Claude Code weekly limits still hit within 3 days despite Opus 5.5, user reports 40k-token first message
Successful-Moment594 · reddit · 2026-10-04
A Reddit user reports that despite Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 easing per-session usage, Claude's weekly limits still trigger within about three days while he only uses 30-50% of session limits. Mitigations tried — fewer connectors, trimming skills to a custom 300-line version, no overnight background tasks — haven't helped; the first prompt in his repo alone burns 40k tokens. A detailed account of how Claude Code's quota structure penalizes large-context workflows.
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