"5-hour limit reached - resets {time}."

Anthropic's "Troubleshoot Claude error messages" article describes three usage-limit messages in the Claude apps. As you approach the limit within a five-hour session you see "Approaching 5-hour limit."; if you hit it, a blocking message tells you when you can use Claude again: "5-hour limit reached - resets [time]."

Paid users with usage credits enabled in Usage settings see a different message instead, "5-hour limit resets [time] - continuing with usage credits.", and are not blocked. The help center notes this appears only for members with access to usage credits.

The window is the same one Claude Code uses: usage of all Claude surfaces (claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Desktop) counts toward the same usage limit, the session limit resets every five hours, and Pro and Max also have a weekly limit that resets at a fixed time each week assigned to your account.

Your own window: the help center states that your session-based usage limit will reset every five hours, and that usage credits do not affect this reset timing. The time in the message is that moment; put it on a countdown with the window tracker linked below.

Account-wide resets: separately, Anthropic sometimes announces a reset for everyone. Those are what this board records, each linked to its original post, and the row above shows the last one. They are announced, not scheduled, so this site does not promise one.