New Claude Code Restrictions Coming! Effective August 28

💡 Main Changes

Starting August 28, Claude Code paid plans will add two new weekly limits that reset every 7 days, in addition to the existing 5-hour reset limits.

🎯 Restriction Details

Existing Limits - Reset Every 5 Hours

Applies to all paid users, remains consistent with previous terms

Weekly Total Limit - Resets Every 7 Days

Sets limits on total model usage time for the week, expected to affect less than 5% of high-consumption users, with no impact on other users' experience

Weekly Opus 4 Limit - Resets Every 7 Days

Additional restrictions on usage time for the most advanced model Claude Opus 4, preventing a small number of users from continuous 24×7 calling

💰 Typical Weekly Limits by Plan

🟡 Pro Plan ($20/month)

• Sonnet 4 regular model: approximately 40-80 hours/week

🟢 Max Plan ($100-200/month)

• Sonnet 4 usage time: approximately 240-480 hours/week
• Opus 4 usage time: approximately 24-40 hours/week

📝 Notes

The above values are typical weekly quotas for most users without changing current code scale and usage patterns. Actual limits may vary based on codebase size and number of parallel calls

💳 What to Do When Exceeding Limits

🛒 Overage Usage

After exhausting weekly limits, additional usage can be purchased at Claude API standard billing rates

🔮 Future Support

Anthropic stated it will support long-running use cases requiring 24×7 service through other solutions

📊 Summary

New limits add weekly dual restrictions beyond the existing 5-hour reset mechanism! Targeting overall usage duration and Opus 4 model usage duration separately, affecting only the heaviest ~5% of users. Pro plan typical available Sonnet 4 duration is 40-80 hours/week, Max plan is 240-480 hours/week, with stricter weekly limits imposed on Opus 4.