Claude Code's "permanent increase" to weekly limits is a cut from today

Anthropic's help-center article confirms that "weekly limits in Claude Code are 25% higher than they were before the promotion," effective September 14, across Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans. On its own, that reads as an upgrade. The same article's timeline shows it's less than users already had. A temporary 50% boost had run since May 13 and expired at 11:59 PM PT on September 13, one day before the new "permanent" 25% baseline took effect. Against a baseline of 100, users had 150 the week before and 125 the week after: a 17% drop from what they were using.

Anthropic reposted with the net effect

Per BleepingComputer's Mayank Parmar, Anthropic's first X announcement led with the 25% increase and left out the net effect. The company deleted that post and reposted a version that stated it: "this works out to a 17% reduction in weekly limits on Claude Code." Five-hour session limits, which govern short bursts of usage, are unaffected by the promotion or its end, per Anthropic's article.

What it means for seat budgets

A weekly usage cap limits how much Claude Code work a seat can produce, whatever the seat costs. A team that budgeted around the promotional 50% boost, or renewed a Claude Code rollout expecting that capacity to hold, now has 17% less throughput per seat than its recent baseline, and none of that shows up on an invoice. Re-check capacity plans for heavy users before they hit the new ceiling mid-week.