UPDATE: I’m stupid and had code review enabled to consume credits. I never noticed this before because I didn’t exhaust my usage so quickly. Ignore me.
I’ve been a ChatGPT subscriber basically since launch, and I’ve been a Codex user for an extremely long time now, and I’m a pro user. Something’s definitely wrong with the credit system right now. I’m using about 2 credits per second (looking at the analytics page), and I have absolutely no sessions running right now.
I use Codex exclusively in VS Code. I have absolutely no sessions running, and I’m losing 2 credits per second. Nothing I can do. I’m just watching the credits disappear.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Also, I’ve spent about $500 this week on credit refills, and I’ve tried to figure out why I’m using so many credits compared to normal. I think this is why: I’m literally consuming credits, and I have no sessions going. There’s no work happening, nothing at all.
The following reply was composed with the help of ChatGPT to check technical accuracy.
Can you clarify exactly how you had Code Review enabled?
OpenAI documents Codex Code Review as a GitHub/Codex cloud feature:
The documented setup is approximately:
Set up Codex cloud for the GitHub repository. This involves connecting Codex to GitHub, authorizing the repository for the ChatGPT Codex Connector, and creating a Codex cloud environment for that repository:
With Automatic reviews enabled, Codex can automatically review new pull requests and post the review on GitHub without someone manually adding an @codex review comment to each pull request.
Since you said you use Codex exclusively in VS Code, this seems particularly relevant: the review activity can be associated with the connected GitHub repository and Codex cloud rather than with an active VS Code Codex session.
Could you check whether this is how Code Review was enabled on your account?
Also, if Automatic reviews was enabled, what review trigger was configured? For example, was Codex set to review when a pull request was opened or after additional pushes?
You also mentioned watching the credits disappear on the Analytics page.
Did you use either:
Settings → Analytics
or:
to determine that Code Review was consuming the credits?
If Analytics identifies the usage specifically as Code review, could you post what it shows, preferably including the activity type and timestamps?
That would help establish whether the unexpected credit usage was actually caused by automatic Code Review activity or whether something else was running in the background.
I ask because this could be useful documentation for anyone else who sees Codex usage increasing while they have no active VS Code sessions.