# Teams with on-demand OFF — free requests after both pools hit 100%? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 27, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/teams-with-on-demand-off-free-requests-after-both-pools-hit-100/166740 "2026-07-27T05:08:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/teams-with-on-demand-off-free-requests-after-both-pools-hit-100/166740/15 "2026-09-05T09:13:52Z")
Hey, just to clarify the policy, nothing has officially changed. The documented behavior is: if on-demand is off, and both pools Cursor Models and Other Models hit 100%, there is no guaranteed free usage. To keep going, you need to either turn on on-demand, upgrade, or wait for the reset in the next billing cycle. Any reduced-speed continuation you may have seen before isn’t a guaranteed part of the plan, so you shouldn’t rely on it as a permanent option. This is expected behavior, not a removed feature. One more thing: if you do get reduced-speed continuation but requests get rejected when you select Auto or Composer 2.5, that’s a known issue with the default options in the model picker that we’re tracking. Workaround: pick Auto → Optimize for Cost, not Balance or Intelligence, or pick Composer 2.5 with Fast turned off. Related thread: [Cannot use Auto or Composer 2.5 after Included Usage reaches 100%](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-use-auto-or-composer-2-5-after-included-usage-reaches-100/166657) If you expect to hit limits regularly, the most reliable option is to turn on on-demand with a team spend limit. That way you control costs and avoid a hard block. Let me know if you want help setting up the limits. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cursor.com/t/teams-with-on-demand-off-free-requests-after-both-pools-hit-100/166740)._