Limits & plansGuide
Claude usage limits explained: 5-hour, weekly and Fable
Claude has a rolling 5-hour session limit and, on paid plans, a weekly limit shared by chat, Desktop and Claude Code. How each one fills and resets.
Start here
The three guides to read first.
Claude CodeGuide
How to check your Claude usage: web, app and Claude Code
Settings > Usage on claude.ai and Desktop, /usage in Claude Code, a gauge on the page: what each view shows, what it misses, and where resets appear.
Limits & plansGuide
Claude usage limit reached: what it means and what to do
Hit “5-hour limit reached” or “You've hit your weekly limit”? Which limit it is, when it comes back, and what works now: a free reset, credits, a model.
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UsageMeter 1.6: see your Claude limit before you hit it
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Where do your Claude Code tokens go?
Run /usage in Claude Code to see skills, subagents, plugins and MCP servers for this machine. Why usage climbs, and how to see it across every PC.
Limits & plansGuide
Is Claude down, or did you hit your usage limit?
A usage limit names the limit and its reset time; an outage or overload doesn't. How to tell them apart, where to check Claude's status, what to do next.
Limits & plansGuide
How much of your Claude limit does one message use?
There is no fixed cost per Claude message: length, files, model, effort and tools all count, and later replies cost more. How to see what each reply used.
Limits & plansGuide
Claude usage limit notifications: get warned in time
Claude warns near the 5-hour limit, Claude Code at 85 %. How to get a notification at your own threshold, from your pace, and when your limit is back.
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Claude Reflect: How Anthropic's New Dashboard Tracks Your AI Habits
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