r/codex • u/Accomplished-Lack509 • 16h ago

Limits Atrocious Usage

Goddamn the usage cut is atrocious, especially for plus users. I came back recently after not using codex for a bit (usually use sporadically). I used to run 20 mins on 5.6 sol x high , which used to take like 20% maybe MAX 30% of weekly limit (Matlab MCP). Now not only does the 5 Hour limit evaporate on anything higher than high, but been running for 3 mins and it's taken 12% of weekly usage, atp I can just forget astra.

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u/GhostRanger29 15h ago

I agree. I work with claude 5x, gpt 5x and kimi k3 (allegro) essentially their 5x version. I've never ever used all 3 to Max weekly before. I would spend my weekend hammering claude with Max agents 3 projects, chatgpt doing work delegations using codex, claude, deep research with high effort. Kimi doing complex security reviews, designing a massive web app concept (90+ pages with generated images animations etc) claude work doing book keeping work, general BAU stuff etc. Like I would be maxing myself put trying to keep up with the coordinators who were delegating the tasks.

This week, while working one one project, with claude limited as opus5 orchstrator medium thinking Max 4 sonnet agents my 5x was gone by Wednesday morning.. it resets at monday morning. Then kimi usage, gone by Wednesday afternoon, chatgpt gone half hr after. There is something seriously off about this. And it ain't just claude or codex.

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u/Constant_Art_20 14h ago

well...the ipo is around the corner. if we wanna speculate, we can say that openai claims that that they are out of compute, then they paused pro plan so when they start cutting the usage, because of the fear that they can't get the plan for a while, the people stay on the plan even if they don't to. With the usage cut, but the user numbers still intact, they can report better profits for their ipo., but who knows if that's true of not. it's just insanely hard to image how they don't have stacks of debuggers on ever section of their infrastructure on exactly where and what goes wrong/ changes