{"slug": "max-20x-upgrade-not-reflected-in-weekly-limits-depleting-at-max-5x-rate", "title": "Max 20x upgrade not reflected in weekly limits, depleting at Max 5x rate", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "-\n[Notifications](/login?return_to=%2Fanthropics%2Fclaude-code)You must be signed in to change notification settings -\n[Fork 22.8k](/login?return_to=%2Fanthropics%2Fclaude-code)\n\n# [BUG] Max 20x upgrade not reflected in weekly limits — depleting at Max 5x rate or worse (upgraded July 16, 2026) #79773\n\n[bugSomething isn't working](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22bug%22)Something isn't working\n\n## Description\n\n### Preflight Checklist\n\n- I have searched\n[existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug)and this hasn't been reported yet - This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)\n- I am using the latest version of Claude Code\n\n### What's Wrong?\n\nI 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.\n\n### What Should Happen?\n\nAfter 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\").\n\nConcretely: 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.\n\nExpected 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.\n\n### Error Messages/Logs\n\n```\nClaude AI usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at [date shown in app].\nNo error in CLI — weekly usage percentage jumps ~1% per 2 Opus messages despite Max 20x plan.\n```\n\n### Steps to Reproduce\n\n- Subscribe to Max 5x plan (baseline: ~4-5 Opus messages = 1% of weekly Opus limit)\n- Upgrade to Max 20x mid-cycle (July 16, 2026 — prorated charge confirmed, settings show Max 20x)\n- Continue identical daily workload (Opus 4.8 primary, Sonnet for subtasks)\n- Observe weekly limit depleting at ~2 Opus messages per 1% — worse than Max 5x\n- Weekly cap reached in 3 days vs 6-7 days previously on the cheaper plan\n\n### Claude Model\n\nOpus\n\n### Is this a regression?\n\nYes, this worked in a previous version\n\n### Last Working Version\n\n*No response*\n\n### Claude Code Version\n\nUnknown — issue correlates with plan upgrade on July 16, 2026, not with a Claude Code version change.\n\n### Platform\n\nAnthropic API\n\n### Operating System\n\nmacOS\n\n### Terminal/Shell\n\nVS Code integrated terminal\n\n### Additional Information\n\n- Support ticket open since July 19, 2026, no response after 48h. Ticket ID: [ton numéro]\n- Weekly reset date shown in Settings > Usage: [ta date]\n- Prior related issues:\n[Weekly Usage Limits Making Claude Subscriptions Unusable #9424](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/9424)(user upgraded Max 5x → 20x, depletion rate unchanged),[Max 20x plan hitting daily limit with reduced usage — limits appear silently tightened (April 28-29, 2026) #54714](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/54714)(Max 20x limits silently tightened) - Suspected cause: weekly limit counter/tier not recalculated after mid-cycle upgrade\n- Impact: highest-tier paying customer blocked from client work for 4 days\n\n## Metadata\n\n## Metadata\n\n### Assignees\n\n### Labels\n\n[bugSomething isn't working](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22bug%22)Something isn't working", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/max-20x-upgrade-not-reflected-in-weekly-limits-depleting-at-max-5x-rate", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/79773", "published_at": "2026-08-18 08:14:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 08:40:56.458416+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Code", "Opus", "Max 5x", "Max 20x"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/max-20x-upgrade-not-reflected-in-weekly-limits-depleting-at-max-5x-rate", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/max-20x-upgrade-not-reflected-in-weekly-limits-depleting-at-max-5x-rate.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/max-20x-upgrade-not-reflected-in-weekly-limits-depleting-at-max-5x-rate.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/max-20x-upgrade-not-reflected-in-weekly-limits-depleting-at-max-5x-rate.jsonld"}}