Applying fresh restrictions to use Claude Code

Following the dramatic increase in demand for the Claud Code artificial intelligence tools, the American company Anthropic announced that new restrictions will be imposed on its shared plans on September 1 (August 1). This is aimed at controlling the consumption of high -end users and dealing with abuses such as account sharing and access sales.

According to the anthropic announcement, these limitations include two parts:
1. A general ceiling for weekly consumption
2. A separate ceiling for the company’s most advanced model, Claude Opus 4

These restrictions apply to the company’s various shared plans, including a $ 2 project (Pro) and MAX designs at $ 1 and $ 2 per month. Max project users can, of course, make surplus consumption at an extra charge at the API rate.

Anthropic has emphasized that most users will not be affected by this change, and restrictions target only about 2 % of subscribers who use Claude Code permanently and without interruption.

According to an Antropic spokesman, the Pro Design users can expect 1 to 2 hours of weekly use of the Sonnet 4. In the 100 -dollar Max design, this number reaches 1 to 2 hours for Sonnet 4 and 2 to 4 hours for Opus 4. Users of the MAX project will also be able to use the SONNET 4 to 4 hours a month at $ 1 a month and OPUS 4. However, the anthropic points out that the amount of consumption may vary depending on the volume of the code or type of project.

These restrictions have been announced as Claude Code has been partially or completely disrupted in the past month; A topic that may have been due to the excessive pressure of some users on the company’s infrastructure. Anthropic had previously announced that it had been forced to manage users’ consumption due to processing restrictions; This is a problem that most artificial intelligence providers are facing.

In recent months, several other companies in the field of artificial intelligence -based coding tools have also revised pricing and consumption models. Including Anysphere (Cursor tool developer) as well as Replit, which both imposed restrictions on high users in June.

Anthropic has announced at the end that it is seeking solutions to support long -term and professional use of Claud Code in the future, but now restricting consumption will help better service sustainability.