Thariq Shihipar

Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'

Claude Code Pro subscribers are burning through monthly quotas in just 12 days, with suspected prompt caching bugs inflating token costs by 10-20x.

Anthropic admits Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'

Claude Code users are exhausting monthly limits 10-20x faster than expected due to prompt caching bugs, leaving Pro subscribers locked out after just 12 of 30 days.

Anthropic tweaks timed usage limits to discourage Claude demand during peak hours

Anthropic accelerates Claude token burn during peak hours (5-11am PT) to throttle demand, hitting ~7% of Pro-tier users running intensive background jobs harder.