[BUG] Claude Code CLI - Rate limit error persisting after March 18-19 incident

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Mar 19, 2026 by annick12 Closed Mar 19, 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'm experiencing a persistent false positive rate limit error on Claude Code CLI since the incident on March 18-19 ("Elevated errors on Claude.ai" and "Elevated errors across surfaces" — https://status.claude.com/history).

What Should Happen?

The incident is marked as resolved on your status page, but I'm still unable to use Claude Code.

Symptoms:

  • Error: "API Error: Rate limit reached" on every request
  • Context window usage: 0%
  • Weekly usage: 52%
  • Login is successful (confirmed via browser), but CLI remains blocked

Troubleshooting already done:

  • claude logout / claude login (multiple times)
  • Deleted ~/.claude/.credentials.json
  • Deleted sessions/, session-env/, history.jsonl, debug/ directories
  • Issue persists after all local cleanup

This appears to be a server-side session state issue tied to the March 18-19 incident. Could you please force a session reset on my account?

Error Messages/Logs

"API Error: Rate limit reached"

Steps to Reproduce

claude login

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude Code v2.1.79

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

Additional Information

_No response_

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