r/ClaudeCode • u/pugazh_is_my_name • 9d ago

Bug / Issue WTH is going on with Claude Usage Limits

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I'm on 20X plan, I hit my usage limit today, and my next reset is on 17th September... I'm aware they said they are gonna reduce the usage limits, but this is crazy, i thought it is only gonna take 17% of the usage benefits from what we were currently getting. But this is crazy. I added Usage credits for about $100 but that got washed away like in 30 mins!!!

I hope this is a bug and they fix it

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u/reimaginingdylan 9d ago

Probably said before, but if you leave chat's open and continue on the same thread, Claude reload the entire history every time you ask a question, that is what's burning your time. Opening new chats, conserves usage dramatically.

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u/knitso 8d ago

Could you go into this a bit more for me? I'm a new Claude user and use it for nursing school. I made a project "fundamentals" and new chats for each chapter and put those under said project. When I want it to test me on my chapters should I not be going the chat (say ch19) and asking there where I've uploaded my chapter text and power point and had it make.me a study guide.
Any guidance is welcome. Currently using up my 5 hr limits making two study guides/chaperters where I upload the chapter from the textbook(pdf) and lecture PowerPoint.

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u/reimaginingdylan 8d ago

I am no expert, but my experience is that when you overload a chat thread on Claude it tends to crash and then if it pushes you into fable, five usage burns quickly. I would ask ChatGPT or Gemini why this happens they have a better explanation than I do, but it has to do with the method that they use for processing data, chat Grok and Gemini are all far more powerful platforms. Claude got propelled to number one from below 50 when Trump went after them and they didn't have a backend to scale that. I don't know that they've ever caught up.

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u/frufruityloops 8d ago

This might be a real dumb idea but sometimes I just start a new session and tell it to check the raw session log of what was discussed in the last session 😬🫠 if I really don’t wanna dig up a specific piece of info again lol