promotion.

Hacker News thread: Claude Code weekly limit to fall 17% compared with today

A Hacker News post linking to an X post by ClaudeDevs said Claude Code's weekly limit would drop 17% compared with the then-current level, drawing 67 points and 52 comments. This matches the end of the 50% promotion with a permanent 25% increase. The X post could not be opened.

Claude Code weekly limits raised 50% for a limited time

From May 13 through September 13, 2026, weekly usage limits in Claude Code were 50% higher for Pro, Max, Team and legacy seat-based Enterprise plans. Five-hour limits were unchanged.

Claude Code five-hour limits doubled and peak-hour cut removed

Anthropic doubled Claude Code five-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans, removed the peak-hours limit reduction for Pro and Max, and raised API rate limits for Opus models.

Report: Claude Code refuses requests or bills extra usage when commits mention OpenClaw

A post on X, discussed on Hacker News with 1,349 points and 720 comments, claimed Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra usage when a repository's commits mention OpenClaw. The X post could not be opened, so the claim is unverified.

Who is affected:

Claude Code subscribers working in repositories that reference OpenClaw.

What to do:

No action needed until Anthropic confirms the behavior.

Anthropic briefly removes Claude Code from the Pro plan for some new sign-ups

Anthropic's pricing pages briefly dropped Claude Code from the $20 Pro plan. Its head of growth called it a test on 2% of new prosumer sign-ups. The Hacker News threads drew 683 points and 642 comments, and 79 points and 38 comments. The current pricing page lists Claude Code on Pro.

Who is affected:

People signing up for Claude Pro to use Claude Code.

What to do:

No action needed. Pro currently includes Claude Code.

OpenClaw supports reusing a Claude Code login again after Anthropic allows CLI-style use

OpenClaw's Anthropic provider docs list a Claude CLI route that reuses an existing Claude Code login through the installed executable, alongside API key billing. The Hacker News thread, titled as Anthropic allowing this usage again, drew 511 points and 293 comments.

Who is affected:

OpenClaw users with a Claude subscription.

What to do:

Use the Claude CLI route in OpenClaw rather than raw OAuth tokens.

User analysis says Claude Code's prompt cache TTL dropped from 1 hour to 5 minutes in early March

An analysis of 119,866 API calls from January 11 to April 11, 2026 claimed the cache TTL silently changed from 1 hour to 5 minutes around early March, raising cache creation costs 20 to 32% and quota use. The Hacker News thread drew 552 points and 420 comments.

Who is affected:

Claude Code subscribers whose quota drained faster from March 2026.

What to do:

No action needed. See Anthropic's April 23 postmortem.

Max 5x users report quota exhausted in 1.5 hours, Claude Code team points to 1M-context cache misses

A GitHub issue reported a Max 5x quota exhausted within 1.5 hours of moderate use on Opus 4.6 with 1M context. Claude Code's Boris Cherny replied that stale sessions over an hour old cause full cache misses with the 1M window and that Anthropic was investigating a 400k default. The thread drew 759 points and 660 comments.

Who is affected:

Claude Max subscribers using 1M-context sessions in Claude Code.

Action needed:

Run /clear before resuming sessions idle for over an hour, or set CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW=400000.

Claude subscriptions no longer cover OpenClaw and other third-party harnesses

From April 4, 2026 at noon Pacific, Claude subscription limits no longer apply to third-party harnesses starting with OpenClaw. Using them with a Claude login requires pay-as-you-go extra usage. Anthropic offered a one-time credit equal to the monthly subscription price.

Who is affected:

Pro and Max subscribers who ran OpenClaw or other third-party harnesses on their Claude login.

Action needed:

Turn on extra usage or switch the harness to an API key.

Claude subscription limits stop covering OpenClaw and other third-party harnesses

Anthropic emailed subscribers that from April 4, 2026 at 12pm PT, third-party harnesses starting with OpenClaw require pay-as-you-go extra usage instead of subscription limits, with a one-time credit equal to the monthly price redeemable by April 17 and up to 30% off pre-purchased bundles. The Hacker News thread drew 1,099 points and 827 comments.

Who is affected:

Claude Pro and Max subscribers who run OpenClaw or other third-party agents on their Claude login.

Action needed:

Turn on extra usage or switch the third-party tool to an API key, and redeem the credit by April 17, 2026.

Anthropic acknowledges Claude Code users hitting usage limits far faster than expected

The Register reported high token usage and early quota exhaustion. Anthropic said it was investigating as the top priority, after a peak-hours quota reduction it said would affect about 7% of users and the end of a doubled-limits promotion. The Hacker News thread drew 331 points and 224 comments.

Who is affected:

Claude Pro and Max subscribers using Claude Code in late March 2026.

Action needed:

Update Claude Code. Anthropic later traced part of the drain to a caching bug fixed April 10.

Claude March 2026 promotion doubles usage limits outside peak hours

Anthropic ran a March 2026 promotion that doubled usage limits outside a six-hour peak window. The Register reports it ended on March 28, 2026. The Hacker News thread drew 255 points and 148 comments. Anthropic's help article is no longer online.

Who is affected:

Claude subscribers using Claude Code in March 2026.

What to do:

No action needed. The promotion has ended.

Anthropic's Claude Code terms bar routing Free, Pro or Max credentials through third-party products

Claude Code's legal and compliance page states that subscription OAuth is only for ordinary use of Claude Code and Anthropic's own apps, and developers building products must use API keys. The Hacker News thread drew 655 points and 792 comments.

Who is affected:

Builders of tools that sign users in with a Claude subscription.

Action needed:

Move third-party integrations to Claude Console API keys or a cloud provider.

Claude Max logins stop working in third-party coding tools such as OpenCode

OpenCode users reported that Claude Max authentication stopped working on January 9, 2026, and an OpenCode maintainer said Anthropic had likely blocked it. The Hacker News thread drew 625 points and 513 comments.

Who is affected:

Developers using a Claude Pro or Max login inside third-party coding agents.

Action needed:

Use an API key from the Claude Console for third-party tools.

Anthropic adds weekly usage limits to Claude subscriptions from August 28, 2025

Anthropic emailed subscribers that from August 28, 2025 an overall weekly limit and a separate Claude Opus 4 weekly limit would apply alongside the 5-hour limit, affecting less than 5% of users. It estimated 140 to 280 hours of Sonnet 4 and 15 to 35 hours of Opus 4 a week for most Max 5x users. The Hacker News thread drew 609 points and 705 comments.

Who is affected:

Claude Pro and Max subscribers who run Claude Code for long or parallel sessions.

Action needed:

Check your weekly usage and plan long Opus sessions around the weekly reset.

Claude Code users hit tighter usage limits without an announcement

TechCrunch reported that from July 14, 2025 heavy Claude Code users, many on the $200 Max plan, hit unexpectedly restrictive limits with no announced change. Anthropic confirmed issues. The Hacker News thread drew 407 points and 257 comments.