Claude Code Users Report Hitting the 5-Hour Limit Far Faster Than Usual on the $100 Plan

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A r/ClaudeAI thread (64 upvotes, 52 comments) from a long-time Claude Code user on the $100 Max plan reports hitting the 5-hour limit twice recently after never having hit it before. Context that makes this worth watching: the temporary 50%-higher weekly limits for Pro, Max and Team are currently scheduled to expire 2026-08-19, and the quota bucket is shared across Claude Code, Claude.ai chat, and Cowork — so consumption elsewhere silently drains coding capacity. Single-community-sourced with no Anthropic confirmation of any change, so treat the 'something changed' framing as unverified.