Claude Code users are exhausting monthly quotas far faster than expected, with Anthropic acknowledging the issue as top priority. Possible causes include recent quota reductions during peak hours, end of a promotional doubling period, and suspected bugs in prompt caching that inflate token costs by 10-20x. The disruption is severe enough that some Pro ($200/yr) users can only work 12 days per month.
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Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
Claude Code Pro subscribers are burning through monthly quotas in just 12 days, with suspected prompt caching bugs inflating token costs by 10-20x.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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