[BUG] Usage limits have been SEVERLY reduced - hitting limits 5x faster - is CC counting tokens correct?

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 9, 2026 by cjahsk Closed Feb 13, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I am seeing scenarious where 70% of my 5 hour limit is being used in one message....

Weekly limit also seems to be massively reduced - lack of transparency makes customers unsure if this is intentional behavior or bugs.

The utility of the tool has just fallen by 5x if this is the new limit.

What Should Happen?

Limits should be restored to those seen prior to the release of Opus 4.6 - or make Opus4.5 available on web as a legacy model thats less token hungry/innefficient.

Error Messages/Logs

Constantly having it stop halfway through response, and it takes me to ask "how are you getting on" to have it resume its thinking. I think this is damaging token consumption

Steps to Reproduce

Just use it lol

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

Last version pre Opus4.6

Claude Code Version

N/a

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_

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