LimitWatch: Anthropic changeshttps://ailimitwatch.com/LimitWatch: Anthropic changesAnthropic: Fast mode for Claude Opus 5.5 left research preview and received a default rate limit in Start, Build and Scale tiers.https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-10-15-anthropic-claude-api-claude-opus-5-5-fast-mode/https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-10-15-anthropic-claude-api-claude-opus-5-5-fast-mode/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Before: Research preview, access by request | After: Default fast mode rate limit in Start, Build, and Scale tiers; no beta header needed | Source: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/apiAnthropic: Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits for the Claude Platform.https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-10-07-anthropic-claude-max-team-plans/https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-10-07-anthropic-claude-max-team-plans/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Before: No included API credits (not stated) | After: Monthly API credits included; claimed by linking a Claude Console organization | Source: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/claude-appsAnthropic: Prompt cache read price on Claude Sonnet 5.5 lowered.https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-10-07-anthropic-claude-api-claude-sonnet-5-5/https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-10-07-anthropic-claude-api-claude-sonnet-5-5/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Before: $0.20 per MTok (0.1x base input) | After: $0.10 per MTok (0.05x base input) | Source: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/apiAnthropic: Billing resumed for refusals before any output in the bio, frontier_llm and reasoning_extraction categories.https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-09-24-anthropic-claude-api-refusal-billing/https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-09-24-anthropic-claude-api-refusal-billing/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Before: Pre-output refusals in these categories not billed | After: Billed at the rates of the model that ran it; other categories still not billed | Source: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/apiAnthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 introductory price made standard; scheduled increase to $3/$15 on 2026-09-01 cancelled.https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-08-10-anthropic-claude-api-claude-sonnet-5/https://ailimitwatch.com/entries/2026-08-10-anthropic-claude-api-claude-sonnet-5/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Before: $2 / $10 per MTok introductory, scheduled to rise to $3 / $15 on 2026-09-01 | After: $2 / $10 per MTok standard | Source: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/api