What happened
What happened: September 2026 coverage notes Anthropic moving to a permanent +25% Claude Code weekly limit vs pre-May baseline while ending a larger temporary summer promo—netting a cut versus what heavy users enjoyed since May. Tool impact: Claude Code power users who sized habits to promo ceilings feel a squeeze; Cursor/Codex look relatively steadier if your pain was weekly caps, not model quality.
Tool impact
Switch or not?
As of 29 Sep 2026: if Claude Code habits were sized to the summer promo ceiling, re-measure weekly headroom before renewing Max — promo math is not renewal math. Add Cursor/Codex only as overflow with a budget owner.
Money / risk
Promo cliff is a classic bill-shock pattern. Document team norms for long unattended runs before Sep 14 habits collide with the new ceiling.
Source
Industry coverage of Anthropic limit change (verify on Anthropic) · verify independently