[BUG] Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at 3pm

[Angelopaolo23]

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What's Wrong?

I am experiencing an unusual and persistent issue where the token usage limit for Claude Code is not resetting as expected, leading to a lockout that has lasted over 24 hours.

Normally, the usage tokens seem to reset every 5 hours. However, since 4:00 PM yesterday (Wednesday, October 8th), I have been unable to use the service.

The application currently indicates that the tokens will reset at 3:00 PM today (Thursday, October 9th), which is a full 23-hour gap since I was locked out, and significantly different from the usual 5-hour cycle.

What Should Happen?

The token usage should reset approximately every 5 hours, or at minimum, the 24-hour reset limit should be correctly calculated and implemented to prevent a full-day service interruption.

Error Messages/Logs

Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset 
     at 3pm (America/Santiago).

Steps to Reproduce

1.-Open the terminal or the client interface where you typically interact with Claude Code (e.g., Cursor IDE's AI chat/prompt window).

2.-Attempt to send any prompt or command to Claude Code.

3.-The service immediately returns the following message, indicating the limit has been reached and the reset time is delayed/incorrect:
-Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at 3pm (America/Santiago).

Context: The issue is not dependent on the content of the prompt; any attempt to utilize the service while locked out triggers this exact response. This message has persisted for almost 24 hours, despite the normal 5-hour reset cycle.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

1.0.39

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Cursor

Additional Information

No response

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] My claude code usage limit is not reset still. #9048
2. [BUG] Limits not resetting #9005
3. [BUG] Usage Limit major leap to 17 from 4 hours gap! #8958

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[jkudish]

Same here, looking at my usage settings page https://claude.ai/settings/usage I see that opus is maxed out, but i'm trying to use sonnet as confirmed by /model

I think they're accidentally routing sonnet calls to opus maybe?

[info656]

I have a similar experience. My usage of Opus is at 95%, and now even accidentally querying Opus once a day immediately blocks access to everything—that's what I just did now. I understand that Claude is trying to limit usage somehow, but this seems to me like a punishment for using the services, when it blocks access to everything as a penalty. We're not children.

Nothing else remains but to find a replacement for Claude. They are certainly not irreplaceable, and I think that this usage policy of Claude, which is unclear and punitive, will ensure a loss of customers for them. And in the end, I wish that for them too.

[videni]

Now it resets every five hours, which is so frustrating. I think they just changed the policy.

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[SamuelChojnacki]

same here ⎿  You've hit your limit · resets 3pm (Asia/Tbilisi)