A limited-time promotion increases weekly usage limits for Claude Code by 50% from May 13 through August 19, 2026 (the promotion run was extended). The boost is applied automatically to eligible accounts - Pro, Max, Team, and legacy seat-based Enterprise users - while Free plans and consumption-based Enterprise seats are excluded. The increase affects weekly usage only; existing 5-hour usage limits remain unchanged. The higher limits apply everywhere Claude Code is used (CLI, IDE extensions, desktop, and web), and users can confirm their updated limits with the /usage command in the CLI.
When the promotion ends on August 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT, weekly limits return to their standard levels with no changes to plan or billing. The offer has standard restrictions: no cash value, nontransferable, not combinable with other offers, and limited to the specified eligible plans. No action is required to receive the benefit for qualifying accounts.
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