autoContinueAtUsageLimit
A Claude Code settings key, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.234, including the newest one read.
What it is
Wait in the open session and [continue the task automatically](/docs/en/interactive-mode#wait-for-a-usage-limit-to-reset) after a claude.ai usage limit resets
Anthropic's own wording. Read off Claude Code settings reference, captured 2026-08-28.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.234 – 2.1.243 10 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.234Sessions can wait out a claude.ai usage limit and continue on their own
Your session can now wait out a usage limit and pick the task back up by itself.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code settings reference reference table Claude Code CLI
- Commands mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Manage costs effectively mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Hooks reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Automate actions with hooks mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Interactive mode mentions it Claude Code CLI
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Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the settings key does. All settings keys.