Credit balance is too low - No trial plans for new users?

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened May 12, 2026 by shane-vdl Closed Jun 11, 2026

Bug Description
I'm a new user, and I would have loved seeing a trial period with free credits. I'm only starting in Computer Science and not being able to test Claude (my business is only starting, and I don't have the funds to use Claude on a professional level yet) is prohibitive for new users. Are there any plans to create a trial version for new users?

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.1.139
  • Feedback ID: de22b9bd-c216-4b78-8b3a-7b9b57d806ea

Errors

[{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CaxW47R9m4WnHkmNZsgEA\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:59486)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:16:48.027Z"},{"error":"Error: 1: Command failed with ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE: code --force --install-extension anthropic.claude-code\nPremature close \n    at n75 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:1583:4469)\n    at async c75 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:1583:1667)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:16:48.364Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CaxW9CWNyWT5RWXS9AJ4E\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:59486)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:17:57.063Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unexpected identifier \"Credit\"\n    at <parse> (:0)\n    at parse (unknown)\n    at Mzq (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:175:10088)\n    at O (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:131:18457)\n    at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:177:1430)\n    at W4H (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:6541:601)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:17:57.064Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CaxW9CeJyZVzWdSnhANpD\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:59486)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:17:57.080Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CaxWAso3pNvkqQVD7GZBJ\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:59486)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:18:19.812Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CaxWLjgfgbKkQecyo6Cxz\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:59486)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-12T10:20:33.575Z"}]

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