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Usage Limits Articles

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

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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 approved 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 29, 2026

Claude Code Weekly Limits Are Now 25% Higher Permanently: Anthropic Confirms the September 14 Change

As of September 14, 2026, Anthropic documents the permanent increase on its own support article: weekly limits in Claude Code are 25% higher than they were before the May-September promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. The 50% promotion ended September 13 at 11:59 PM PT. Five-hour limits, prices, and other Claude products are unchanged.

anthropicAug 16, 2026

Claude Code Desktop Adds Auto-Continue After Usage Limits

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 executive Tibo announced usage resets for paid ChatGPT Work and Codex users on August 8 and August 29, 2026, then posted that a global reset would be made for all paid subscriptions on September 7. The approved posts do not publish a numeric allowance, a new API billing rule, or a new recurring reset schedule.

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.' The pool now covers three models -- Cursor 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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