Claude Cowork promotion still hit the five-hour usage limit
A promotion advertised 100% more Cowork usage through August 5, but the displayed five-hour limit still stopped the work at 100% in use. A large project had been divided into chunks using in Chat mode on a Teams plan, with set to and a separate 50% increase to the maximum weekly allowance already active. Before switching to Cowork, usage stood at 44% of the five-hour limit, 20% of the Fable limit, and 10% of the overall .
The first Cowork chunk worked well and raised those figures to 81%, 28%, and 14%. Each chunk normally consumes about 40–50% of the five-hour allowance, so another chunk seemed possible under a doubled allowance. Instead, the five-hour figure rose from 81% to 100% and the task paused.
It remains unclear whether the 44% previously used in Chat also counted against the extra Cowork allowance or whether the promotion operates separately from the displayed five-hour limit.
Key points
- The promotion advertised 100% more Cowork usage through August 5.
- Chat had already consumed 44% of the five-hour limit before Cowork was started.
- After one Cowork chunk, the five-hour, Fable, and weekly figures reached 81%, 28%, and 14%.
- The next task paused when the five-hour figure reached 100%.
- A normal project chunk consumes roughly 40–50% of the five-hour allowance.