AI Constraint Drift — Changes https://ailimit.watch/changes/ Tracked changes to AI tool usage limits, quotas and pricing. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Windsurf: Product identity shifts from code-first IDE to agent hub https://ailimit.watch/tools/windsurf/ windsurf:devin-desktop-rebrand Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Med. Source: https://cognition.ai/blog/introducing-devin-desktop Cursor: Teams re-priced into two pools https://ailimit.watch/tools/cursor/ cursor:teams-repricing-2026 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://cursor.com/blog/teams-pricing-june-2026 GitHub Copilot: Switched to metered AI Credits, no fallback https://ailimit.watch/tools/github-copilot/ github-copilot:usage-based-credits Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-01-updates-to-github-copilot-billing-and-plans/ GitHub Copilot: Agentic usage bills jump 10-50x https://ailimit.watch/tools/github-copilot/ github-copilot:agentic-bill-spike Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317536/20260601/github-copilot-pricing-change-drives-backlash-agentic-bills-jump-10x-50x-power-users.htm Gemini: Partial walk-back after complaints https://ailimit.watch/tools/gemini/ gemini:post-backlash-adjust Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://9to5google.com/2026/05/28/gemini-new-usage-limits/ Gemini: Moved to opaque compute-based limits https://ailimit.watch/tools/gemini/ gemini:compute-based-limits Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://9to5google.com/2026/05/19/google-ai-ultra-100/ Gemini: New $100 Ultra tier; top tier cheaper https://ailimit.watch/tools/gemini/ gemini:ultra-100-tier Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-one/google-ai-subscriptions/ Perplexity: Promo-account queries throttled https://ailimit.watch/tools/perplexity/ perplexity:promo-throttle Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Low. Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/perplexity-usage-limits-promo-code-crackdown-3668441/ Claude: 5h limits doubled; peak throttling reversed https://ailimit.watch/tools/claude/ claude:may-2026-doubling Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Med. Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex Grok: Grok 4.3 released https://ailimit.watch/tools/grok/ grok:grok-4-3 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://www.mindstudio.ai/blog/xai-grok-roadmap-7-models-training-grok-5-10-trillion Midjourney: V8.1 generally available; HD ~33% more GPU time than SD https://ailimit.watch/tools/midjourney/ midjourney:v8-1-hd-default Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://felloai.com/midjourney-v8-1-review/ DeepSeek: New V4 models; default context raised to 1M https://ailimit.watch/tools/deepseek/ deepseek:v4-preview-1m-context Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260424 DeepSeek: Legacy API model endpoints scheduled for removal https://ailimit.watch/tools/deepseek/ deepseek:deepseek-chat-reasoner-retire Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260424 GitHub Copilot: Opus models pulled from Pro tier https://ailimit.watch/tools/github-copilot/ github-copilot:opus-removed-from-pro Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/changes-to-github-copilot-individual-plans/ ChatGPT: New $100 Pro mid-tier https://ailimit.watch/tools/chatgpt/ chatgpt:pro-100-tier Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://www.ghacks.net/2026/04/11/openai-launches-100-pro-subscription-tier-between-plus-and-the-200-plan/ Claude: Peak-hour throttling, ~7% of users hit session limits https://ailimit.watch/tools/claude/ claude:weekday-peak-depletion Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High, unannounced. Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3100787/anthropic-confirms-its-been-adjusting-claude-usage-limits.html Windsurf: Credits replaced by quotas; Pro price up 33% https://ailimit.watch/tools/windsurf/ windsurf:credits-to-quota Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-pricing-plans Midjourney: New model alpha-gated; Relax (unmetered) unavailable, styling jobs cost 4x https://ailimit.watch/tools/midjourney/ midjourney:v8-alpha-relax-unsupported Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Low. Source: https://updates.midjourney.com/v8-alpha/ Claude: Memory feature reached Free https://ailimit.watch/tools/claude/ claude:memory-to-free Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://claude.com/blog/memory Replit: Core price cut 20%; Teams migrated to Pro https://ailimit.watch/tools/replit/ replit:pro-plan-core-cut Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://replit.com/blog/pro-plan Grok: Multi-agent Grok 4.20 beta available https://ailimit.watch/tools/grok/ grok:grok-4-20-beta Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2026/02/xai-launches-grok-4-20-and-it-has-4-ai-agents-collaborating.html Replit: Pricing overhaul; credits now expire; Teams retired https://ailimit.watch/tools/replit/ replit:pricing-overhaul-2026 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://www.superblocks.com/blog/replit-pricing ChatGPT: Older models removed from picker https://ailimit.watch/tools/chatgpt/ chatgpt:legacy-models-retired Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/ Perplexity: Deep Research model upgraded https://ailimit.watch/tools/perplexity/ perplexity:deep-research-opus46 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/changelog/what-we-shipped---february-13-2026 ChatGPT: Ads introduced on Free/Go https://ailimit.watch/tools/chatgpt/ chatgpt:ads-on-free Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/ Perplexity: Deep Research quota slashed ~500/day → 20/mo https://ailimit.watch/tools/perplexity/ perplexity:deep-research-slashed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High, unannounced. Source: https://www.makeuseof.com/bought-annual-perplexity-subscription-lied/ Perplexity: Pro Labs halved 50 → 25/mo https://ailimit.watch/tools/perplexity/ perplexity:labs-cut Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med, unannounced. Source: https://www.makeuseof.com/bought-annual-perplexity-subscription-lied/ Perplexity: File uploads capped (unlimited → 50/week) https://ailimit.watch/tools/perplexity/ perplexity:uploads-capped Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med, unannounced. Source: https://www.makeuseof.com/bought-annual-perplexity-subscription-lied/ ElevenLabs: v3 promoted to GA https://ailimit.watch/tools/elevenlabs/ elevenlabs:v3-generally-available Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/eleven-v3-is-now-generally-available Gemini: Cheaper AI Plus tier reached the US https://ailimit.watch/tools/gemini/ gemini:ai-plus-us Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-one/google-ai-plus-availability/ ChatGPT: Cheap $8 Go tier went global https://ailimit.watch/tools/chatgpt/ chatgpt:go-global Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-go/ Grok: Image-generation policy tightened after regulatory pressure https://ailimit.watch/tools/grok/ grok:image-policy-overhaul Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/05/grok-under-fire-for-generating-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-of-women-and-minors Claude: Temporary holiday doubling https://ailimit.watch/tools/claude/ claude:holiday-2x-promo Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13163666-holiday-2025-usage-promotion GitHub Copilot: Default $0 spend cap removed https://ailimit.watch/tools/github-copilot/ github-copilot:zero-budget-removed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-17-upcoming-removal-of-copilot-premium-request-0-budgets-for-enterprise-and-team-accounts/ Gemini: Free Pro-model limit obscured/cut due to demand https://ailimit.watch/tools/gemini/ gemini:free-gemini3-obscured Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High, unannounced. Source: https://9to5google.com/2025/11/27/gemini-3-pro-free-limits/ Grok: Grok 4.1 available free to all tiers https://ailimit.watch/tools/grok/ grok:grok-4-1-release Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://venturebeat.com/ai/musks-xai-launches-grok-4-1-with-lower-hallucination-rate-on-the-web-and Cursor: Composer first-party model launched https://ailimit.watch/tools/cursor/ cursor:composer-2-0 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://cursor.com/blog/2-0 Windsurf: Faster, stronger first-party model available https://ailimit.watch/tools/windsurf/ windsurf:swe-1-5-model Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://cognition.ai/blog/swe-1-5 DeepSeek: Prior model retired; must move to V3.2-Exp https://ailimit.watch/tools/deepseek/ deepseek:v31-terminus-retired Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Low. Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250929 Perplexity: Comet browser opened to everyone https://ailimit.watch/tools/perplexity/ perplexity:comet-free Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/perplexity-ai-comet-browser-free-.html GitHub Copilot: Usage analytics dashboard added https://ailimit.watch/tools/github-copilot/ github-copilot:premium-analytics-ga Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-30-premium-requests-analytics-page-is-now-generally-available/ Claude: Sonnet 4.5 released https://ailimit.watch/tools/claude/ claude:sonnet-4-5 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5 DeepSeek: API token cost cut ~50% https://ailimit.watch/tools/deepseek/ deepseek:v32-exp-price-cut Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250929 ElevenLabs: Two legacy TTS models removed; pinned integrations break https://ailimit.watch/tools/elevenlabs/ elevenlabs:v1-models-deprecated Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact Med. Source: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog/2025/9/29 Replit: Agent 3 autonomy causes surprise cost overruns https://ailimit.watch/tools/replit/ replit:agent-3-cost-backlash Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High, unannounced. Source: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/18/replit_agent3_pricing/ Cursor: Auto mode no longer free-unlimited https://ailimit.watch/tools/cursor/ cursor:auto-counts-usage Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://cursor.com/blog/aug-2025-pricing Replit: Agent 3 released https://ailimit.watch/tools/replit/ replit:agent-3 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT neutral, impact Low. Source: https://blog.replit.com/introducing-agent-3-our-most-autonomous-agent-yet ChatGPT: Plus 3-hour cap doubled after backlash https://ailimit.watch/tools/chatgpt/ chatgpt:plus-cap-raised Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Med. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250909170440/https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11909943 DeepSeek: Context window restored (64K → 128K) https://ailimit.watch/tools/deepseek/ deepseek:context-64k-to-128k-2025 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT loosening, impact Low. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250829173236id_/https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/ Claude: New weekly ceiling on top of 5h limits https://ailimit.watch/tools/claude/ claude:weekly-caps-introduced Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT tightening, impact High. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/anthropic-unveils-new-rate-limits-to-curb-claude-code-power-users/