Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says Claude's ban wave is harsh, with accounts over a year old gone without warning and four banned in succession, and describes switching from Clash to Shadowrocket while waiting for a one-click deployment setup.

After someone praises a tool as genuinely strong, a reply asks whether their Claude account has been banned yet, reflecting anxiety amid the ban wave.

A user says OpenAI keeps slipping while Anthropic keeps surging, making them eager to sign up for a Claude account, but they hesitate over the risk of being banned.

A long-time Claude user says the service often references his location in Kunming, China, and argues that bans follow Claude's own criteria rather than nationality, so users should just switch to ChatGPT if access ends.

A user says their Claude account registered in 2024 has not been banned despite daily IP changes and no KYC request, while a newer account doing the same got a ban email after two months.

A user describes a wave of Claude bans affecting two-year-old accounts and top-tier subscriptions, shares four anti-ban practices, and notes Codex's $200 plan was downgraded at the same price as some users consider switching.

After losing a one-year $200 Claude account and testing three IP routes over three days, a user concludes that a stable VPS IP link is key and that DMIT's route at least allowed registration without an instant ban.

After their Claude account was banned yesterday, a user tried Kimi, bought an annual plan for just over 6,000 yuan (about 500 a month, a third of Claude's price), and says Kimi handled the assigned work well.

A user shares a rumor that completing Claude's interviews can prevent account bans, advising users to discuss deep topics so the AI doesn't detect low-effort posting.

A user argues that widely shared Claude ban-prevention tutorials lack any official, rigorous criteria, citing counterexamples against claims about residential IPs, time zones, chat value, and targeting of mainland Chinese users.

One user says the priority should be buying Claude membership to earn money for new memberships, and if banned, just buy another one instead of obsessing over anti-ban tests.

A user says Claude bans come down to three things: certain U-card payments, using a static residential IP in a supported region, and not being flagged for distillation; one account was banned over payment, the other three held.