[BUG] API Error: rate limit reached

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 24, 2026 by OlivierRed Closed Mar 24, 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 reached plan limit this morning and switched to API credits.
At 13:00, I returned on my plan to continue working on it -> I have the following error : API Error: Rate limit reached

I tried login out and in again. Same result.

Current session
█▌ 3% used
Resets 5:59pm (UTC)

Current week (all models)
████████████████████████████████████████████ 88% used
Resets 8am (UTC)

Extra usage
Extra usage not enabled • /extra-usage to enable

What Should Happen?

I should be able to work on my plan current session and not on API

Error Messages/Logs

API Error: Rate limit reached

Steps to Reproduce

Send a message using CLI

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.81

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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