Anthropic’s Claude Code Limit Dates Conflict, Obscuring a Reported 25% Permanent Rise

Anthropic’s Claude Code Help Center says a 50% weekly-limit promotion ended Aug. 19. The Decoder, citing Anthropic’s official Claude account, says the boost remains in place until Sept. 14, when baseline limits for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans are set to rise permanently by 25%. The conflicting dates change how customers should interpret that increase.

Two published timelines, one capacity question

The Help Center sets the promotion from May 13 through Aug. 19 at 11:59 PM PT and says weekly limits then return to their standard levels, with no change to a customer’s plan or billing. The Decoder’s account describes a different schedule: the temporary increase continues through Sept. 14.

A permanent increase can still reduce available capacity

The reported permanent policy would take the named plans to 125% of their original weekly baseline. If the Sept. 14 timeline applies, it would replace a 150% promotional allowance. That would leave users with 17% less weekly capacity than during the promotion, while remaining 25% above the original baseline.

That comparison is conditional, not a confirmation that the promotional allowance is still available. The Help Center’s Aug. 19 end date remains the published company guidance in the supplied material.

The promotion’s boundaries

• The offer applies automatically to Pro, Max, and Team plans, plus legacy seat-based Enterprise users.
• Free plans and consumption-based Enterprise seats are excluded.
• It covers Claude Code in the CLI, IDE extensions, desktop, and web interfaces.
• Five-hour Claude Code limits and limits for Claude web, desktop, mobile, and Claude Cowork are unchanged.

The practical issue is the applicable date

For teams planning work around weekly caps, the unresolved end date determines whether September brings a new permanent benefit or a lower limit than the one they were using under the temporary promotion.