Rank, 14 days: 3 on the Claude Code sheet
227 people reported
All time, since Sep 21, including 198 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Usage limits drain too fast
“Now with Claude MAX x20 i have opened 8 agents and my 5h session limit was gone within 45 minutes.”
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11 bugs in this theme
- Headless mode uses more quota145 people
- Usage limits drain too fastNo workaround yet24 people
- Opus 5.5 usage drains fastNo workaround yet21 people
- Weekly limit fills twice as fastNo workaround yet18 people
- Fable meter rises without Fable useNo workaround yet6 people
- Higher tiers deplete limits fasterNo workaround yet5 people
- Weekly limit drains faster5 people
- Weekly allowance depletes faster5 people
- Weekly limit wrong after upgradeNo workaround yet4 people
- Phantom plan usage drainNo workaround yet3 people
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- Usage meter full after quota resetNo workaround yet2 people
What's included
- Weekly limit runs out in one to two days on the same workflow that used to last a week, noticed since a new model release or mid-October
- Same token volume from local transcripts moves the weekly meter several times further than in a prior week
- After upgrading Max 5x to 20x (or Pro to Max) the limits behave like the old tier or show 100% used
- Session meter shows 86–100% used right after a reset
- Weekly Fable meter rises while only Opus or Sonnet models were used
Not included
- Ultracode or multi-agent runs spawning many agents that use up the limit within minutes
- Usage credits or extra usage not applying once a limit is hit
Original reports29, newest first
- Weekly Fable meter at 87% with zero Fable requests; it pushed the all-models meter past 50%, and the rest is still ~4× actual#107956
- Max 5x: weekly limit now reached every week since mid-October 2026 with an unchanged workload#106322
- Usage limits drain drastically faster since mid-October 2026 with an unchanged workflow (Max, Windows desktop app)#105621
- Usage expiring 2.3x + faster!#105295
- Max 5x weekly usage reached 94% in less than 48 hours, sudden usage increase since Oct 17, significantly worse since Oct 24#105240
- Weekly usage limit not recalculated after Max 5x → Max 20x upgrade (Oct 15, 2026) — measured cap lower than old tier#105162
- Opus usage limits draining ~5x faster, weekly usage at 72% after 2 days#105125
- Max plan weekly usage draining much faster than expected, rising while sessions are idle#105122
- Max 20x: weekly limit holds about half the usage since the week of Oct 15, 2026, with no announcement#104750
- Premature weekly quota depletion on Max plan (not context related)#104694
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- Plan usage (5h + weekly) keeps rising while no Claude Code request leaves the machine — measured with packet counters, repeats after every reset#104614
- Sudden massive increase in Claude Code usage consumption on Max 5x since mid-October 2026#103437
- Weekly limit 0% to 54% in 22h with same token volume that took 4.4 days to reach 60% the prior week#103376
- Possible Usage Accounting Regression: Weekly Limit Depletes Much Faster Than Before#102667
- Opus 5.5 Usage Limits Exhausted Within 1-2 Days#101937
- Weekly limit shows 100% used right after upgrading Max 5x → Max 20x (same-day renewal had reset it)#101543
- Five-hour session quota immediately shows 100% at reset across VS Code and mobile#100934
- Usage quota resets but consumption tracker shows incorrect high percentage immediately after restart#100152
- Max 5x: weekly limit drains ~15%/day on Opus 5.5 (medium) with light use; Fable bar rises without Fable use#99204
- I have upgraded my plan to Claude MAX - usually used Claude Pro and was able to…#98136
- Unexpected token consumption increase with Claude Opus 5.5#98070
- Fable weekly usage counted (20%) with zero Fable requests since reset — only Opus 5.5 / Sonnet 5 used (Max 20x, Windows)#97997
- Token usage calculation may be incorrect or metering error#97449
- Weekly usage limit consumption rate increased ~3.6x after September 25 reset#97398
- Headless
claude -p(entrypointsdk-cli) uses ~1.8× more of the 5-hour window per token than interactivecli, same workload#97074 - You've hit your session limit · resets 3:10pm (Europe/London)#96741
- Insufficient token allocation after upgrading from Claude Max x5 to x20#96581
- Opus 5 usage is counted against the weekly Fable limit (Max 5x, advisor off)#96035
- Phantom usage after weekly reset: 96% of 5h session + 35% of weekly Fable consumed with zero API requests from any client (Max 5x)#95796