[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Rate limit reached at 12% weekly usage

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 23, 2026 by kennedy-ak Closed Mar 26, 2026

Bug Description
Issue Summary:
API returning "Rate limit reached" error despite usage being only at 12% for the current week.
Expected Behavior:
API calls should succeed when usage is at 12% of weekly quota.
Actual Behavior:
All API calls are failing with "API Error: Rate limit reached" message.
Usage Details:

Current session: 0% used
Current week (all models): 12% used
Reset date: March 29, 12am (Europe/London)
Extra usage: Not enabled

Error Message:
API Error: Rate limit reached
Impact:
Unable to make any API calls despite having 88% of weekly quota remaining.
Steps to Reproduce:

Make API call to Claude (tested with simple "hello" prompt)
Receive rate limit error immediately
Check /usage dashboard showing only 12% usage

Additional Context:
The rate limit error appears to be triggering incorrectly - the usage dashboard clearly shows significant quota remaining, but all requests are being blocked as if limits were exceeded.

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.1.81
  • Feedback ID: 5d0d15ea-b849-47ad-bbbf-a2c9acf6dfef

Errors

[{"error":"Error: 429 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"rate_limit_error\",\"message\":\"Extra usage is required for long context requests.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CZLXBnjyjWVGWUjjW8pGu\"}\n    at generate (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:226:286312)\n    at makeRequest (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:265:5435)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-23T18:55:47.866Z"},{"error":"Error: 429 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"rate_limit_error\",\"message\":\"Extra usage is required for long context requests.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CZLZggXTozkXupap7Y2xT\"}\n    at generate (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:226:286312)\n    at makeRequest (B:/~BUN/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:265:5435)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-03-23T19:28:33.134Z"}]

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