Claude Code now wraps up gracefully at the 5-hour limit instead of cutting off mid-edit

ClaudeDevs · x · 2026-09-26

Anthropic's Claude Devs account announced that Claude Code will now try to find a graceful stopping point when a task hits the 5-hour session limit mid-edit, instead of cutting off abruptly. It draws a small, fixed allowance from the user's weekly limit to wrap up as much as it can.

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