It has been a weird couple of weeks for Claude Code fans. It feels like only yesterday we were catching hints that Anthropic was moving toward removing Claude Code from Pro subscribers, as it claims it was A/B testing a reshuffle of how its paid tiers work. Then we heard of Anthropic potentially dropping Opus from its Claude Code Pro service, which turned out to be an old piece of documentation that never got updated.

Now, those with a Pro subscription are at the emotional rollercoaster's high point, as Anthropic has announced it's doubling the 5-hour quota limit and removing the peak-hour limit reduction. Oh, and it's also working with SpaceX. You know, the guys who own xAI, the creator of Grok. Yeah, it's a little weird.

Anthropic is throwing Claude Code Pro users a bone after weeks of uncertainty

We're so back

Over on the @ClaudeAI X account, Anthropic announced that Claude Code is getting some lovely boosts. Not only is Claude Code's 5-hour rate limit doubling for Pro, Max, and Team subscribers, but the peak-hour restrictions are also going away for Pro and Max plans. Opus model API rate limits are also getting raised "substantially."

Anthropic does elaborate that while the 5-hour limits are doubling, the weekly ones aren't. Be sure to keep an eye on your weekly limit, especially if you end up doubling your 5-hour usage as a result of this change.

Anthropic is also signing an agreement with SpaceX

I guess Grok wasn't good enough

In a reply to that post, Anthropic also confirmed it was agreeing with SpaceX to use 300 megawatts of power from SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center. This is particularly interesting, given how SpaceX owns xAI, and xAI made Grok.

Things get even more interesting when you remember that Anthropic previously cut off xAI from its API, prompting SpaceX to seek its own solutions. There's a chance that Musk's ongoing tussles with OpenAI may be the driving force behind this change in attitude, but nothing has been confirmed yet.