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Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users

AI News - TechCrunch
Jul 17, 2025 21:04
Russell Brandom
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Summary

Anthropic has imposed stricter usage limits on its Claude Code service without prior notice to users, particularly affecting heavy users on the $200-a-month Max plan. This move has sparked frustration and transparency concerns within the developer community, highlighting ongoing challenges around resource allocation and communication in the rapidly evolving AI industry.

Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan.
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