AI usage limit changes, with sourceshttps://hitmylimit.com/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-10-09-google-free-gemini-users-limited-to-flash-lite/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-10-09-google-free-gemini-users-limited-to-flash-lite/Google removed Flash and Pro models from the free Gemini app tier from October 9, 2026, leaving Flash-Lite. AI Plus keeps Flash but not Pro; AI Pro is the cheapest plan with all three models. (Source: OfficeChai)Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-09-29-openai-new-pro-500-tier-pro-200-allowances-changed/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-09-29-openai-new-pro-500-tier-pro-200-allowances-changed/OpenAI added a $500/month Pro plan with the highest included usage of the Pro plans and brought back Pro 200 at an unchanged price with changed included allowances. (Source: OpenAI ChatGPT release notes)Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-09-14-anthropic-claude-code-weekly-limits-settle-25-above-old-base/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-09-14-anthropic-claude-code-weekly-limits-settle-25-above-old-base/The temporary 50% weekly boost ended and was replaced on September 14 by a permanent 25% increase over the original allowance, about 17% less than during the promotion. Anthropic first called it a raise, then posted a clarification acknowledging the 17% reduction. (Source: BleepingComputer)Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-09-02-google-gemini-notebook-switches-to-compute-based-limits/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-09-02-google-gemini-notebook-switches-to-compute-based-limits/Daily feature-generation counts are replaced by compute-based limits that refresh every five hours, rolling out from September 2. A status line now warns when you are near the limit and shows when it resets, and Studio outputs show an expected-cost indicator. (Source: 9to5Google)Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-08-25-openai-5-hour-codex-limit-returns-for-chatgpt-plus/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-08-25-openai-5-hour-codex-limit-returns-for-chatgpt-plus/OpenAI brought back the rolling 5-hour limit for Plus users of Codex and ChatGPT Work, in full effect August 25, and reset weekly limits that day. The 5-hour limit stays off for both Pro tiers for the coming months. (Source: Notebookcheck)Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-08-07-openai-chatgpt-shows-remaining-work-usage-in-sidebar/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-08-07-openai-chatgpt-shows-remaining-work-usage-in-sidebar/OpenAI's release notes say eligible personal-plan and Business users can now see their remaining ChatGPT Work usage in the sidebar. (Source: OpenAI ChatGPT release notes)Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-07-12-openai-openai-temporarily-drops-the-5-hour-codex-limit/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-07-12-openai-openai-temporarily-drops-the-5-hour-codex-limit/After demand for GPT-5.6 Sol surged, OpenAI's Codex lead said the 5-hour usage limit was temporarily removed for Plus, Business and Pro plans and usage was reset for everyone. Weekly limits still applied. (Source: BleepingComputer)Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-06-11-openai-codex-adds-banked-rate-limit-resets/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-06-11-openai-codex-adds-banked-rate-limit-resets/Eligible Plus and Pro users can bank rate-limit resets, with one free reset at launch, and banked resets last 30 days. Usage-limit errors now also show when the limit resets, where available. (Source: OpenAI ChatGPT release notes)Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-06-01-anthropic-usage-stops-showing-percent-of-limit-used/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-06-01-anthropic-usage-stops-showing-percent-of-limit-used/A user reported that in Claude Code v2.1.160 the /usage command no longer showed a progress bar or percentage of the session and weekly limits, only cost and category breakdowns. The report was closed as a duplicate. (Source: claudeissues.com (GitHub issue mirror))Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-28-google-google-eases-new-gemini-limits-after-complaints/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-28-google-google-eases-new-gemini-limits-after-complaints/Google capped how much quota a single Gemini 3.1 Pro prompt can use, stopped charging failed requests, and made Flash-Lite prompts free. It said the gemini.google.com/usage page only gives a high-level overview and promised more detailed breakdowns. (Source: 9to5Google)Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-22-anthropic-usage-adds-breakdown-of-what-drives-limit-use/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-22-anthropic-usage-adds-breakdown-of-what-drives-limit-use/Claude Code v2.1.149 added a per-category breakdown to /usage showing what is driving limits usage: skills, subagents, plugins and per-MCP-server cost. The date is the npm release date of that version. (Source: Claude Code changelog)Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-20-google-gemini-app-moves-to-compute-based-5-hour-weekly-li/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-20-google-gemini-app-moves-to-compute-based-5-hour-weekly-li/Google replaced daily prompt limits with a 'compute-used' model that refreshes every five hours until a weekly limit is reached. The two AI Ultra tiers get 5x and 20x the AI Pro limit, and users can check usage at gemini.google.com/usage. (Source: Google blog)Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-13-anthropic-temporary-50-boost-to-claude-code-weekly-limits/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-13-anthropic-temporary-50-boost-to-claude-code-weekly-limits/Anthropic raised Claude Code weekly limits by 50% starting May 13, 2026 for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise users. Five-hour limits and other Claude products were unchanged; the promotion was later extended several times. (Source: Claude Help Center)Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-06-anthropic-claude-code-5-hour-limits-doubled-peak-cut-removed/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-05-06-anthropic-claude-code-5-hour-limits-doubled-peak-cut-removed/Anthropic doubled Claude Code's five-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans, effective the same day. It also removed the peak-hours limit reduction for Claude Code on Pro and Max. (Source: Anthropic)Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-04-09-openai-new-100-pro-tier-with-5x-plus-codex-usage/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-04-09-openai-new-100-pro-tier-with-5x-plus-codex-usage/OpenAI added a $100/month Pro plan with 5x the Codex usage of Plus (up to 10x through May 31), while the $200 Pro plan offers 20x. Plus usage was rebalanced to spread sessions across the week rather than allow long single-day sessions. (Source: OpenAI ChatGPT release notes)Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-03-26-anthropic-claude-5-hour-session-limits-drain-faster-at-peak-/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-03-26-anthropic-claude-5-hour-session-limits-drain-faster-at-peak-/An Anthropic engineer said on X that the 5-hour session limit runs down faster on weekdays 5am-11am PT, while weekly limits stay the same. He said about 7% of users would hit session limits they would not have hit before. (Source: TechRadar)Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2026-03-25-google-gemini-cli-free-tier-limited-to-flash-models/https://hitmylimit.com/#2026-03-25-google-gemini-cli-free-tier-limited-to-flash-models/The Gemini CLI team announced on March 18 that from March 25, Gemini Pro models are only available with a paid subscription and free users are limited to Flash. Traffic is also prioritized by license type, so some users may hit capacity limits at busy times. (Source: Gemini CLI GitHub announcement (Google))Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2025-08-28-anthropic-anthropic-adds-weekly-limits-on-top-of-5-hour-limi/https://hitmylimit.com/#2025-08-28-anthropic-anthropic-adds-weekly-limits-on-top-of-5-hour-limi/Announced July 28, 2025: two weekly limits, one overall and one for Opus 4, were added on top of the 5-hour limits starting August 28. Anthropic estimated Pro gets about 40-80 hours of Sonnet 4 a week in Claude Code and said fewer than 5% of subscribers would be affected. (Source: TechCrunch)Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2025-08-13-openai-gpt-5-thinking-cap-for-plus-raised-to-3-000-a-week/https://hitmylimit.com/#2025-08-13-openai-gpt-5-thinking-cap-for-plus-raised-to-3-000-a-week/Sam Altman said the GPT-5 Thinking limit for ChatGPT Plus users went from 200 messages per week at launch to 3,000 per week, and that rate limits may change depending on usage. (Source: TechRadar)Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://hitmylimit.com/#2025-07-17-anthropic-claude-code-limits-tightened-without-notice/https://hitmylimit.com/#2025-07-17-anthropic-claude-code-limits-tightened-without-notice/From Monday July 14, heavy Claude Code users, many on the $200 Max plan, hit stricter usage limits that Anthropic had not announced. Users saw only a 'Claude usage limit reached' message with a reset time, and Anthropic gave no details. (Source: TechCrunch)Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT