Anthropic raises Claude Code and Opus API rate limits, citing SpaceX Colossus 1 deal
Anthropic has raised the rate limits for Claude Code and the Opus API, citing its SpaceX Colossus 1 agreement. One report mentions a 25% increase with a 17% caveat.
Who is affected and how
- senior developer
- Check the new limits that apply to your own plan, as the increase is not the same for everyone.
- tech lead
- Reassess how much load parallel agents and long sessions can take.
- CTO
- Take the provider's capacity expansion into account when choosing vendors.
Sources
- Anthropic raises Claude Code and Opus API rate limits, citing SpaceX Colossus 1 dealthenextweb.com · Aug 25, 2026
- Anthropic is cutting Claude Code's current weekly limits by 17%bleepingcomputer · Aug 29, 2026
- Anthropic raises Claude Code weekly limits by 25% for paid plansthe mac observer · Aug 29, 2026
- Anthropic announces a 25% increase in Claude Code limits, but there is a 17% catch - NotebookCheck.org Newsnotebookcheck.org · Aug 29, 2026
- Anthropic cuts Claude Code usage limitsprog.hu · Aug 30, 2026 · magyar
- Anthropic recorta Claude Code: retira el bonus del 50% - Softonicsoftonic.com · Aug 30, 2026
- Anthropic will in practice reduce Claude Code's weekly limits - DiarioBitcoindiariobitcoin.com · Aug 30, 2026
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