Hey everyone. I just purchased 1000 credits within hours of receiving another usage limit exceeded message and was wondering if anyone else has experienced this today? The flow I had was: Got usage exceeded wait until x day or buy more credits / upload to pro Then went ahead and purchased credits…

OpenAI changed the pricing and usage in ChatGPT for Codex credits - still with an unclear and unpublished amount that you get included with a subscription. It is now a direct consumption from your balance based on token usage, at the same pricing you’d get if using the API. With: the disadvantage t…

Hi @Vegals That doesn’t line up with normal usage, especially with the usage page not updating and dropping to 0 right after purchase. I’d first double-check that your VS Code setup is pointing to the same project/API key where you added the credits, and that the credits weren’t added to a different…

Hello @OpenAI_Support I just experienced the same thing. Loaded it up with $40 for a thousand tokens, and in less than an hour it was all gone. The dashboard doesn’t update usage as fast as it should, so I can’t figure out how Codex consumed that amount in that span of time. Yes, it’s starting to…

[image] _j: uring breakage (purchased but unused credits kept by OpenAI). The mapping of “credits” to the value of them is also highly-obfuscated. Updated 3 days ago Codex is basically unusable now. used my week’s worth of credits in less than 5 hours. if it doesn’t get more reasonable, I w…

Woah codex rate limits have either been wildly nerfed or credits usage have gone through the roof! Were my credits promised to openAI’s bosspeople 3000 years ago too? That Claude guy is starting to sound pretty nice…

Same here! Purchased 1000 credits yesterday and saw that I still have about 914 more credits left before I turn off my PC and went to sleep. Got up in the morning and saw it turn to 0 credit. How to get my credits back??

Hey everyone, This issue should now be resolved. Please let us know, if that is not the case. Thank you!

No, I still not see my credits.

Can you please open a support request with us at support@openai.com and share the case id/case subject to us so we can gather your personal details via request and provide you support.

Purchased 1000 credits, gone in under an hour

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whaleski April 16, 2026, 2:19am 6

Codex is basically unusable now. used my week’s worth of credits in less than 5 hours. if it doesn’t get more reasonable, I will for sure just go to Claude like everyone else

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Purchased 1000 credits, gone in under an hour

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