Grok
Last verified: Jun 6, 2026
6 sourced changes·0% official·verified against official docs, changelogs & Wayback·last checked Jun 6, 2026
Low recent constraint volatility — few meaningful restrictions in the last 12 months.
WHY STABLE — trend: stable · no recent tightening
Constraint Stability
higher = fewer recent restrictions
Grok has stayed stable, with minimal changes to its limits over time.
Most noticeable: Image-generation policy tightened after regulatory pressure
Technical 0 · Product 3 · Business 1 · Policy 2
- Jan 2026
↓ Image-generation policy tightened after regulatory pressure
- Jul 2025
→ New $300/mo Heavy tier
- Jul 2025
↓ System-prompt safety incident
▸ View full change history (6 events)
- Apr 2026
→ Grok 4.3 released
- Feb 2026
→ Multi-agent Grok 4.20 beta available
- Jan 2026
↓ Image-generation policy tightened after regulatory pressure
- Nov 2025
↑ Grok 4.1 available free to all tiers
- Jul 2025
→ New $300/mo Heavy tier
- Jul 2025
↓ System-prompt safety incident
Volatile. Last 12 months: 1 pricing, 0 limit/quota, 3 model-availability changes (2 tightenings).
Observed past cadence — not a prediction.
19 complaint mentions · last 180d
7 HN · 12 App Store
- Limits / quota·632%
- Performance·526%
- Pricing·421%
- Model removal·211%
- Other·211%
- HNApple App Store threatened to remove Grok over deepfakes: LetterApr 2026
- HNGrok Sexual Images Draw Rebuke, France Flags Content as IllegalJan 2026
- HNX user tricks Grok into sending them $200kMay 2026
- HNMusk's xAI Fails to Pay Staff $420 for Giving Their Tax Returns to GrokMay 2026
- HNElon Musk's Grok AI alters images of women to digitally remove their clothesJan 2026
- HNGrok4 sabotages shutdown 97% of the time,even if instructed not in system promptFeb 2026
Hacker News, GitHub issues & Apple App Store reviews matching complaint keywords — not a scientific sample. See methodology.
ALTERNATIVES
By constraint history — not capability.