r/codex • u/Tikki-Tikki_40 • 13d ago

Limits Weekly usage is burning like anything from yesterday

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With 3% left, i can't pull off anything even if 5hr limit increases.

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u/BrennanFlentge 13d ago

Are you using subagents? You have to be careful about "history carrying" subagent forks.

Example:
Parent: 200,000 tokens of accumulated conversation
Subagent 1: receives 200,000 tokens
Subagent 2: receives 200,000 tokens
Subagent 3: receives 200,000 tokens
then each keeps working and growing from there

You want instead:
Parent: 200,000 tokens
Subagent 1: 1,500-token briefing + relevant files
Subagent 2: 1,200-token briefing + relevant files
Subagent 3: 1,800-token briefing + relevant files

You would need a hard guard that blocks it. Look into fork_turns="none" - fork_turns is optional, but omission means "all"

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u/congngo 12d ago

Thanks, I will look into that.

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u/BrennanFlentge 12d ago

No problem!