Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A call for experiences: has your Claude account ever been suddenly banned, gathering reports of account suspensions.

A user says they used Codex Computer Use to sign up for a second Claude account, and that email was banned for life even after an appeal review.

The author says a well-known user visiting China kept their Claude account alive by using Tailscale to route traffic through a US home exit node instead of shared datacenter IPs, plus a local physical SIM, so Anthropic's risk controls never flagged them.

A short video reacting to the Claude ban wave, wishing no user's Claude account ever gets suspended.

A user says their Claude Max account was banned after less than two weeks, apparently triggered by a single mobile login, and asks whether anyone has won an appeal.

A user jokes that Claude's ban wave is so fast accounts get banned before they are even registered.

A user says their old Claude account was banned long ago and they haven't been able to use Claude since, so they may look for a replacement on Xianyu.

A user jokes that they don't strictly need Claude, but using it under Anthropic CEO Dario's nose without being banned feels thrilling.

A user whose Claude account was banned again asks whether reusing the same Google account for payment risks another ban, and whether the VPS used to log in gets flagged.

The author dropped GPT and kept only Claude, saying they haven't hit a ban in over a year and will think about alternatives only if it happens.

A reply claims Anthropic banned the <thinking> tag and recommends using <design-method> instead.

The author relays an expert's breakdown of Claude bans: high-risk use is disqualifying, anti-distillation targets multi-account batch tasks, card difficulty and IP cleanliness matter, and KYC verifies real compliant users.