When do Claude Code limits reset? 5-hour and weekly reset times

Last updated 15 November 2026

Short answer: the 5-hour limit resets in full five hours after the first message of a session. The weekly limit resets once a week on a day and time that is fixed for your account. Run /usage in Claude Code to see both times.

The 5-hour limit

The five hours start when you send your first message, not at a fixed time of day. Five hours later the limit is full again. If you send nothing for a while, the next window starts with your next message.

Example: you start at 9:10. The limit resets at 14:10, even if you used most of it by 10:00.

The weekly limit

The weekly limit resets once every seven days. Your reset day and time stay the same from week to week, no matter when you start working. Two people on the same plan can have different reset days.

The weekly limit covers all models. Some plans also have a separate weekly limit for one model. If you hit that one, you can keep working on another model until it resets.

Where to see your reset times

• In Claude Code: run /usage. Each limit has a bar and a reset time.
• On the web: open claude.ai/settings/usage. It shows the time left in the current session and your next weekly reset.
• In the limit message: when you hit a limit, Claude Code says when it resets.
• In your menu bar: Pikori shows both reset times next to the clock, so you do not have to ask.

Does using claude.ai change the reset?

It does not move the reset time, but it uses the same limits. Claude Code, claude.ai and the Claude desktop app share one 5-hour limit and one weekly limit. A session you start on the website also starts the five hours for Claude Code.

If you hit a limit before it resets

• Wait for the time in the message. Recent versions of Claude Code can wait and continue the task after the reset.
• On a paid plan you can turn on usage credits and keep working past the limit, paid by use. Run /usage-credits to open the setting.
• If the message names one model, switch to another with /model.

Codex resets

Codex on a ChatGPT plan has the same pair: a 5-hour limit and a weekly limit. Run /status in the Codex CLI to see them. OpenAI sometimes resets limits early, so the time you saw yesterday may no longer be right.

See the reset time without asking

Pikori is a free Mac menu bar app that shows what is left of the 5-hour and weekly limits for Claude Code and Codex, with the exact reset time for each. It sends a notification when a limit drops to 10%, and it picks up an early Codex reset within 30 seconds.

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