This happened again can we expect it to be reset again? It was working normally for last day and now it’s happening again. A few prompts and your through your daily limit.
Hello, I have been used it codex since it was released, first on plus license and now in Pro, having my whole team on it. I dont know what has happened since Friday, but basically this is unusable. you do a couple of asks (literally) and the 5 hour quota is gone … what is going on ? I am using codex plugin in vscode … and I have observed this problem both locally and in the cloud.
I’m having the same issue, but in the web version of Codex. Everything was working fine until last night’s update — now the 5-hour limit disappears after just 1–2 hours of normal use.
I’m on Pro, my workflow hasn’t changed, and I’ve actually been doing less than before to stay within limits. Despite that, the quota drains incredibly fast. Some sessions even hang without returning results, but still consume usage time, which makes things even worse.
It really feels like something broke in the way usage is measured after the latest update. Could we please get an official clarification on what changed and how time is now counted?
Right now, the same level of work that used to fit easily in a $20/month Plus plan would cost hundreds or more, which makes the tool nearly impossible to use for any serious work.
I’ve just cancelled my subscriptions. OpenAI is too bad for this
I have the Plus plan and used Codex Cloud for about 30 mins this morning and hit the 5 hour limit. This didnt happen to me yesterday and I did 2-3 hours of coding before hitting the limit.
After the message it got alot better, now today its again like 3-4 requests before you hit the limit (5 hours and aprox. 30-40% of the weekly limit). It would be good to know, if that is bug or what to expect. Thanks.
This isn’t a bug like Tibo on Codex sub Reddit claims. They are milking us.
Hi team, do you have a timeline on fixing this? Thanks in advance.
I’m on Plus and 2 tasks today got me hitting the 5-hour limit. It’s also around 35% of my weekly limit, which means I can only run 5-6 similar tasks per week. I wouldn’t consider this usable…
Hi team,
Something is seriously off with Codex limits right now.
Today alone I’ve hit the 5-hour limit three times. Instead of my usual 8–10 hours of daily work, I barely managed 5 hours total, and even that produced maybe 1/5 of my normal output.
I deliberately reduced my load — no more 4 parallel tasks, usually only 1 or 2 at a time — yet the quota burns insanely fast.
On top of that, some tasks just hang and never complete (even if stopped manually), but they still consume usage time.
And now, after just one day, my entire weekly limit is gone — all of this on a Pro subscription.
Honestly, this is unacceptable.
If this is a bug, please fix it and restore normal behavior.
If this is the new normal, and I’m now expected to pay $200–$400 a day just to work at the same pace — then please say so clearly, and I’ll start looking for alternatives.
Thanks.
My second 5 hour block of the day and and almost my entire week has been consumed. Got an hour or so of codex doing work. At the very least, reset our limits until you fix the issue.
@OpenAI_Support I got credited and things were looking really good for awhile. But token usage seems to have markedly increased again. I used 4% of my weekly Pro plan allotment for a single refactor task.
On Plus. Since yesterday’s Codex “Usage” rollout, limits feel broken: 8 tasks already count as 60% of my weekly cap, and 3 cloud tasks drained the entire 5-hour window. I’ve hammered Codex for six months and never hit limits — even with heavier workloads. This looks like a metering regression/misclassification, not intended behavior. Or this is new reality?!
I totally get your frustration, running into usage limits when you’re already paying for Pro feels pretty discouraging, especially mid-project. The Codex IDE tools seem to have their own model-specific caps right now, so even with a Pro plan, heavy coding sessions can still hit the ceiling.
Still have the problem since friday. My quota is changing from 0% to 100% and to 0% again after 1-3 messages is sent. Almost unusable.
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11369540-using-codex-with-your-chatgpt-plan
This is how OpenAI describes Codex limits among plans, it used to be what it said, but not any more now.
i cancelled mine too, if OpenAI ever fixes this problem I’ll activate my subscription again. OpenAI has gotten too stingy with their quotas to the point where I can’t even use a service, I pay hundreds of dollars a month to use
No sens, i used 20% of my 5-hour quota, it uses 10% of my weekly quota. No sens, Can i only work 10 hours by week?
On a plus subscription.
The problem remains unresolved. Consumption is still too high compared to a week ago. A simple change of 120 lines of code has used up 42% of my usage in 5 hours and 10% of my weekly usage with my pro subscription. It’s time to switch to Copilot or Zencode…
Thank you for your patience. Our team is continuing to investigate the issue affecting usage limits. We’ll share another update as soon as it’s resolved.
Appreciate the update!
Hopefully Codex itself won’t reply ‘I’m sorry, but I’m not able to complete this task’ when your team tries to fix it 