Rate limit errors
Requests rejected or throttled with rate-limit, quota, or usage-limit messages.
3738 related issues · 549 open · 3189 resolved · peaked at 676 open (2026-04)
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- [BUG] Instantly hitting usage limits with Max subscription
- [BUG] Claude Max plan session limits exhausted abnormally fast since March 23, 2026 (CLI usage)
- Feature request: Connect Claude code to Claude projects
- HERMES.md in git commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing instead of plan quota
- Cache TTL silently regressed from 1h to 5m around early March 2026, causing quota and cost inflation
- [BUG] IME input causes performance issues and duplicate conversion candidates
- [Feature Request] Support for MCP Sampling to leverage Claude Max subscriptions and reduce API costs
- Weekly Usage Limits Making Claude Subscriptions Unusable
- [BUG] Pro Max 5x Quota Exhausted in 1.5 Hours Despite Moderate Usage
- [BUG] API Error: Rate limit reached despite Claude Max subscription and only 16% usage
- [BUG] Critical: Widespread abnormal usage limit drain across all paid tiers since March 23, 2026 — multiple root causes identified, no formal communication issued
- Feature Request: Multi-Account Profile Support
- Add Quota Information Access to Claude Code CLI
- You've hit your limit · While usage is still at 84%
- [FEATURE] Auto-continue after subscription rate limit resets
- Max 20 plan: rate limit 100% exhausted within ~70 minutes after reset (never happened before v2.1.89)
- [Meta] Unexpected change in Claude usage limits as of 2025-09-29. (30+ reports)
- Opus 4.6 token consumption significantly higher than 4.5 - quota feedback from Max subscribers
- Feature Request: API Fallback for Pro/Max Subscriptions When Limits Are Reached
- [BUG] Usage limits bugged after double limits expired on new years.
- [BUG] Extremely rapid token consumption. There appears to be a critical issue with token calculation and quota management. Users, including myself, are experiencing an unusually high rate of token consumption
- [BUG] Opus 4.6 removed from Claude Desktop Code tab model picker after Opus 4.7 release
- StatusLine should expose API usage/quota information in JSON input
- [BUG] Claude Code Usage for Max Plan hitting limits extremely fast
- [BUG] Opus usage limit reached unusually fast with Max 20x plan since Claude Code v2
- [FEATURE] Multi-account support in VSCode extension
- [BUG] Opus 4.5 usage limits significantly reduced since January 2026 - most restrictive since Opus 4.5 launch
- [BUG] Claude Code defaults to 1M context on fresh session with no workaround on Pro plan
- [BUG] Abnormal / inflated rate limit / session usage
- Expose rate limit usage (session %, weekly %) to statusLine configuration
- [BUG] Per-Turn Tool Call Limit Regression Breaks Agentic MCP/SSH Workflows in Claude Desktop
- [FEATURE] Add status bar to Desktop App
- [Bug] Max plan usage consumed at unusually high rate without workflow changes
- [Bug] Incorrectly Prompts for API Credits Despite Active Subscription Usage Limit
- Feature Request: Include usage data in status line JSON input
- [BUG] Fable 5 prompts 'usage credits required' on Max plan from 2026-07-20, the day it became standard on Max (saved model claude-fable-5[1m])
- Max Plan: Token usage increased ~3-5x without any configuration change (since ~March 28-29)
- [BUG] resume flag fails to maintain conversation context after hitting usage/context limits
- [BUG] Hitting much faster usage limits than before
- [BUG] API Error: Server is temporarily limiting requests (not your usage limit) · Rate limited
- [FEATURE] Team/Enterprise: shared routines (org-owned scheduled agents)
- Feature Request: Expose subscription usage data via local file or API
- Clarification needed: Are Opus and Sonnet limits independent or shared after Nov 24 update?
- [BUG] Abnormal Usage Consumption on Claude Code Session Resume — Possible Bug
- Expose /usage subscription quota data in statusLine JSON payload
- Use subscription and fallback to credits, or allow switching without re-login
- Feature Request: Add weekly/daily usage limits to statusLine hook JSON
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Image processing failures causing conversation token waste
- Subscription usage jumping to 80% within minutes of reset
- [BUG] /api/oauth/usage endpoint returns persistent 429 for Claude Max users (retry-after: 0)
- [FEATURE] Max plan usage limits silently reduced since Claude 4.6 release
- [Feature Request] Add message timestamps to interactive conversation view
- [BUG] Error: Error during compaction: API Error: Usage credits required for 1M context · turn on usage credits at claude.ai/settings/usage, or use --model to switch to standard context
- Subagent model routing is broken — all mechanisms resolve to parent model (Opus)
- [FEATURE] Expose rate limit/session usage data to statusLine configuration
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Usage credits required for 1M context window with opus-plan model
- [BUG] Max 20x plan: 100% usage after 2 hours of light work (5 commits, no agents)
- [FEATURE] Expose rate-limit / plan quota usage in statusLine JSON input
- auto resume
- [BUG] Abnormal rate limit consumption — 1-2 prompts exhausting 5-hour window
- Sandbox blocks Go TLS cert verification on macOS (gh CLI fails)
- [BUG] Insanely rapid usage limit reached!
- [BUG] API Error: Rate limit reached
- [BUG] Repeated "Image couldn't be processed" API errors consuming usage limit in Claude Code
- [CRITICAL] Subagent spawning and subagent pattern bugs trigger infinite recursion, infinite token usage, grossly inefficient token usage, and lost accumulated subagent work.
- [FEATURE] Task queue for queuing multiple prompts/tasks
- [BUG] API Error: Rate limit reached on Cowork only - account-specific, persists across machines
- [BUG] Extreme token consumption — quota depleted in minutes with normal usage
- Opus 4.6 (1M context) hits 'API Error: Rate limit reached' on Max subscription
- Add --max-context flag to cap context window usage
- Task runner reports ENOSPC on subprocess output despite disk having free space
- Display Current Model and Add a Shortcut for Model Switching
- Claude Code API Usage Limit Unexpectedly Reduced on MAX Plan
- [BUG] Skill `model:` frontmatter triggers 429 "Extra usage required" on 2.1.76 when session uses opus[1m]
- [BUG] /rate-limit-options command repeatedly auto-executes after session reset, causing excessive token consumption
- Feature Request: 1M Context with Max Plans in CC
- [BUG] Weekly Usage Limits Making Claude Subscriptions Unusable - This IS a bug.
- [BUG] Raching rate limit usage with Xcode Intelligence
- [BUG] # Issue: Misleading Cost Command Output in Claude Code
- /usage command incorrectly shows 'only available for subscription plans' for Pro subscribers
- [BUG] Severe session limit reduction for Pro users (Hitting 100% in ~3 simple prompts)
- # Feature Request: Add Usage Metrics Transparency to Claude Code
- [FEATURE] Bring 1M context window to Max plan subscribers
- Sudden 5-hour session window squeeze starting Apr 29, 2026 evening
- [BUG] Cowork Dispatch not responding on macOS
- Claude CLI not working with sonnet 4 in bedrock [BUG]
- [BUG] Remote Control (mobile): session silently hangs mid-execution; only local Esc recovers it — no remote unstick mechanism
- [BUG] Rate limit 429 errors despite dashboard showing available quota - Two Max accounts, documented inconsistencies
- [BUG] Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT Please restart your IDE and try again.
- Statusline JSON missing effort level field
- [Bug] Unexpected high API usage consumption - 100% quota in 1-2 hours
- [Bug] Rate Limit Error persists after increasing plan limits and adding funds and Max plan only at 33% used
- Chat Branching: Spawn side-chain conversations with selective merging back to main
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: credit_balance_too_low despite sufficient account credits
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Stream idle timeout - partial response received
- [BUG] Non-deterministic quota accounting: 65% of 5-hour session consumed with minimal actual token usage — Max $100 plan
- [Bug] Anthropic API Rate Limiting: Usage quota exceeded rapidly with minimal requests
- [BUG] Sonnet model consuming both "All models" AND "Somente Sonnet" limits
- Feature Request: Pro Plan 5-Hour Window Usage Visibility
- [Bug] Unexpected Rapid Usage Depletion on Claude Code 20x Plan
- Usage Limit Tracking Inaccuracy in Session Management
- [BUG] Inconsistent and Undisclosed Quota Accounting Changes in Claude Max Plan. Legal liability claim ready.
- [BUG] Bug: Extra Usage charged despite available plan capacity + false rate limit errors in Claude Code
- [FEATURE] Give users control over weekly limit reset timing (configurable reset day, or banked on-demand resets like Codex)
- Add rate limit data to statusline JSON input
- Cache read tokens consume 99.93% of usage quota - architectural scaling issue with CLAUDE.md re-reads
- [BUG] Claude hitting usage limits in no time, something broken for sure
- Fable 5 → API-only: please reconsider a subscription path (👍 + comment here if it affects you)
- Max plan: usage exhausted abnormally fast, twice in one day (March 31)
- [BUG] /api/oauth/usage endpoint aggressively rate limits, making usage monitoring unusable
- [Bug] Rate limit triggered before reaching session usage limit (71%)
- Ambiguous 'Don't ask me again' option in session resume prompt
- Rate limit errors show 'API Error' without distinguishing usage vs throughput limits
- [BUG] API Error: Rate limit reached incorrect in CLI
- Feature Request: Expose rate limit data in statusline JSON input
- [FEATURE] Expose /usage and /context data in statusLine JSON
- [BUG] /usage command fails with rate_limit_error when checking usage data
- Feature Request: Expose Max/Pro plan usage limits for status line display
- Feature: Long-context (≈1M) support for Claude Sonnet 4 in Claude Code
- [BUG] macOS v1.0.51: Claude Max users incorrectly treated as Pro users - Cannot access Opus model
- Expose organization API credit balance to statusLine scripts (and via Admin API)
- CLI returns "API Error: Rate limit reached" on every command including logout (native binary, Max plan)
- [BUG] You've hit your org's monthly usage limit
- Feature Request: Expose usage quota in status line JSON
- [FEATURE] GitHub CLI Support for iOS Claude Code
- Show usage limits on main screen / persistent usage indicator in desktop app
- Session permanently stuck on 'Rate limit reached' after transient rate limit
- Frequent 504 Gateway Timeout errors from api.anthropic.com
- [BUG] Rate limit errors triggered by unthrottled keystroke API calls in Claude Code Web interface
- [BUG] Weekly usage not reset during Feb 27 global reset + cycle date shifted (Max 5× subscriber)
- [BUG] Usage limit decrease without Anthropic telling developers
- [Bug] Unexpected Weekly Usage Limit Tracking for Max Plan User
- [BUG] CLI Crashes with posix_spawn EAGAIN Error Due to Recursive pgrep Calls
- [BUG] Output blocked by content filtering policy
- Opus/Sonnet 1M context variants broken on Max 20x — misleading 'Rate limit reached' error
- [BUG] Usage limit erreicht trotz verfügbarer Weekly Quota (85% verbraucht laut claude.ai)
- Feature Request: API access tier for Max subscribers (bring your own harness)
- [FEATURE] Allow agent to pick up where it was when interrupted
- [Bug] Fable 5 incorrectly requires usage credits on Max 20x plan despite available weekly allowance
- Auto mode should be available on Pro/Max plans (not just Team/Enterprise)
- OAuth usage API (/api/oauth/usage) returns persistent 429 rate limit
- Anthropic API: Unexpected Opus Usage Limit Warnings on Pro Plan
- [BUG] : Cannot use AWS Bedrock with Claude Code. Getting API Error (429 Too many tokens)
- Usage limit reached repeatedly without active use — Pro plan
- [BUG] CLI completely blocked by "out of extra usage" error despite Max 20x plan at only 10% usage
- [FEATURE] Expose Claude.ai plan usage in statusLine JSON payload
- [FEATURE] Claude Code / Chrome Extension + API Support = makes this usable to me
- [BUG] CLAUDE CODE Hitting usage limits after barely over an hour of usage. (max plan), when previously I had it set to auto (opus till near limit)...worked all day, NEVER hit limits. WTF!?
- Max 20x plan hitting daily limit with reduced usage — limits appear silently tightened (April 28-29, 2026)
- You've hit your org's monthly usage limit
- Token usage limit reached significantly earlier than in previous versions
- [BUG] Claude Code shows 'Usage limit reached' despite session at 2% and weekly at 32%
- [FEATURE] Built-in status line with rate limit usage bars
- [Bug] API Error: Rate limit reached despite 0% usage
- API Error: Rate limit reached
- MAJOR BUG: Claude Code Stuck in Infinite Compaction Loop Making it Basically Useless!
- New Rate Limits Require Granular Model Selection for Cost-Effective Usage
- You've hit your limit · resets 11am (America/Chicago)
- [Feature Request] Reduce verbosity in plan mode to minimize token consumption
- [BUG] Rate limiter not functioning correctly "API Error: Rate limit reached" when spawning more that one agent
- Fast mode is excluded from subscription plans, so Max capacity can't cover the one feature I'd spend it on
- Claude Max + Claude Code rate limits exhausting abnormally fast / possible metering bug
- [Bug] Max plan rate limiting: 5-hour usage limit exhausted after 3-5 requests
- [BUG] Slash commands with Skill() in allowed-tools trigger rate limit on minimal diffs (regression)
- [Bug] Rate limit error despite low API usage when using Opus 4.6 (1m)
- [BUG] Haiku 4.5 usage being counted the same as Sonnet 4.5 despite 3x lower cost
- [BUG] 20x Max Plan User Hitting "Extra Usage" Limits After Single Session - Severe Regression
- 93% rate limit consumed in ~3 minutes on fresh session (Max plan, v2.1.85)
- [BUG] Opus 1M context window suddenly returns "Rate limit reached" on both Max and Team plans (200K works fine)
- Max 20 user: Usage limits make sustained research work inaccessible — data-backed feedback from community
- 5-hour usage limit hits 100% instantly despite low context usage (11%)
- [Bug] Team Billing: Frequent Unexpected Usage Limit Resets
- Anthropic API: Unexpected Reduction in Claude Code MAX Plan Usage Limits
- Opus model quality regression — significant degradation starting ~April 15, 2026
- [BUG] Excessive token consumption
- Opus 4.6 (Max $100) — Quota reaches 93% after minimal prompting in a single session
- [BUG] 🛑 **INSTANTLY** Running out of Limits Because Claude Code Is Submitting Messages **TWICE**
- [BUG] Claude Code not responding?
- Expose rate_limits.model_scoped (per-model weekly windows, e.g. Fable) in statusLine stdin
- [FEATURE] Enterprise usage bar support
- [Bug] Weekly usage limit reset occurring before scheduled reset time & new week ends in 5 days, not 7 days
- [BUG] Critical: Token consumption is 100x faster after v2.1.88 leak.
- Max Plan (00/mo) usage limits significantly reduced compared to 2 weeks ago
- [BUG] Claude Code usage limit hit after 7 minutes on new session
- [BUG] 5-Hour Rate Limit Exhaustion Accelerating Despite Comparable Workload
- [BUG] Session usage meter accruing at impossible rate — Max plan, single + multi-session usage
- [BUG] Billing: $50 credits disappeared after Claude Pro subscription renewal (Receipt XXXX-XXXX-7352)
- [BUG] Both the web portal and claude code report usage at ~70% but Claude Code reports I have hit my rate limit
- [BUG] Claude Code uses API billing despite forceLoginMethod: claudeai setting
- Feature: Add usage reset time to status line metadata for customization
- Claude Code agent behavior degradation: instruction ignoring, false reporting, and unauthorized actions
- [ISSUE] Not getting Opus usage in line with the Help Center article
- [BUG] subagents seem to slow down the longer they are running.
- [BUG] Session unrecoverable after upstream 429: every retry returns 400 previous_message_id
- Feature request: intermediate prompt cache TTL tiers (15m, 30m) for interactive use
- [BUG] [1M] Opus 4.6 1M context unavailable on Max 5x — works on another machine with same account
- [BUG] WEB UI Plan Usage
- /usage command fails for Claude Max accounts
- [FEATURE] Make ALL System Reminder message types OPTIONAL individually
- Cowork dictation stops ~2s after start on macOS Tahoe 26.4.1 — began immediately after auto-update to 1.15962.0 (039543); chat dictation unaffected