Up until about 10 minutes ago, on my legacy requests individual plan, I have been able to use frontier models with MAX mode off. Now its saying that Max mode is required for these models. Anyone have any insight into this change?

I just submitted the same question as I am also having this issue. [image] Legacy plan model changes Help HI, I am on the legacy plan consisting of 500 requests per month. On a personal account, not enterprise. For most models now it is showing “Max Mode Requ…

The Cursor team should have basic respect for users. They changed the limit from unlimited requests to 500 requests without any prior notice, and now they’ve quietly made another change.

Me too. Legacy plan completely broken with ‘Max Mode Required’ since today. Hope support looks into this ASAP.

Hey all, Since the release of GPT-5.4 in March, new frontier models have required Max Mode for users on legacy request-based pricing. A bug meant this wasn’t always being enforced. That’s now fixed, so going forward these models will correctly require Max Mode on legacy plans.

forcing max mode is a way for them to charge you way more money for the same out come without using max mode

but why, max mode has zero difference in out come vs not using max, i’ve tested both, your basically just paying 30-50x more for the same out come as not using max mode

All the previous communications about that change indicated in clear language that it did not apply to individual plans. It was not a bug. [Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 9.01.46 PM]

I’ve been using Cursor for about 22 months. Thank you for the journey. It’s time to move to Claude Code.

Hi Cursor Team, I’m a legacy Pro plan user (500 requests/month). I have two major concerns that I believe affect many developers in the same situation. I’d appreciate official clarification on each. 1. Frontline models now require Max Mode on legacy plans – with no way to opt out I understand th…

From your very own post on March 17: “All other models remain unaffected. This change does not apply to individual plans or accounts on our new pricing (introduced with our June 2025 update).”

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nyatesy (Nate) July 7, 2026, 3:43am 3

I just submitted the same question as I am also having this issue.

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