Huge news for those of us using the paid Claude (Code) plans.
Claude Code makes use of a five hour sliding window which caps how much work you can do in any given period. Previously Pro and Max had a 2x burn rate during peak hours which made more intense code sessions burn through your usage a lot faster.
- Five-hour rate limit window across all plans
- Peak hours limit reduction applied to Pro and Max accounts
- No special Opus API rate provisions for heavy API users
Now according to this blog post (https://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex)
Anthropic has doubled Claude Code's five-hour rate limits and removed the peak hours reduction entirely for Pro and Max. They've just signed a deal with SpaceX which grants them access to the full Colossus 1 data centre: over 300 megawatts and 220k NVIDIA GPUs. This is alongside new deals with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
- Five hour rate limits doubled for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans
- Peak hours limit reduction removed for Pro and Max accounts
- Claude Opus API rate limits raised considerably (specific figures in the article's table)
back to the good times, and less need to use /new or /compact with a cheaper model all the time.
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