Moonshot apologizes for Kimi K3.1 Pro quota burn, restores 25% of monthly quota

In late October, OpenAI again adjusted its usage-quota rules in response to complaints about cuts to the Pro 200 plan. Codex lead Tibo announced that usage limits for all Pro and Business Premium plans would double, drawing cheers from the community. Around the same time, a similar dispute unfolded at Moonshot AI, where the new model Kimi K3.1 Pro drew concentrated backlash within 12 hours of launch. One thread came from overseas bloggers, who posted that the company had provided promotional templates and asked them to hide paid-partnership tags. The other came from users complaining that quota was draining so quickly that tasks hit the usage ceiling almost immediately after starting. Two days later, Moonshot AI publicly apologized for the rate limiting on K3.1 Pro and for unnecessary quota consumption, restored a one-time 25% monthly quota top-up for all plan subscribers, and said it would cut down on unnecessary sub-Agent calls and output length. According to the report, this was Kimi's third apology in six months, and the quota incident did not truly blow over. The piece also notes that complaints about subscription plans running dry too fast have persisted throughout the year, with heavy AI users saying Kimi's quota at the same price point lags far behind GPT and Claude, and one user claiming that a 199 charge lasts a full month on DeepSeek but only a single day on Kimi. At the same time, the report points out that K3.1 Pro delivered clear upgrades in coding, long-horizon tasks, and 3D modeling, and that initial market response was positive.