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Usage Limits Articles

7 articles across AI Catchup's news, guides, tutorials, and comparisons.

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ClaudeOct 2, 2026

Claude's Artifact Promotion Cuts Some Session Usage Through October 15

Anthropic is temporarily discounting some five-hour session-limit usage for artifact workflows in Claude chats and cloud Cowork tasks. The October 1 to October 15 promotion applies automatically to Pro, Max, and Team plans, and to Free plans since October 7, but not to Claude Code, Enterprise plans, or weekly limits.

ChatGPTSep 29, 2026

ChatGPT Pro 500 Launches at $500 With 25x Plus Usage and Astra Ultrafast, While Pro 200 Drops to 10x

OpenAI's Pro 500 costs $500 a month for 25 times ChatGPT Plus usage plus Ultrafast, which now covers GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol and uses included limits at 8x the Standard rate. Astra Ultrafast generates tokens up to 8x faster in Codex. Pro 200 reopens; Sottiaux and The New Stack say it falls from 20x to 10x Plus.

OpenAISep 7, 2026

OpenAI Says GPT-6 Astra Now Uses Less ChatGPT Subscription Usage on Long Tasks

OpenAI executive Tibo says recent improvements to GPT-6 Astra reduce the subscription usage drawn by long-tail work for power users signed in with a ChatGPT account. The announcement claims up to 3–4x less usage and says there is no change in quality, but it does not publish implementation details, a new quota, or an API billing change.

Claude CodeAug 16, 2026

Claude Code Auto-Continues When Usage Limits Reset, On by Default

Claude Code waits in the open session and continues your task automatically when a claude.ai usage limit resets. It is on by default from version 2.1.234 in interactive sessions signed in with a claude.ai subscription. Turn it off in /config under 'Continue automatically at usage limit' or set autoContinueAtUsageLimit to false. It resumes work; it does not raise the limit.

OpenAIAug 9, 2026

OpenAI Resets ChatGPT Work And Codex Limits For Paid Users

OpenAI reset usage for paid ChatGPT Work and Codex users on August 8 and August 29, 2026, and for all paid subscriptions on September 7, then loaded a banked reset into Plus, Pro, and Business accounts on September 22. Resets are one-time and not guaranteed. Check Settings, the Codex usage dashboard, or /status in the CLI for your reset time.

CursorJul 22, 2026

Cursor Doubles Usage Limits on All Individual and Teams Plans

Cursor doubled the included usage pool for its own models, and staff confirmed in writing that it is permanent: 'The doubled pool stays.' As of October 9, 2026, the pool covers four models: Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5, and Composer 2.5. What expired on July 21, 2026 was a separate 50 percent launch discount on Grok 4.5.

Claude CodeMay 15, 2026

Claude Code +50% Weekly Limits Promo Ended September 13, 2026; Limits Are Now 25% Higher Permanently

Anthropic's +50% Claude Code weekly-limits promotion ended September 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT. On September 14 Anthropic rewrote its support article: starting September 14, 2026, weekly limits in Claude Code are 25% higher than they were before the promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. Five-hour limits are unchanged.

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