[BUG] How is this possible to be at 62% opus for a week when using for few hours with 5 code files - Max Plan 20x

Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 11 comments · opened Oct 10, 2025 · closed Jan 11, 2026

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  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
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What's Wrong?

Your usage limit has a big issue as it does not make any sense to use that much when using it just for few hours and mostly to review 5 files of code. You have to fix this issue as the usage you are providing there is like for normal pro account which does not make any sense. Also 20% usage just to review diffs with sonnet 4.5 when i use another competitor who is doing the full coding did not reach this usage it makes me think a lot!!!! Please address this issue as soon a possible and thank you....

What Should Happen?

Fix the rate limit properly

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

just use opus or sonnet with max plan 20x

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.13

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_

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11 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 10 months ago

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8604
  2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8644
  3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/9040

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isinicyn · 10 months ago

Today, my context window fills up after two or three messages, even though only a few hundred lines of code are being read. I don't understand what's going on.

alienwareagent · 10 months ago
Today, my context window fills up after two or three messages, even though only a few hundred lines of code are being read. I don't understand what's going on.

i am pretty sure it's a bug because this rate limit we are seeing now is like divided by 20 the normal rate it should

webbertakken · 10 months ago

See https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8449

They don't want to hear it and locked the conversation.

alienwareagent · 10 months ago
See #8449 They don't want to hear it and locked the conversation.

no way !!!! They can be sued like this....

flowerwOw0316 · 10 months ago

Max20 refers to a rate that is 20 times faster, not a usage amount that is 20% higher.

madppiper · 10 months ago

I have the same issue. I'm on a max plan. I used claude code cli for roughly an hour today designing a website and fixing a bug in another project. except for the research/plan mode i did not use opus 4.1 but sonnet 4.5 for all of it. Yet I already reached my token limit and am now blocked for the next 3 hours. I am apparently on 39% total model usage (all models) for the week.

I got very little usage out of it today. I have not worked any different than i usual do. This must clearly be a bug

alienwareagent · 10 months ago
I have the same issue. I'm on a max plan. I used claude code cli for roughly an hour today designing a website and fixing a bug in another project. except for the research/plan mode i did not use opus 4.1 but sonnet 4.5 for all of it. Yet I already reached my token limit and am now blocked for the next 3 hours. I am apparently on 39% total model usage (all models) for the week. I got very little usage out of it today. I have not worked any different than i usual do. This must clearly be a bug

This is ridiculous, and they do not provide any answer at all. Compact also is broken after 3 or 4 messages i am getting auto compact which is way too much it looks like our context dropped to 12K.

github-actions[bot] · 8 months ago

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github-actions[bot] · 7 months ago

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