Opus 4.8 defaults to high effort mode. On coding tasks it uses about as many tokens as 4.7 did by default, while performing better. To accommodate the higher token usage, rate limits in Claude Code were raised accordingly.
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Opus 4.8 默认走高努力模式，编码任务的 token 消耗与 4.7 默认设置相近但表现更好。为配合增加的 token 用量，Claude Code 的速率限制同步上调。
A change to the limit rules themselves, affecting your allowance going forward.
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- Most recent Claude Code record: 2026-09-01
- Average gap 12.1d · longest 47.6d · 78% of past waits were shorter than this one