[BUG] Usage limits gone crazy

Status Closed — not planned
Reported on v2.1.104
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 11 comments · opened Apr 13, 2026 · closed May 23, 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 a pro user. i started experiencing this earlier today. soon after i started i hit my 100 % usage limits, I thought maybe I wasnt aware of how much i had used it. but after the usage limits got reset, i could clearly see a problem, I gave just 2 prompts, one to sonnet and another one to opus on claude code, and I reached 49% of my usage limit. This is not right.

What Should Happen?

I have used claude for so long now. what is happening is definitely not me gloating about the usage limits being more or less than before. This

<img width="1512" height="982" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b9472a1-b8df-4438-a761-7bcbe7c90912" />

is some serious discrepancy.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

na

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.104

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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11 Comments

niyaskc007 · 4 months ago

Yes, Even I have the same issue

doughawkinsnz · 4 months ago

Max 20x subscriber here. Same issue

Script0r1x · 4 months ago

Same problem here

hk-2029 · 4 months ago

it is helpful to know I am not alone in this, but clearly this doesnt seem to be a global issue across all the users, if that was the case, it would have blown up by now. So, what do we do, given 0 customer support from claude

ilanoh · 4 months ago

destroyed a 200$ plan weekly limits in a 3hrs pushy usage session lol wasn't able to finish it in 1 week before

hk-2029 · 4 months ago
Related: #45756

I am not sure if it is the same..I am not complaining about having stricter usage limits after a period of a high usage offer is over. But burning 25% on each prompt is not the same. this is a serious discrepancy

amineo · 4 months ago
> Related: #45756 I am not sure if it is the same..I am not complaining about having stricter usage limits after a period of a high usage offer is over. But burning 25% on each prompt is not the same. this is a serious discrepancy

I think it is related. There is a severe prompt caching bug thats causing usage windows to spike across the board, which is similar to what you are talking about. Folks were talking it down thread. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/45756#issuecomment-4244060000

Boris from the Claude Code team also replied: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/45756#issuecomment-4231739206

isaacbatst · 4 months ago

Same issue here, Max 5x user, a few minutes using it, the session limit was reached 2x

github-actions[bot] · 3 months ago

Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.

github-actions[bot] · 1 month ago

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