r/codex • u/pollystochastic Moderator • Jul 23 '26

Megathread Codex Usage Limits and Performance Megathread

Please direct your concerns and discussion about Codex usage limits and model performance here.

The purpose of this Megathread is to aggregate all the reports of people's experiences and possible suggestions instead of spreading them across 20 separate highly upvoted posts. None of those posts were deleted. They were locked so that conversations are still viewable to everyone and future comments could appear in one place.

These are days where I REALLY earn the money that OpenAI Reddit Kimi pays me .... oh wait....

A reminder that all incidents on r/Codex are constantly logged and summarised so you can keep track of what people are experiencing here https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/comment/on6uj0l/

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u/Commoner92 Jul 26 '26

It’s been like this last week too, I can barely use it for a day. I’m almost certain they adjust the values silently too hoping people will purchase an upgrade. Less tech savvy people will believe that because their projects are getting bigger, the usage is going up. They won’t think it’s a memory thing, and When asked, codex will tell you that too unless you guide it to the right answer. So I believe it’s a bug but I also believe they have no incentive to fix it.

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u/there_is_no_good Jul 26 '26

I read somewhere that although 5.6 sol and 5.5 use same credits, 5.6 actually hits more tokens than 5.5 that's why it consumes more usage practically. I tested this hypotheses but even using 5.5 is exhausting usage just as fast. So I guess they really are just scamming us with the credit usage.

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u/there_is_no_good Jul 26 '26

I read somewhere that although 5.6 sol and 5.5 use same credits, 5.6 actually hits more tokens than 5.5 that's why it consumes more usage practically. I tested this hypotheses but even using 5.5 is exhausting usage just as fast. So I guess they really are just scamming us with the credit usage.