Summary
On September 14, 2026, Anthropic reduced Claude Code weekly usage limits by 17%, retiring a temporary 50% promotional boost and replacing it with a permanent 25% increase over the pre-promotion (May) baseline. The change affects weekly allowances only; five-hour session limits are unchanged.
What changed
Anthropic cut Claude Code weekly usage limits by 17% on September 14, 2026, ending a temporary 50% boost and leaving a standing 25% increase versus May levels, with no change to five-hour session limits.
Why it matters
Weekly caps are the practical ceiling for heavy Claude Code users, so tightening them changes day-to-day capacity for agentic coding workflows and signals how Anthropic is balancing demand against compute — a recurring friction point developers weigh when choosing between coding assistants.
Evidence excerpt
Anthropic cut Claude Code weekly limits by 17% on September 14, replacing a temporary 50% boost with a permanent 25% increase over May levels; the change affected weekly usage only, not five-hour session limits.