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anthropics/claude-code#57825•Fetched 2026-05-11 03:24:22
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Error Message

  • Attempted to upgrade to Max 5x directly — billing blocked with an "address changed" error

Error Messages/Logs

Fix Action

Fix / Workaround

What happened:

  • Loaded $167 prepaid credits to my account
  • Attempted to upgrade to Max 5x directly — billing blocked with an "address changed" error
  • Purchased a Claude Max 5x gift subscription as a workaround and gifted it to myself
  • Gift redemption was confirmed successfully
  • Account still shows Pro plan. Max 5x has never activated.

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Gift Reedemed still pro  not promax
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  • I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

[BILLING BUG] Max 5x gift redeemed successfully — account still on Pro after 2+ days, no support resolution

Posting here hoping someone from Anthropic can help, as support chat has been unresponsive for 2 days.

What happened:

  • Loaded $167 prepaid credits to my account
  • Attempted to upgrade to Max 5x directly — billing blocked with an "address changed" error
  • Purchased a Claude Max 5x gift subscription as a workaround and gifted it to myself
  • Gift redemption was confirmed successfully
  • Account still shows Pro plan. Max 5x has never activated.

Total spent: ~$267. Access received: Pro.

This matches the bug reported by others (GitHub issues #45335 and #52073) where Max 5x gifts silently fail to apply after confirmed redemption.

I have an open support ticket but was told to wait for an email response with no timeline given. Every day that passes is lost Max subscription time I paid for.

Has anyone found a resolution? And can any Anthropic staff here help escalate?

Thank you.

What Should Happen?

Upgrade to pro max

Error Messages/Logs

Gift Reedemed still pro  not promax

Steps to Reproduce

Upgrade to Promax

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

4.6

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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