Last verified: September 15, 2026 (Pacific). Sources: Anthropic Help Center — Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion (updated; permanent +25% now official) and Fable-on-plan article. Exact token counts are not published — check Settings → Usage or /usage in the CLI.
Direct answer: Claude Code has two meters. A rolling 5-hour session limit that the May 2026 doubling made permanent, and a weekly usage limit. The temporary +50% weekly promotion ended September 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT — do not claim +50% as live. Starting September 14, 2026, Anthropic Help Center states weekly limits in Claude Code are permanently 25% higher than the pre-promotion baseline for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise. That is lower than the promo week (1.5×) and higher than the old baseline (1.25×). The 5-hour window did not change. Fable 5 and Fable 5.1 are included only on Max, Team Premium, and seat-based Enterprise Premium, and they may use at most 50% of the weekly pool.
The two clocks
People treat “I hit my limit” as one event. It is two.
- 5-hour session. Rolling window. Burns when the model is working, not when you are idle. Anthropic doubled this across paid plans on May 6, 2026 and removed the old peak-hour throttle for Pro and Max. Neither the +50% weekly promo nor the permanent +25% weekly change raised or lowered this clock.
- Weekly bucket. Fixed reset time on your account (Settings → Usage). This is the one that ends a Friday on Max after a Fable week. The May–September 2026 +50% promotion applied to Claude Code only — CLI, IDE, desktop, and web Code — not to Claude chat or Cowork. That temporary bump is over. What remains: the permanent +25% over the pre-promo weekly baseline (Help Center).
Eligible for the promo and the permanent +25%: Pro, Max, Team, and legacy seat-based Enterprise. Not eligible: Free and consumption-based Enterprise.
The September 13–14 change
Official Help Center timeline:
- May 13 – Sep 13, 2026 11:59 PM PT: Claude Code weekly limits were 50% higher than the pre-promotion baseline. 5-hour limits were not affected.
- Starting Sep 14, 2026: weekly limits in Claude Code are permanently 25% higher than they were before the promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise. Plan price unchanged.
- 5-hour limits stay at the May doubled level.
Cite: support.claude.com/en/articles/15910845.
Compared to last week’s promo, you have less weekly headroom than 1.5×. Compared to the old baseline, you have more: 1.25×. Exact quotas are still unpublished — read your live number in Settings → Usage.
Who gets Fable 5.1 on the subscription
Official: Claude Fable models on your plan. Fable 5 and Fable 5.1 follow the same plan rules.
| Plan | Fable 5 / 5.1 on the subscription |
|---|---|
| Free | Not included |
| Pro ($20) | Not in plan limits. Usage credits from the first Fable token. |
| Team Standard | Same as Pro: credits, not included. |
| Max 5x / Max 20x | Included, capped at 50% of weekly limits. Same pool as Sonnet and Opus. |
| Team Premium / Enterprise Premium seats | Same 50% included cap as Max. |
| Enterprise Standard seats | Only if the org enables usage credits. |
| API / usage-based Enterprise | List rates. See Fable pricing. |
The July 2026 one-time $100 credit for Pro / Team Standard applied to the Fable 5 plan change. Help Center says there is no matching credit for Fable 5.1.
Practical read: Pro can still open Fable. It just bills. Max can spend half the week on Fable before the included cap trips, then it is credits or switch to Opus 5 / Sonnet 5. Fable burns the shared weekly bar faster than Sonnet — plan against the permanent +25% weekly bar, not the old promo week.
What still burns quota
- Long agent loops and multi-agent fan-out (each worker keeps its own context).
- Dumping a whole repo when one file would do.
- MCP tool output that stays in context for the rest of the session.
- Leaving
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYset so the CLI bills API rates and ignores the subscription.
What to do now
- If you are on Pro and need Fable all week, budget credits or move the hard jobs to Max. The subscription does not include Fable on Pro.
- If you are on Max, treat weekly headroom as permanent +25% over the old baseline — not the temporary +50% promo week. Route cheap loops to Sonnet 5; save Fable for the jobs that need it. Check Settings → Usage /
/usagefor your real number. - Do not upgrade from Pro to Max only because the 5-hour window feels tight on Friday. Check which clock you hit. Session vs week is a different purchase.
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