“Codex Rate Limit 2 weeks” - I just noticed. Is there some info on this ? How does this effect the limits in detail ?

Tell me about it. I’ve purchased additional hardware for the reset and now its just sitting there on dedicated server waiting for reset.

Is ChatGPT really becoming this stingy? Previously, the usage limit would reset every 5 hours, with a weekly reset as well. Now it seems like there’s only a weekly reset. I honestly don’t care that much about not having a manual reset option—the real problem is that the quota only resets once a wee…

I wonder if part of the recent sudden increase in Codex usage could be related to larger context usage, particularly in long-running sessions. There are a few interesting facts that seem worth connecting. According to OpenAI’s official GPT-5.6 Sol model documentation, the model supports a 1,050,00…

[image] tiagopatriciosantos: So 272K remains the default, while Codex now supports opting into a substantially larger context window. More importantly, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol documentation states that prompts with more than 272K input tokens are priced at 2x input and 1.5x output for the full req…

[image] Spector1: Can you give us the link to where Tibo Sottiaux explains how to set larger context window in 5.6? this one? [image] 1 Million Context to enable professional workloads Codex this might also be relevant… [image] …

It kind of sounds like you’re thinking we should be thankful it’s not worse.

[image] mba.rick: we should be thankful i mean, honestly, it could be better or worse depending on how you look at it? :sweat_smile: take a step back and think about what they’re trying to do and how they’re trying to be fair to as many people as possible. not an easy task with so many bad a…

I spent $500 of my personal cash in the last 4 days just trying to keep my work project alive because I enjoy working with ChatGPT and doing things I only dreamed about before. That’s at the regular usage that in the weeks before was within the limits of my OpenAI subscription. In one case, last we…

Wow… Locked out of my account now… {“error”:{“code”:502,“message”:“Bad gateway.”,“param”:null,“type”:“cf_bad_gateway”}} Anyone else having this issue?

There is an Analytics page in Codex Cloud that provides detailed usage data by model. You can access it by going to Codex Cloud, opening Settings, and selecting Analytics.

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PaulBellow August 19, 2026, 3:41pm 477

this one?

this might also be relevant…

i’ve been thinking of starting a thread for Codex tips and tricks… any interest from anyone?

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