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Title: Anthropic is rate limiting Claude Code, blaming some users for never
turning it off

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:11:34 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-is-rate...

Anthropic has introduced new weekly rate limits on its Claude Code tool for
AI assistance with coding tasks. The move comes shortly after the AI company
quietly began implementing rate limits on the Claude Code service, which is
an agentic side of the AI chatbot that is capable of reading code, editing
files, performing tests and pushing GitHub commits.

According to a series of posts from Anthropic on X, these changes are in
response to some users who have been running Claude Code "continuously in the
background, 24/7." Not only does that add up to a hefty environmental toll,
the instances of non-stop use are also financially expensive for Anthropic.
The company additionally questioned whether some users were violating terms
of service by sharing or reselling accounts.

Claude Code is only available on Anthropic's Pro and Max plans, the most
expensive of which is $200 a month. Those subscriptions which will start
seeing the weekly rate limits beginning in August. "We estimate theyΓÇÖll
apply to less than 5% of subscribers based on current usage," the company
said. For those people who do run up against the limits on the Max plan,
there will be an option to purchase extra usage at standard API rates.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-is-rate...
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