Claude Code· AnthropicSchedule change
Weekly rate limits go live alongside 5-hour window
Two new rolling 7-day caps started enforcing for Claude Code subscribers: an overall weekly usage limit and a separate weekly Claude Opus 4 limit. They sit on top of the pre-existing 5-hour rolling session window.
At a glance
- Agent
- Claude Code · Anthropic
- Event type
- Schedule change
- Announced
- August 28, 2025
- Effective
- August 28, 2025
- Plans affected
- ProMax 5xMax 20x
What changed
- Pro: ~40–80 hours of Sonnet 4 per 7-day window.
- Max 5x ($100): ~140–280h Sonnet 4 + ~15–35h Opus 4 per 7 days.
- Max 20x ($200): ~240–480h Sonnet 4 + ~24–40h Opus 4 per 7 days.
- Max subscribers can buy additional usage at standard API rates after hitting the cap.
Official record
This event is documented in Anthropic's own materials. The link below is the canonical source we cite.
How do usage and length limits work? (Anthropic Help Center)Additional references