Claude Code Usage Limits: Pro, Max, Weekly Reset and Credits
Claude Code shares subscription usage with Claude. Pro and Max have a five-hour session window and a weekly limit. Max 5x and Max 20x increase session capacity relative to Pro. Anthropic does not publish one fixed current-model message count.
Last verified · Claude Code
Usage evidence reviewed . Other product facts retain their earlier verification date.
Fact Pro $20.00/month; Max 5x $100/month; Max 20x $200/month.
Primary quota
Fact Five-hour session usage plus a weekly limit across models.
Weekly limit
Fact A weekly limit exists. Since September 14, 2026 it is 25% higher than before the May–September promotion. Max plans also have a separate weekly limit for Fable. Unknown Anthropic does not publish one fixed universal message count for that weekly cap.
Reset
Fact Sessions reset every five hours. The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to your account. See Settings > Usage. TraceCheck does not invent a UTC weekly clock.
Shared pool
Fact Claude and Claude Code consume the same subscription allowance.
After the limit
Fact Optional extra usage continues at standard API rates after the session limit if credits are enabled.
Last verified
Oct 11, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Changed September 14, 2026
Weekly limits: the +50% promotion ended, +25% is permanent
Fact The promotion that raised Claude Code weekly limits by 50% ran May 13 through September 13, 2026. Starting September 14, 2026, Claude Code weekly limits are 25% higher than they were before the promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. Five-hour session limits were not part of the promotion.
Unknown The +25% applies to a weekly baseline that Anthropic does not publish as a number, so TraceCheck does not convert it into a message count.
Subscription prices and published relative session capacity; no inferred current-model message quotas.
Plan
Monthly price
Session capacity
Fixed current-model count
Pro
Fact $20.00/month$17/month equivalent when $200 is billed annually
For short coding sprints in small codebases; a five-hour session window and a weekly limit apply. Claude and Claude Code share the same subscription pool.
Unknown Anthropic confirms session and weekly limits, but does not publish one fixed current-model message count.
Max 5x
Fact $100.00/month
Five times Pro session capacity; a five-hour session window and a weekly limit still apply.
Unknown Anthropic confirms session and weekly limits, but does not publish one fixed current-model message count.
Max 20x
Fact $200.00/month
Twenty times Pro session capacity; a five-hour session window and a weekly limit still apply.
Unknown Anthropic confirms session and weekly limits, but does not publish one fixed current-model message count.
Capacity source: Anthropic Max plan limits. The multipliers refer to Pro session capacity, not a guaranteed number of finished tasks and not a matching weekly multiplier.
Metering map
What Claude Code actually meters
Each plan below is a pool graph: consumers drain a pool, a reset clock refills it, and exhaustion says what happens at empty. Numeric capacity is shown only when an official source publishes it for that exact pool.
Pro
FactPro five-hour session · shared · other
Anthropic does not publish one fixed current-model session message count.
Consumer · surface Claude Chat — Fact Claude Chat and Claude Code consume the same Pro session pool.
Consumer · surface Claude Code — Fact Claude Code draws from the same Pro session and weekly pools as Claude Chat.
Reset · rollingFact The session-based usage limit resets every five hours. Visible in Settings > Usage.
At limit · credits, wait for reset, api continuationFact After the session limit, optional extra usage continues at standard API rates if enabled. Session limits still reset every five hours.
A weekly limit exists; Anthropic does not publish one universal weekly message number. Since September 14, 2026, the Claude Code weekly limit is 25% higher than its level before the May–September 2026 promotion.
Consumer · surface Claude Chat — Fact Weekly usage is shared across Claude Chat and Claude Code.
Consumer · surface Claude Code — Fact Weekly usage is shared across Claude Chat and Claude Code.
Reset · account assignedFact The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. TraceCheck does not invent a UTC weekly clock. Visible in Settings > Usage.
A weekly limit exists; Anthropic does not publish one universal weekly message number. Since September 14, 2026, the Claude Code weekly limit is 25% higher than its level before the May–September 2026 promotion.
Consumer · surface Claude Chat
Consumer · surface Claude Code
Reset · account assignedFact The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. Visible in Settings > Usage.
A weekly limit exists; Anthropic does not publish one universal weekly message number. Since September 14, 2026, the Claude Code weekly limit is 25% higher than its level before the May–September 2026 promotion.
Consumer · surface Claude Chat
Consumer · surface Claude Code
Reset · account assignedFact The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. Visible in Settings > Usage.
DocumentedShared pools: Pro five-hour session; Pro weekly limit; Max 5x five-hour session; Max 5x weekly limit; Max 20x five-hour session; Max 20x weekly limit. Only documented consumers on those pools draw the same allowance. A surface not listed as a consumer is not assumed to share it.
Mechanics
Pro five-hour session consumers: Claude Chat, Claude Code.
Pro weekly limit consumers: Claude Chat, Claude Code.
Max 5x five-hour session consumers: Claude Chat, Claude Code.
Max 5x weekly limit consumers: Claude Chat, Claude Code.
PartialPro five-hour session is drained by Claude Chat, Claude Code. Pro weekly limit is drained by Claude Chat, Claude Code. Max 5x five-hour session is drained by Claude Code, Claude Chat. Max 20x five-hour session is drained by Claude Code, Claude Chat.
Mechanics
Pro · Pro five-hour session: Claude Chat and Claude Code consume the same Pro session pool.
Pro · Pro five-hour session: Claude Code draws from the same Pro session and weekly pools as Claude Chat.
Pro · Pro weekly limit: Weekly usage is shared across Claude Chat and Claude Code.
Pro · Pro weekly limit: Weekly usage is shared across Claude Chat and Claude Code.
Unknown / conflict
Unknown Anthropic does not publish one fixed current-model session message count.
Unknown A weekly limit exists; Anthropic does not publish one universal weekly message number. Since September 14, 2026, the Claude Code weekly limit is 25% higher than its level before the May–September 2026 promotion.
Unknown No fixed current-model session message count is published.
DocumentedThe session-based usage limit resets every five hours. The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. TraceCheck does not invent a UTC weekly clock. The session-based usage limit resets every five hours. The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. The session-based usage limit resets every five hours. The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account.
Mechanics
rolling: The session-based usage limit resets every five hours. Visible in Settings > Usage.
account assigned: The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. TraceCheck does not invent a UTC weekly clock. Visible in Settings > Usage.
rolling: The session-based usage limit resets every five hours. Visible in Settings > Usage.
account assigned: The weekly limit resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. Visible in Settings > Usage.
Next action: Look in Settings > Usage.
Unknown / conflict
Unknown Anthropic does not publish one fixed current-model session message count.
Unknown A weekly limit exists; Anthropic does not publish one universal weekly message number. Since September 14, 2026, the Claude Code weekly limit is 25% higher than its level before the May–September 2026 promotion.
Unknown No fixed current-model session message count is published.
Fact The session-based usage limit resets every five hours.
Fact A weekly usage limit applies across all models and resets at a fixed time assigned to the account. That day and time stay the same regardless of when you start using Claude or when the subscription began.
FactSettings > Usage shows five-hour session progress, weekly progress, and the next weekly reset.
Unknown TraceCheck does not invent one UTC weekly reset for every account. A session reset is not proof that the weekly allowance has reset.
What happens when you hit the limit?
Fact Optional usage credits can continue Claude Code at standard API rates after included subscription usage is exhausted.
Fact Extra usage applies to both Claude conversations and Claude Code. Combined usage counts toward the same limits. Extra usage does not change the five-hour reset timing.
Fact Max 5x is five times Pro session usage. Max 20x is twenty times Pro session usage. Weekly limits still apply on both Max tiers.
Unknown Anthropic does not publish one fixed current-model Claude Code prompt count. Help Center average-user ranges currently appear under Usage Limits for Older Models (including Sonnet 4 / Opus 4 hours) and are not treated as current-model quotas.
Not directly comparable Session multipliers, weekly existence, and older-model average-user estimates are different units. They cannot be converted into one universal message score.
What is not disclosed
Unknown Anthropic does not publish one fixed current-model Claude Code prompt count or one universal weekly message number. Help Center average-user ranges currently sit under Usage Limits for Older Models and are not treated as current-model quotas.
Derived A Max upgrade can address a recurring session-capacity constraint. It does not establish unlimited use, a matching weekly multiplier, or a fixed number of additional prompts. Identify which limit interrupted your work before treating a larger session allowance as the answer.
Recent verified changes
Claude Max plans now list a separate weekly limit for Fable, and usage credits can continue work after any of the three limits. — Previous value not verified → Max plans have a separate weekly limit for Fable; usage credits can continue after the five-hour, weekly, or Fable weekly limit. Monthly API credits included with Max do not pay for usage in Claude, Claude Code, or Claude Cowork. Verified Oct 11, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC.
Claude Code weekly limits are now permanently 25% higher than before the May–September promotion, starting September 14, 2026; the temporary +50% ended September 13. — Claude Code weekly usage limits 50% higher from May 13, 2026 through September 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT; after that, weekly limits return to standard levels → Promotion ended September 13, 2026. Starting September 14, 2026, Claude Code weekly limits are 25% higher than before the promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. Verified Oct 11, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC.
Claude Code weekly limits remain temporarily 50% higher through September 13, 2026; five-hour limits are unchanged. — Previous value not verified → Claude Code weekly usage limits 50% higher from May 13, 2026 through September 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT; 5-hour session limits unchanged. Verified Sep 7, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC.