{
 "_about": "Public change log. Every entry is a real, dated change verified against the cited sources on 2026-10-16. New entries come from data/pending_changes.json after human review.",
 "changes": [
  {"date":"2026-10-12","tool":"cursor","type":"plan restructure","title":"Cursor moves into The X Subscription: new Plus $8 / Premium $30 / Super $100 / Ultra $200 plans with a weekly pool","summary":"New customers now buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription (Grok + Cursor + X). Usage moves from two monthly pools to one weekly pool shared with Grok; third-party models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) are no longer included and bill at API list price on Premium and above. Legacy Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra ($200) continue for existing subscribers.","sources":["https://x.ai/news/x-subscription","https://cursor.com/docs/account/pricing/legacy-cursor-plans","https://forum.cursor.com/t/introducing-the-x-subscription/174450"]},
  {"date":"2026-10-12","tool":"grok","type":"plan restructure","title":"SuperGrok folded into The X Subscription (Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200)","summary":"xAI announced one subscription for Grok, Cursor and X Premium; Premium bundles the benefits of SuperGrok, Cursor Pro and X Premium+ ('previously $90/month combined'). Existing SuperGrok plans continue.","sources":["https://x.ai/news/x-subscription"]},
  {"date":"2026-10-07","tool":"claude","type":"benefit added","title":"Claude Max now includes monthly API credits ($100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x)","summary":"Anthropic's platform release notes: 'Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits.' Credits don't cover interactive Claude Code and don't roll over.","sources":["https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/overview","https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17154008-monthly-api-credits-for-max-and-team-plans"]},
  {"date":"2026-09-29","tool":"chatgpt","type":"new tier + limit cut","title":"ChatGPT Pro 500 ($500/mo) launched; Pro 200 reopened with a lower usage allowance","summary":"Pro 500 adds Ultrafast GPT-6 Astra / GPT-6.1 Sol. New, non-grandfathered Pro 200 subscriptions get a lower allowance; grandfathered users keep the old allowance through Oct 29, 2026.","sources":["https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002134/openai-is-adding-a-500-month-chatgpt-pro-tier","https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-what-is-chatgpt-pro"]},
  {"date":"2026-06-01","tool":"github-copilot","type":"billing model","title":"GitHub Copilot switches to usage-based GitHub AI Credits; Max plan ($100) launches","summary":"Premium requests replaced by AI Credits billed at model API rates. Pro $10 includes $15 total ($10 base + $5 flex), Pro+ $39 includes $70, new Max $100 includes $200. Flex allotments may change over time.","sources":["https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/","https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-individual-plans-introducing-flex-allotments-in-pro-and-pro-and-a-new-max-plan/","https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-01-updates-to-github-copilot-billing-and-plans/"]},
  {"date":"2026-05-19","tool":"google-ai","type":"price cut + new tier","title":"Google AI Ultra cut from $249.99 to $199.99; new $99.99 Ultra (5x Pro) tier","summary":"Announced at Google I/O 2026. The top Ultra tier keeps 20x AI Pro limits at the lower price.","sources":["https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-one/google-ai-subscriptions/","https://www.reuters.com/business/google-expected-court-coders-consumers-io-conference-2026-05-19/"]},
  {"date":"2026-04-09","tool":"chatgpt","type":"new tier","title":"ChatGPT adds a $100/month Pro tier (5x Plus Codex usage)","summary":"New Pro tier between Plus ($20) and Pro ($200); temporary 10x Codex promo through May 31, 2026. Plus Codex usage rebalanced across the week.","sources":["https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/chatgpt-pro-plan-100-month-codex/","https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes"]},
  {"date":"2026-03-19","tool":"windsurf","type":"billing model","title":"Windsurf drops credits for daily/weekly quotas; adds $200 Max plan","summary":"Effective March 19, 2026 (announced March 18): Free/Pro/Teams get auto-refreshing daily and weekly quotas instead of credits; Pro $20, Teams $40/seat, new Max $200.","sources":["https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurf-pricing-plans"]},
  {"date":"2025-08-28","tool":"claude","type":"limit added","title":"Claude Pro and Max get weekly usage limits on top of 5-hour limits","summary":"Announced July 28, 2025, effective Aug 28: an overall weekly limit and an Opus weekly limit, both resetting every 7 days. Anthropic estimated <5% of subscribers affected.","sources":["https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/anthropic-unveils-new-rate-limits-to-curb-claude-code-power-users/","https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/comments/1mbo2ep/updating_rate_limits_for_claude_subscription/"]},
  {"date":"2025-06-16","tool":"cursor","type":"limit change","title":"Cursor Pro switches from 500 requests/month to $20 of frontier-model usage at API rates","summary":"Cursor later apologized (July 4, 2025) for the unclear rollout and offered refunds for unexpected charges between June 16 and July 4.","sources":["https://cursor.com/blog/june-2025-pricing","https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/cursor-apologizes-for-unclear-pricing-changes-that-upset-users/"]}
 ]
}