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Since August 2025, Anthropic has changed Claude's usage limits at least three separate times: it added weekly caps on top of the existing rolling window, ran a two-week off-peak doubling in March 2026, then permanently doubled Claude Code's 5-hour limits on May 6, 2026. Two of those changes are still active. One ended on schedule.
Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX
Below, we describe these changes and the progress we're making on compute. Higher usage limits The following three changes—all effective today—are aimed at improving the experience of using Claude for our most dedicated customers. First, we're doubling Claude Code's five-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise ...
OpenAI and Anthropic are offering temporary boosts to their AI coding tools this holiday season, doubling usage limits for Codex and Claude users to support developers during high-demand workloads.
Claude Code Rate Limits & Usage Quotas Explained (2026)
Anthropic governs Claude Code through a dual-layer usage system: a 5-hour rolling window for short-term activity, and a weekly cap on active compute hours. The same bucket is shared across Claude Code , Claude .ai chat, and Cowork — burn tokens in one, you lose capacity in the others. Here's what each plan gets, followed by exactly how the limits work and how to stay productive within them ...
Codex limits have been doubled compared to the usual capacity until January 1, 2026, a Christmas holiday festivity that Anthropic has mimicked on its Claude Pro and Max.
Claude Code Limits Doubled
Claude Code's 5-hour rate limits are doubled. Applies to Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise. Whatever your old per-window cap was on Sonnet and Opus inside Claude Code , double it. Peak-hour throttling on Claude Code is removed for Pro and Max. Anthropic had been quietly clipping limits during high-traffic windows.
OpenAI has reset and lifted rate limits to twice the usual level for Codex users until January 1, 2026. At the same time, Anthropic has announced a holiday usage promotion that gives its Pro and Max subscribers double their usual usage limits between December 25 and 31 on Claude's platforms across mobile, desktop, and web.
Claude Usage Limits 2026
Claude usage limits keep changing. We track every 2x event from the 2025 weekly caps to 2026, what's permanent, what ended, and how to check yours with /usage.
We're giving Pro and Max subscribers a holiday gift—2x usage limits from December 25 through December 31. During this period, your plan's usage limits will be doubled, giving you more room to explore Claude's capabilities as you plan for the new year.