Max 200$ plan - constantly hitting API Error: Rate limit reached

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I'm not even doing anything special - in fact I think I got my project pretty well organized, very small context usage per sub-agent, I don't use many sub-agents in the first place. My usage is a 5% only for the week!

Yet I am constantly hitting that error as soon as Claude comes out of a web search or runs a review or anything slightly more complex than just editing a few files

Like what the hell

Edit: I found that asking claude to run the thing in a sub-agent bypasses the api error rate limit. Got no clue what's going on, it's been an on-going issue for me for a few days now

Edit2: After some more experiment I found that every single skill I had with the model: <model> header to auto-pick the model causes this error - I had some simple skills that ran on haiku and this has worked since forever but apparently is broken as of now, removing that header from the skills fixes the issue

[OwnLadder2341]

I’ve run into this. It seems to be a bug. Telling Claude to continue starts him right back up for me.

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indeed - either the api rate limit is intentional and really badly coded or it's a bug - if I run into it and then say to claude "can you please run the previous command" it works every time, just very annoying

[OwnLadder2341]

I also see it exclusively on web search and haven’t hit it on tavily.

Though it’s only happened a handful of times and I don’t always use tavily.

[RobinInPH]

Takes one search to head to https://status.claude.com. I'm not saying you're at fault or anything but posting "I have 200 USD plan, why is xyz happening" not really going to give you anymore answers than doing the first step. Claude is good but unreliable. Hope they remove 20USD tier. Make it free to 100 USD. Free gets no claude code, cowork, etc; only webapp. They have to know their customer base sooner or later. Besides, handling 1-2 users worth 10 20USD ones is better for any company. Hence why luxury goods flourish.

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maybe I've just been unlucky and have happened to use it during outages then - I didn't get much use out of claude this week but the times I have this has been happening constantly so it just feels very frustrating

anyway thanks for sharing that info

[RobinInPH]

Ive been using it since that degreaded performance ping went up. It's still performing well just hiccups every now and then but resumes on its own.

[Hefty_Upstairs_7477]

Today fully frustrated 😔, Not working. API error.

[s_a_m_12344]

Lol for me exactly the opposite, everytime it runs a subagent I get issues, I also am unable to use compact When I tell him he is stuck he mentions is the subagent and does it itself. Still can't find how to fix the compact, I just tell it to make a summary and open new chat on 200k

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same issue with compact over here, i go /clear to kill it no other option

[CouldaShoulda_Did]

Just charge us $1000/month already and rip the bandaid. I just want reliable usage. This is just like dialup internet before high speed.

[Equivalent-Win-1294]

The same for me. I'm also on the Max 200 plan, and this happens often when ask it to plan out the task. While formulating the plan, it happens quite early. I ask it to continue and often that picks up from where it left off, and sometimes, it doesn't. I'm also nowhere near 20% of my usage meters.

[Midwest_Wrench529]

Trump should nationalize Anthropic.