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Max 20x upgrade not reflected in weekly limits, depleting at Max 5x rate

An Anthropic Claude Code user reports that after upgrading from the Max 5x ($100) to Max 20x ($200) plan on July 16, 2026, their weekly usage limits deplete at roughly 2 Opus messages per 1% — worse than the previous plan's 4-5 messages per 1% — causing the weekly cap to be reached in 3 days instead of 6-7 days. The user has an open support ticket since July 19, 2026, with no response after 48 hours, and suspects the weekly limit counter is not recalculated for mid-cycle upgrades.

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Max 20x upgrade not reflected in weekly limits, depleting at Max 5x rate
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  • I have searched existing issuesand this hasn't been reported yet - This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I upgraded from Max 5x ($100) to Max 20x ($200) on Thursday, July 16, 2026 (prorated charge confirmed, plan shows Max 20x in settings). Since the upgrade, my weekly usage limits deplete dramatically faster than they did on Max 5x — not 20x more capacity, but effectively less than my previous plan.

What Should Happen?

After upgrading to Max 20x, weekly usage limits should immediately reflect the 20x tier — i.e. roughly 4x the capacity of my previous Max 5x plan, per the Help Center ("you receive your full weekly allowance each cycle").

Concretely: on Max 5x, ~4-5 Opus messages consumed 1% of the weekly Opus limit and my allowance lasted 6-7 days of normal work. On Max 20x, the same workload should consume proportionally less (roughly 16-20 messages per 1%) and comfortably last the full week. Instead, consumption is at ~2 messages per 1% — worse than the cheaper plan I upgraded from.

Expected fix: recalculate the weekly limit counter to the Max 20x tier for accounts that upgraded mid-cycle, and restore/credit the usage lost since the July 16 upgrade.

Error Messages/Logs

Claude AI usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at [date shown in app].
No error in CLI — weekly usage percentage jumps ~1% per 2 Opus messages despite Max 20x plan.

Steps to Reproduce

  • Subscribe to Max 5x plan (baseline: ~4-5 Opus messages = 1% of weekly Opus limit)
  • Upgrade to Max 20x mid-cycle (July 16, 2026 — prorated charge confirmed, settings show Max 20x)
  • Continue identical daily workload (Opus 4.8 primary, Sonnet for subtasks)
  • Observe weekly limit depleting at ~2 Opus messages per 1% — worse than Max 5x
  • Weekly cap reached in 3 days vs 6-7 days previously on the cheaper plan

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

Unknown — issue correlates with plan upgrade on July 16, 2026, not with a Claude Code version change.

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

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