Max plan session mislabeled as 'Claude API account' in /status and forced to enable extra usage credits at ~60% plan usage
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.222
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 5, 2026
Environment
- Claude Code version: 2.1.222
- Platform: macOS (Darwin 27.0.0)
- Plan: Claude Max 20x (logged in via claude.ai OAuth,
oauthAccount.billingType: stripe_subscription) - Model: claude-fable-5[1m]
- No
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY/ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKENenv vars set, noapiKeyHelperconfigured
Bug description
While using Claude Code normally on a Max 20x subscription (model usage at ~60% of plan limit), the client suddenly:
- Blocked usage and forced enabling extra usage credits — displayed a prompt claiming the limit was reached and required activating extra usage credits to continue, even though the plan usage meter for the current model was only at ~60% (verified in claude.ai settings).
/statusnow showsLogin method: Claude API accountinstead of the subscription account, even though:
- The OAuth account shown is the correct subscription org/email
- Usage is still being deducted from the plan limits (the plan meter keeps increasing)
- The activated extra usage credits are not being consumed
- This started mid-session with no login change, no config change, and no API key present in the environment.
Expected behavior
/statusshould show the subscription login method (Claude account with subscription) when authenticated via a Max plan OAuth account.- The "enable extra usage credits" gate should not trigger when plan usage is below the limit.
Actual behavior
- Login method mislabeled as "Claude API account" while billing still goes to the subscription plan.
- User was forced to enable extra usage credits to continue working despite being at ~60% usage.
Additional notes
- Re-checked
~/.claude.json:oauthAccounthas the correct email/org andbillingType: stripe_subscription. - Shell configs contain no Anthropic env vars.
- Billing appears to still be correctly routed to the plan (credits untouched), so this looks like an auth-labeling + limit-gating bug in the client rather than actual API billing.