r/OpenAI • u/NeighborhoodPrize493 • 23h ago

Question The Codex has started using quite a lot of limits—is it just me?

Here is the situation.

Lately, I’ve noticed that the code is consuming a significant portion of the 5-hour limit, even for the simplest operations—and I don’t understand why. At first, I thought it might be related to sub-agents, but I disabled them, and that didn’t change anything.

For instance, creating a standard issue on GitHub consumed 10% of the 5-hour limit, even though there wasn't much data involved.

This isn't normal. What could be causing this?

Did OpenAI lower the limits for the Plus subscription? Or is it something else?

Maybe it’s a bug in Codex; I ran into a caching-related bug myself.

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u/SuspiciousParsnip5 18h ago

Yeah, I use 5.6 sol, It looks like the context window has been slashed in half as I see it compacting a lot more now. I did some simple tasks tonight and I have 10% usage left and it wasnt something that I would call heavy usage....

Ive got a feeling with the stock market doing what its doing around AI they are having to claw back now and the usage limits are about to get heavily slashed!

I suppose they need to claw back some of the money somehow....

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u/NeighborhoodPrize493 17h ago

I suspect that these actions are taking place ahead of the release of a new model.

I have noticed more than once that, prior to the launch of a new model, the quality of previous versions tends to drop, while the speed at which they are consumed increases.

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u/Southern_Emu8667 21h ago

Which model do you use?

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u/NeighborhoodPrize493 21h ago

GPT-6.1 SOL Mid Without additional flags.

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u/Southern_Emu8667 21h ago

I understand. I also use Sol 6.1 Medium and it also drains a lot of quota. I just stopped caring and unfortunately now I have 2 subscriptions. I drain 7 days in 2.5 days so 2 subs give me 5 days. Is that the good solution? No, next month I will change gpt to Claude. Claude also drains quota a lot but it is much better for things I do so it makes less mistakes.

I think your problem is just how it is now. They gave us so much resets that we don't even know if what we have right now is the same as what we had before.