Anthropic throttles Claude during peak hours to manage compute strain
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Anthropic has tightened Claude's 5-hour session limits during peak hours (5 a.m.–11 a.m. PT) for free, Pro, and Max subscribers, while weekly quotas remain unchanged; about 7% of users may hit the new limits, and those with token-heavy workloads are advised to shift tasks to off-peak times as demand grows and the company scales its infrastructure.
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