Anthropic rolls out up to $250 in free Claude Code credits, but only for cloud sessions
Summary
Anthropic is offering free promotional credits (up to $250) for Claude Code's cloud sessions, which let you run AI coding tasks on Anthropic's servers instead of your own computer, so work continues even when your device is offline. Pro subscribers get $100 in free credits while Max subscribers get $250, and these credits are separate from regular usage limits and must be claimed by October 7.
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Original source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-rolls-out-up-to-250-in-free-claude-code-credits-but-only-for-cloud-sessions/
First tracked: September 25, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%