I got that 'close to weekly limits' message for an entire week without ever reaching it, came to the conclusion that it is just a printer industry 'low ink!' tactic, and cancelled my subscription.
You don't take money from a customer for a service, and then bar the customer form using that service for multiple days.
Either charge more, stop subsidizing free accounts, or decrease the daily limit.
These days, running `/usage` in Claude Code shows you how close you are to the session and weekly limits. Also available in the web interface settings under "Usage".
My mistake. It's good that it's available in settings, even if it's a few screens away from the 'close to weekly limits' banner nagging me to subscribe to a more expensive plan.
Oh right, Anthropic doesn't tell you.
I got that 'close to weekly limits' message for an entire week without ever reaching it, came to the conclusion that it is just a printer industry 'low ink!' tactic, and cancelled my subscription.
You don't take money from a customer for a service, and then bar the customer form using that service for multiple days.
Either charge more, stop subsidizing free accounts, or decrease the daily limit.