Anthropic announces a 25% increase to Claude Code limits, but there's a 17% catch

The latest platform update for premium Claude accounts is hiding a quiet downgrade. Anthropic is officially ending a massive temporary promotional boost in mid-September, meaning active developers are about to lose a significant chunk of their weekly capacity.

Back on May 13, developers using Claude Code received a surprise upgrade when Anthropic rolled out a temporary 50 percent boost to weekly usage limits. Rather than letting the promotion expire as originally planned, the company extended the deadline four separate times over the summer, keeping the inflated capacity active and making it feel like the new normal. Now, that promotional window is officially closing. In a recent update from the ClaudeDevs account on X, the company announced that starting September 14, standard baseline limits will be permanently increased by 25 percent for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. Once that new baseline takes effect, the 50 percent summer bonus will be entirely removed.