Anthropic opens Claude Code cloud sessions with up to $250 in credits
Eligible subscribers can keep coding tasks running on Anthropic’s infrastructure while their own computers are offline.
Anthropic has opened Claude Code cloud sessions to eligible subscribers, ending the research-preview restriction and letting coding tasks run on Anthropic’s infrastructure while a developer’s own computer is offline. Pro subscribers receive $100 in promotional cloud credits, while Max subscribers get $250. The offer can be claimed through Claude’s website by October 7, and any unused balance expires on November 4. Eligibility is limited to individual Pro and Max subscribers whose subscriptions were active when the promotion began on September 23. After the credit is used up, cloud sessions count against the subscriber’s usual plan limits.
Why it matters
For eligible subscribers, the change shifts some coding work away from a machine that must stay on, giving them more flexibility over when tasks run. That benefit is temporary: once the promotional credit is used, continued cloud use draws on the limits of their regular plan.
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