Claude usage limits

Anthropic doubled Claude Code's five-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans, removed the peak hours limit reduction on Claude Code for Pro and Max accounts, and raised API rate limits considerably for Claude Opus models, all effective May 6, 2026.

Anthropic | In Edition 33, Saturday 9 May 2026

SOURCE Anthropic, Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

Added to The Deploy Log Monday 14 Sep 2026, updated Thursday 17 Sep 2026. Read Edition 33, the edition that carried it.

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