Penjelasan resmi Anthropic membatasi penggunaan: konsumsi selama jam sibuk meningkat, sekitar 7% pengguna terdampak

Engineer Anthropic Thariq (@trq212) posted an explanation that, in response to the rapidly increasing demand for Claude, Anthropic is adjusting the 5-hour session limit for subscribed users: the total weekly quota remains unchanged, but the consumption rate during peak hours will accelerate.

Specific adjustment: accelerated consumption during peak hours

According to official statements, the adjustment affects free, Pro, and Max subscription plans:

Peak hours: weekdays from 5:00 to 11:00 PT (Taiwan time 20:00 to 02:00 the next day), during which users will consume sessions at a faster rate than before

Total weekly quota remains the same: the overall limit stays constant, only the distribution across different time periods is changed

Scope of impact: approximately 7% of users will encounter restrictions that did not exist before, especially Pro plan users and those who habitually run token-intensive background tasks during peak hours

Thariq suggests: "If you run background tasks that consume a lot of tokens, moving them to off-peak hours can allow your session quota to last longer."

Community reactions are polarized, with multiple complaints surfacing

This announcement has triggered strong backlash from the community. Some users immediately canceled their subscriptions and accused Anthropic of not providing prior warning; others accused Claude of secretly downgrading the model from Opus to Sonnet without notification (silent model downgrade), calling it "one of the worst dark patterns in history."

Additionally, users on the paid Max plan ($200 per month) reported that their accounts were suspended three weeks ago and have yet to receive any response.

Subscription trust crisis under scaling pressure

This incident highlights the core contradiction of the AI subscription economy: when service providers face infrastructure expansion pressures and need to adjust resource allocation, such detailed changes as "keeping the weekly total unchanged but shifting the distribution across time periods" are very difficult for ordinary users to understand and are easily interpreted as downsizing or deception.

Thariq admits: "I know this is frustrating. We continue to invest in scaling efficiency, and I will keep everyone updated on progress." However, for many users whose workflows have been interrupted, such explanations have failed to restore trust.

This article's official statement from Anthropic explains the tightening of usage limits: accelerated consumption during peak hours, affecting about 7% of users. The earliest reports appeared on ABMedia.