--- title: They lied... | daily.dev description: Anthropic announced a permanent 25% increase to Claude Code weekly rate limits starting September 14th, but the actual effect is a 17% net decrease since it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: They lied... | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic announced a permanent 25% increase to Claude Code weekly rate limits starting September 14th, but the actual effect is a 17% net decrease since it... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iZwUD5vrN.png og:image:alt: They lied... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # They lied... **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 15 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic announced a permanent 25% increase to Claude Code weekly rate limits starting September 14th, but the actual effect is a 17% net decrease since it replaces a temporary 50% increase that had been in place since May. The post walks through the history of Anthropic's rate limit changes since May, including the SpaceX compute partnership, the temporary Claude Opus (referred to obliquely) usage caps, and criticizes Anthropic's communication as misleading, noting an earlier version of the announcement was deleted and reworded. The piece argues Anthropic's messaging obscures that users are getting less than they're used to, contrasts it unfavorably with OpenAI's communication around the Cursor model ban, and speculates the real driver is compute being diverted to higher-margin enterprise API customers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Anthropic increasing or decreasing Claude Code weekly usage limits starting September 14th? Anthropic is permanently raising standard weekly limits by 25% from the original base for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based enterprise plans starting September 14th, but this replaces a temporary 50% increase that had been active since May. Because the temporary boost is ending, the net change works out to roughly a 17% decrease compared to the limits users have grown accustomed to. _Track how Claude Code's rate limit changes affect your workflow before the September 14th update on daily.dev._ ### How does Claude Code's per-model weekly limit work for its top coding model versus Opus and Sonnet? Claude Code enforces a separate sub-limit on its strongest coding model within the overall weekly quota: once a user hits roughly half of their total weekly allowance using that model, they must switch to Opus or Sonnet for the remainder of the week. This changed when the model was reintroduced after a temporary removal, and it did not work this way previously, effectively halving usable weekly capacity for users who prefer that model. _Compare Claude Code's per-model usage caps against alternatives when deciding where to run your coding workloads on daily.dev._ ### Why did Anthropic increase Claude Code rate limits back in May? Anthropic increased Claude Code's 5-hour and weekly rate limits in May after announcing a compute partnership with SpaceX that substantially expanded its compute capacity, doubling the 5-hour limit for Pro, Max, and Teams plans and raising weekly limits by 50% as a temporary promotion originally set to expire July 13th, later extended multiple times before ending September 14th. _Follow compute-driven rate limit shifts like this one to plan Claude Code usage on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"They lied...","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T01:28:07.706Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:07:31.908Z","description":"Anthropic announced a permanent 25% increase to Claude Code weekly rate limits starting September 14th, but the actual effect is a 17% net decrease since it...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q7n0PGbMW_U/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q7n0PGbMW_U/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Theo - t3․gg","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Theo - t3․gg","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--UmX7IyU3--/f_auto/v1704628081/logos/t3dotgg.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,anthropic,claude-code","timeRequired":"PT15M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"They lied...","description":"Anthropic announced a permanent 25% increase to Claude Code weekly rate limits starting September 14th, but the actual effect is a 17% net decrease since it...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q7n0PGbMW_U/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-31T01:28:07.706Z","duration":"PT15M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/iZwUD5vrN","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q7n0PGbMW_U"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Theo - t3․gg","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"They lied..."}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/they-lied--izwud5vrn#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is Anthropic increasing or decreasing Claude Code weekly usage limits starting September 14th?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Anthropic is permanently raising standard weekly limits by 25% from the original base for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based enterprise plans starting September 14th, but this replaces a temporary 50% increase that had been active since May. 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