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Anthropic extends Claude Code’s 50% weekly usage boost to August 31

Anthropic has extended Claude Code’s temporary 50% increase in weekly usage limits through August 31, 2026. The automatic promotion covers eligible paid subscriptions across the CLI, IDE extensions, desktop app, and web, but it does not increase five-hour limits or allowances for other Claude products.

Key takeaways

• Claude Code weekly limits remain 50% higher through August 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.
• Pro, Max, Team, and legacy seat-based Enterprise users qualify automatically.
• Free accounts and consumption-based Enterprise seats are excluded.
• Five-hour limits, Claude chat usage, and Claude Cowork limits do not change.

Anthropic moves the cutoff to August 31

The promotion began May 13 and had been scheduled to expire on August 19. Anthropic updated its support article on August 19 to move the deadline to August 31, giving eligible users another 12 days at the higher weekly ceiling.

The offer ends at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on August 31, which corresponds to 06:59 UTC on September 1 while Pacific Daylight Time remains in effect. Anthropic describes the increase as temporary and does not require users to redeem a code, change settings, or restart Claude Code.

Who receives the higher weekly limit

The extension applies to Claude Pro, Max, and Team plans. It also covers legacy Enterprise subscriptions that meter Claude Code through seat-based usage allowances.

Consumption-based Enterprise seats are not included because those accounts pay for usage instead of drawing from the promoted subscription allowance. Free accounts are also excluded.

The higher limit follows an eligible account across every supported Claude Code surface:

• Claude Code CLI
• IDE extensions
• Claude desktop
• Claude Code on the web

Users can run /usage in the CLI to inspect their current limits and reset timing.

What the extension does not change

The promotion increases only the weekly Claude Code allowance. Five-hour session limits continue to apply normally, so an account can still encounter a shorter-window limit even when weekly capacity remains.

Usage in Claude’s general web, desktop, and mobile apps is unchanged. Claude Cowork also remains outside this promotion. The extension does not alter subscription prices, billing cycles, or the rules for purchasing additional usage.

That distinction matters when planning long agent runs: the extra weekly capacity can support more total work, but it does not guarantee uninterrupted execution during a single five-hour window.

What happens after August 31

Anthropic says weekly Claude Code limits will return to their standard levels after the deadline without changing users’ plans or billing. Teams running scheduled agents, parallel coding sessions, or large migrations should therefore avoid treating the temporary 50% increase as permanent capacity.

Operators can record current usage in /usage, identify workloads that depend on the temporary headroom, and review additional-usage or plan options before September. The next confirmation point is whether Anthropic extends the offer again or publishes a permanent entitlement change.

Source check

• Anthropic’s updated promotion terms confirm the August 31 deadline, eligible plans, automatic activation, exclusions, and affected surfaces.
• Help Net Security’s earlier coverage independently documents the promotion’s 50% increase, plan eligibility, Claude Code-only scope, and unchanged five-hour limits. Its July 19 deadline has been superseded by Anthropic’s updated terms.