{"version":"2.1.217","anchor":"rate-limit-grace-window-banner","canonical_anchor":"rate-limit-grace-window-banner","heading":"Rate Limit Grace Window Banner","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.217\/e\/rate-limit-grace-window-banner","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.217","markdown":"### Rate Limit Grace Window Banner\n\nWhen your account enters the usage-limit grace window (reported via `anthropic-ratelimit-unified-grace-status` and utilization headers), a persistent warning now appears in the session:\n\n> [Usage limit reached \u2014 grace window active. Wrap up: finish or checkpoint; don't start subagents or long work.]\n\nThe grace state is tracked from `anthropic-ratelimit-unified-grace-5h-utilization` and `anthropic-ratelimit-unified-grace-7d-utilization` response headers. The signal is latched on first observation (grace > 0) and cleared when a subsequent response reports it back at zero.\n\n**Evidence**\n\nGrace window message (search for `\"grace window active\"`) and header names (search for `\"anthropic-ratelimit-unified-grace-5h-utilization\"`)"}