I’ve added 6$ into my account today. But still my usage limits are that of free tier only. Do i have to spend 5$ to upgrade or is it an issue from OpenAi side??

Hey folks! Gokul here from OpenAI. Thanks for flagging this. We’ve identified the root cause, and it should be fixed soon. If you’re still experiencing the issue after the end of the week, feel free to DM me!

Usage tier upgrades are usually applied within a few days of making a payment. If your usage tier does not advance within the next few days, contact support at https://help.openai.com .

Few in the sense how many days it will take?

How to upgrade to tier 1, I got the too many requests err and I have the enough credit to up date the tier. I can’t understand how to upgrade.

Hi elmstedt, Contact support is basically a bot that responds with a Google Forms form that does not exist anymore. Currently waiting for an actual human to elevate my bot ticket and push me to my actual tier. (Tier 2) Currently stuck hitting rate limits in Free Tier. API goes live in a few week…

I am still experimenting this. Stuck in Tier 1

A fix has been implemented. I already posted a short update here: [image] Still stuck in Free tier after adding credits (spike since Aug 28, 2025) API Hi and thanks for flagging! A fix has been deployed and the situation should be resolved with the affected …

How to upgrade from free to tier 1?

API Bugs

VeitB August 29, 2025, 6:53pm 8

A fix has been implemented.
I already posted a short update here:

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Usage tier free to tier 1 API	18	10281	September 5, 2024
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Stuck in tier 1, no way to move API account-tiers , api-usage-tiers , api-rate-tiers	12	1036	September 4, 2024
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How to upgrade from free to tier 1?

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