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Anthropic Confirms 17% Cut to Claude Code Limits

Anthropic reduced Claude Code usage limits by 17% following an initial announcement of a 25% increase.

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Anthropic announced a 25% increase to Claude Code usage limits. [1] Anthropic later conceded that the adjustment to Claude Code limits was actually a 17% decrease. [2] The anthropics/claude-code repository released version v2.1.258 on GitHub. [3] The author argues that the agent loop itself is a trivial component consisting of only 29 lines of code. [4] Users have 14 days to determine the final outcome of the limit changes. [5] Version 2.1.258 fixes a regression introduced in version 2.1.255 that caused Claude Code to fail to launch on macOS 12 (Monterey). [6] Version 2.1.258 fixes an error in remote and scheduled sessions where re-sent permission approvals could not be applied, resulting in a 'user messages must have non-empty content' error. [7]
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  1. Anthropic announced a 25% increase to Claude Code usage limits. · medium.com
  2. Anthropic later conceded that the adjustment to Claude Code limits was actually a 17% decrease. · medium.com
  3. The anthropics/claude-code repository released version v2.1.258 on GitHub. · GitHub
  4. The author argues that the agent loop itself is a trivial component consisting of only 29 lines of code. · medium.com
  5. Users have 14 days to determine the final outcome of the limit changes. · medium.com
  6. Version 2.1.258 fixes a regression introduced in version 2.1.255 that caused Claude Code to fail to launch on macOS 12 (Monterey). · GitHub
  7. Version 2.1.258 fixes an error in remote and scheduled sessions where re-sent permission approvals could not be applied, resulting in a 'user messages must have non-empty content' error. · GitHub
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