[BUG] Instantly hitting usage limits with Max subscription

[deqrocks]

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What's Wrong?

Did not use Claude Code for three days. Never hit usage limits in the last three months. Now hitting usage limits after 2 hours of continous usage.

What Should Happen?

Either reduce price of Max plan to $10 or solve that. Are you kidding me?

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

lol...

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.0.76

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

No response

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [Bug] Max plan usage consumed at unusually high rate without workflow changes #13551
2. [Bug] Anthropic API Rate Limiting: Usage quota exceeded rapidly with minimal requests #16058
3. [BUG] Insanely rapid usage limit reached! #9544

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[deqrocks]

At least we paying clients deserve to get an answer. This is ridiculously bad customer care.

[Saprissa]

I have a very similar experience today. My session credit was exhausted in 45 minutes - almost like someone else was using it. There's simply no way my prompt could have used it like that. The usage meter looked more like a download meter. I almost never hit the 5 hour limit.

[Saprissa]

Rolled back to 2.0.61 and my usage seems normal again, for what it's worth.

[deqrocks]

That's worth a million. This could well be the reason because the problems began with the latest update.

[TheHamkerCat]

@Saprissa sadly, rolling back to 2.0.61 didn't fix the issue for me.

I wonder if we'll get our tokens/usage back after they fix this?

[Saprissa]

@TheHamkerCat I think it might take until Monday for the bug to be fixed since it's sort of a holiday weekend. We'll see, right?

One thing: before I rolled back I logged out of my account entirely. Might be worth a try, if you haven't already tried that.

[TheHamkerCat]

Version 2.0.76 (which is the latest) was built on December 22, 2025. That means whatever change led to this issue is server-side, I think.

When they 2x'ed the limit for the holiday, they probably also made a change to reset the previous 2x limit offer on January 1st.

Something probably went wrong with that, and it ended up reducing the limits to 0.3–0.5x across all plans (I'm on the Pro plan).

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Could this be the reason? I don't know: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46410285 (https://x.com/bcherny/status/2004897269674639461)

CC creator says: "Correct. In the last thirty days, 100% of my contributions to Claude Code were written by Claude Code"

[BogdanAlexandru11]

Facing the same issue. Been a Max 5 user for a month, and only in the last few days(after the double credits expired) I started noticing my credits being obliterated instantly.

[sparkwell-dev]

I’ve got the same issue… there’s definitely a problem here. Please, for the love of god, fix this - in fact, do testing before implementing changes to your code, please! This isn’t the first time, or even the second recent time… This happens far too often, and I’m about ready to pull the plug on my Max plan. My patience is really thin, now. This is my livelihood -not a hobby or side project.

[davidsolal]

Same, would like a free month at least.