Anthropic is cutting Claude Code's current weekly limits by 17%
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Source: BleepingComputerAugust 29, 2026
Summary
Anthropic is reducing Claude Code's weekly usage limits by 17% starting September 14, when a temporary 50% boost ends and is replaced with a permanent 25% increase. While the company frames this as an improvement over original limits, users will actually have significantly less access than they currently do.
Classification
Attack SophisticationTrivial
AI Component TargetedAPI
Affected Vendors
Anthropic
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Original source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-is-cutting-claude-codes-current-weekly-limits-by-17-percent/
First tracked: August 29, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%