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Let Claude Code Wait Out Your Limit and Carry On

How the automatic wait works when you hit a usage limit, how to check it is on, how to cancel it or start it yourself, and the cases where it will not carry on

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When you hit your Claude usage limit in the middle of a task, you used to come back later and type continue. In Claude Code v2.1.234 and later, the session waits for you instead. It shows when your limit resets, then picks the task back up where it stopped. The docs say this is on by default for interactive sessions signed in with a Claude subscription.

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