Claude Code Rate Limit Mystery Solved: Not a Bug — Anthropic Quietly Throttles Peak Hours
If your Claude Code limits have been evaporating faster than they should, you’re not imagining things — and it’s not a bug. Anthropic has confirmed that usage during peak hours (5–11am PT on weekdays) now counts faster against your limits, a deliberate capacity management measure the company didn’t exactly announce with fanfare. The revelation comes after days of escalating frustration on GitHub and Reddit, where developers reported that sessions meant to last five hours were burning out in one or two. Some Max 20x subscribers saw their usage jump from 21% to 100% on a single prompt. ...