Preflight Checklist
What's Wrong?
Environment:
Claude Code v2.1.81
macOS
Authenticated via Claude Max subscription (OAuth)
Platform: Cursor (VS Code extension) + standalone terminal
What's Wrong?
Every request returns API Error: Rate limit reached despite:
Claude Max subscription active
Current session: only 5% used (resets in ~3hr 46min)
Weekly limit: only 1% used
Steps to Reproduce:
Open Claude Code in Cursor terminal or standalone terminal
Type any message (e.g. "are you live?")
Immediately get API Error: Rate limit reached
What I tried:
rm -rf ~/.claude/credentials.json and re-authenticated
claude auth login (got callback error: Redirect URI http://localhost:50852/callback is not supported by client)
Tried adding API key as workaround — same rate limit error
Multiple logout/login cycles
Key finding:
/status shows 5% session usage and 1% weekly usage. Usage is nowhere near the limit. This points to a subscription auth recognition issue server-side, not actual quota exhaustion.
What Should Happen?
I should be able to use CC no problem, I have token and subscription.
Error Messages/Logs
⎿ API Error: Rate limit reached
Steps to Reproduce
Steps to Reproduce:
Open Claude Code in terminal (was working normally)
Send any message — immediately get API Error: Rate limit reached
No configuration changes were made prior to this occurring
Note: Issue appeared suddenly with no triggering action. Claude Code was working normally in a prior session.
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
No response
Claude Code Version
Claude Code v2.1.81
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
No response
Preflight Checklist
What's Wrong?
Environment:
Claude Code v2.1.81
macOS
Authenticated via Claude Max subscription (OAuth)
Platform: Cursor (VS Code extension) + standalone terminal
What's Wrong?
Every request returns API Error: Rate limit reached despite:
Claude Max subscription active
Current session: only 5% used (resets in ~3hr 46min)
Weekly limit: only 1% used
Steps to Reproduce:
Open Claude Code in Cursor terminal or standalone terminal
Type any message (e.g. "are you live?")
Immediately get API Error: Rate limit reached
What I tried:
rm -rf ~/.claude/credentials.json and re-authenticated
claude auth login (got callback error: Redirect URI http://localhost:50852/callback is not supported by client)
Tried adding API key as workaround — same rate limit error
Multiple logout/login cycles
Key finding:
/status shows 5% session usage and 1% weekly usage. Usage is nowhere near the limit. This points to a subscription auth recognition issue server-side, not actual quota exhaustion.
What Should Happen?
I should be able to use CC no problem, I have token and subscription.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Steps to Reproduce:
Open Claude Code in terminal (was working normally)
Send any message — immediately get API Error: Rate limit reached
No configuration changes were made prior to this occurring
Note: Issue appeared suddenly with no triggering action. Claude Code was working normally in a prior session.
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
No response
Claude Code Version
Claude Code v2.1.81
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
No response