Hi everyone, This topic is for discussing Codex limits after the move from message-based usage to token-based usage. Additionally the 2x rate limits promotion has ended and some users have reported hitting limits sooner after this change. This is the right place to compare experiences, share what …

I will be using an API key for now. business account is not really worth it. its hard to transition projects and internal documents to the chatgpt, since codex cannot reference chatgpt conversations seamlessly. I think the split in the chatgpt website and codex is too big. they should have never ma…

bro tell me pls where is inefficiently using in this prompt: “replace in the \src\assets\icons folder parameter “fill” to “fill=“#ffffff”” in each of 17 SVG files.“ and after this he thinking 3 minutes and used 2% of weekly limit for 17 short strings it is unusable Sorry for the friendly fire —…

You can’t reduce rates for existing users TENFOLD. If it’s not bug, no one should ever buy annual subscription. Codex is now useless on Business

:red_exclamation_mark: My hypothesis has been confirmed! The hypothesis was as follows: the anomalous rate limit consumption that some users in this thread are experiencing is most likely related to attempts to bypass usage limits. For example, when limits run out on one account, the user switches …

Yes. No new rate (still count the number of messages) on this. The other one is a Plus too?

I just started work today like usual. I must admit that today, for some reason, things seem “back to normal” again? The past few days I’ve been hitting my 5h limits after like 3 minor tasks or questions. Something as simple as “hi” would cost me 3% of my 5h limits if not more. Today, I’ve been wor…

I’m still not fully convinced by your hypothesis, and here’s why. After exhausting both my Business account and my personal account, I asked our MD if I could temporarily use his account so I could finish some work. He has never used Codex in his life and cannot code. He only does very light tasks …

This is really putting my hypothesis as a big question of truthfulness.

Codex Rate Limits Discussion Thread

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Mat_Tr April 7, 2026, 9:27am 140

Yes, I purchased the “Plus” subscription on the new account I created.

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