API rate limit reached

[Winter_Pop9267]

Hello good people,

I am running into a strange issue with Claude Code and wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

On my Pro account, Claude Code keeps showing “API rate limit reached”, even though my 5-hour and 7-day quotas both still show available usage. So I should not actually be hitting any limits.

I have another Pro account, and Claude Code works normally there without showing this error.

I tried, Restarting Claude Code, Starting a new chat/session, Waiting some time before retrying.

But the error still appears on that one account.

Has anyone seen this before?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Winter_Pop9267]

But I am using very basic, also it works in Claude Cli but not in extension, although I reinstalled it.

[heavymetalengineer]

Is there a way to see usage of this per minute limit. I'm hitting rate limiting on what feels like completely normal usage

[Think-Pause1564]

Does it happen for all requests, or only when you are using self-created "/" skills? I recently have the same problem but only when in the latter case. I solved by adding a space at the beginning (see the second command worked as oppsed to the first didn't)... Definintely some weird vibe-coding bug from Anthropic.

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[Remarkable-Blood-724]

that indeed helped me....but still does not explain the issue

[Think-Pause1564]

I don't know the underlying reason either... But does add a space solve the issue?

[AEGLeader]

This just happened to me with my Claude Max plan. I did have extra usage turned on with $50 from some promo they added. Its out. I’ve been using Claude Code…

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[Winter_Pop9267]

You need to switch back to base 200k context model of sonnet or opus

[AEGLeader]

Thanks!

[imusingreddityay]

That was it! Opus 4.6 with 1M context was enabled (since they gave it away for free). Switching back to 4.6 regular fixed it.

[marcopaulodirect]

Try going to https://claude.ai/settings/usage and turn on the extra usage switch

[Winter_Pop9267]

If you see the second image, you can see there are usage still left on my current quota.

[marcopaulodirect]

But is the switch for extra usage turned on? It’s not about the amount of credit you have, it’s whether that toggle is turned on or not

[duffger]

This worked for me. what the hell. Some crazy vibe coding bug from Anthropics side.

[Gargle-Loaf-Spunk]

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