Anthropic doubles Claude limits during off-peak hours — campaign until March 27

Anthropic doubles Claude limits during off-peak hours — campaign until March 27

Anthropic is running a limited campaign from March 13 to 27, 2026: all users on Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans get double usage quota in a five-hour window outside core hours on weekdays.

How it works

The relevant time window is weekdays between 8:00 PM ET and 8:00 AM ET. For Norwegian users: evening hours after 2:00 AM Norwegian time fall within the window.

The quotas apply across all plans:

• Free: Double daily limit off-peak
• Pro and Max: Double number of messages
• Team: Same benefit for the entire team

What can you use the extra capacity for?

• Longer agent runs and code analyses
• Large document reviews and summaries
• Multi-step research tasks
• Testing workflows you normally interrupt due to quota limits

My take:

Plan heavy AI work tasks for evening hours during the campaign period — 11 days left from today. Use the opportunity to test those larger workflows you've postponed because you feared running out of quota midway. Short-term, but useful signal that Anthropic prioritizes user experience over margins in the growth phase.