It seems like the resource constraints at Anthropic are for real. The company appears to have removed access to Claude Code, its popular coding agent, for new users signing up for its $20-per-month Pro plan on Tuesday. But according to some eagle-eyed Redditors, a change was spotted on Anthropic’s pricing page on Tuesday. But on X, Anthropic’s Head of Growth, Amol Avasare, explained that this is a small test served only to 2% of “prosumer” signups right now.“Usage has changed a lot and our current plans weren’t built for this.”In the same thread, Avasare does acknowledge that Anthropic’s plans weren’t built for the kind of usage the company is now seeing.For clarity, we're running a small test on ~2% of new prosumer signups. Existing Pro and Max subscribers aren't affected. https://t.co/CkTiVCTmd7— Amol Avasare (@TheAmolAvasare) April 21, 2026“Engagement per subscriber is way up. We’ve made small adjustments along the way (weekly caps, tighter limits at peak), but usage has changed a lot and our current plans weren’t built for this,” he writes.Engagement per subscriber is way up. We've made small adjustments along the way (weekly caps, tighter limits at peak), but usage has changed a lot and our current plans weren't built for this.— Amol Avasare (@TheAmolAvasare) April 21, 2026What exactly those changes will look like remains to be seen, but it is very likely that new Pro users won’t be able to access Claude Code anymore.“So we’re looking at different options to keep delivering a great experience for users. We don’t know exactly what those look like yet — that’s what we’re testing and getting feedback on right now,” he writes.This screenshot, captured on Tuesday, comparing Claude Plans, shows that Claude Code is no longer part of the $20-per-month Pro plan.This is not likely to endear Anthropic to its Pro users — or at least not to developers and vibe coders, since the Pro plan still includes access to Claude Cowork, the company’s agentic tool for knowledge workers, which itself is based on Claude Code. The fact that this “test” created such a stir also shows how nervous the Claude Code community has become about potential changes.This is not likely to endear Anthropic to its Pro users — or at least not to developers and vibe codersIt doesn’t help that Anthropic has recently struggled to keep up with demand for its AI models. That’s also why it ended up removing, for example, OpenClaw access from users on its subscription plans (while paying per token through the API remains possible). Anthropic has also been experiencing platform stability issues and frequent outages.The post Anthropic is thinking about removing Claude Code from its cheapest plan appeared first on The New Stack.