I created a developer account last week, and I have spent over $5 now (several hours ago), which seems to be the requirement for the upgrade to Usage tier 1. However, I the automatic upgrade did not happen, and when I tried to ask support for help they were very unhelpful.

This language is more helpful than the documentation, and should address your concern: [image] Facing Rate Limit Issues with o4-mini-deep-research Model API Yes, the language is wrong in the platform site and must be fixed. A version without mistruth: Your t…

Thank you for the help, @_j! Flagged to our docs team to clarify our language around usage tiers.

Usage Tier Not Upgrading From Free Tier

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Usage Tier Not Upgrading From Free Tier

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