[Bug] Anthropic API: Credit consumption rate increased 3-5x after January 1st

Bug Description
CRITICAL: Max 5x plan credits depleting 3-5x faster since January 1st, 2026

BEFORE Jan 1st (Nov-Dec 2025):

• Daily usage: 4-6 hours Claude Code
• Never hit monthly limits in 3 months
• Same codebase, same tasks

AFTER Jan 1st:

• IDENTICAL usage patterns
• Monthly limits exhausted in 2-3 hours
• 3-5x faster consumption rate

This is a PLATFORM-WIDE issue:

• GitHub issue #16157 (205+ upvotes)
• All users report identical issue starting exactly Jan 1st
• Community analysis: limit reset mechanism failure after holiday 2x credits expired
• Limits incorrectly reduced to 0.3-0.5x instead of reverting to standard rates

Request:

1. Investigate account consumption rates since Jan 1st
2. Restore consumed credits for affected period
3. Confirm when platform-level fix will be deployed

Related issue: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/16157

Environment Info

• Platform: darwin
• Terminal: Apple_Terminal
• Version: 2.1.1
• Feedback ID: 2e1c8fde-8d74-4ca0-93d0-cd67b5020b93

Errors

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