Claude Code Rate Limits Doubled Across All Paid Plans — Opus API Input Tokens Jump 1,500% from 30K to 500K Per Minute

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Anthropic doubled Claude Code's 5-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans on May 6, enabled by the SpaceX compute deal. Peak-hours throttling was removed for Pro and Max. API-level changes are even more dramatic: Opus input tokens per minute went from 30K to 500K (1,500% increase), output tokens from 8K to 80K (900% increase). For builders running multi-agent workflows or long autonomous sessions, this removes the primary friction point that forced workarounds like model downgrades during peak hours.