Rate Limit Traffic Light System
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-29316bb6b2ab - Type:
concept - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: traffic light rate limiting, yellow-orange-red progression
Description
Claude Code's rate-limiting UX: two time windows (5-hour session + 7-day rolling), progression Yellow -> Orange -> Red, deterministic reset timestamps, throttling rather than banning. Usage is slowed, not terminated. No behavioral-ban logic paths exist in source.
Key claims
- Claude Code has no behavioral-ban logic — only throttling
Relations
- Rate Limit Traffic Light System --[related_to]--> tengu_iron_gate_closed