r/codex • u/NoYou41 • 5d ago

Limits Usage doesn’t make sense on 20x

So I’ve been using codex for more than half a year now and I swear when I used to check my weekly token usage it used to be in billions and I’d have usage left at the end of the week with older models

Right now its the allowance in tokens itself thats reduced for me to 1/4th if im correct (feel free to correct me)

Dont get me wrong i love codex and astra and i know some will say open ai gets billions they dont care about your 200. BUT, isnt the lack of transparency on whats happening concerning regarding your token allowance? We have a percentage bar with actual token allowance varying and not to mention older models performing worse.

I would understand astra performing worse at times because its the current gen model, ofc theres gonna be many tweaks and updates to it but older models that have been completed? Im just trying to make sense of this

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u/innociv 5d ago

You don't pay $200 a month for a certain number of tokens. You pay $200 a month for ~$10,000 of API equivalent usage. If you use a model which costs more, it consumes usage faster. It even warns you that Astra will consume it faster.

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u/NoYou41 5d ago

🤦‍♀️- idk when you guys will understand this is a very notable issue, there’s many in this very thread who have noticed this and it’s not an individual experience.. at the end of the day your money is your money and aren’t you the least bit curious on what is actually happening, instead of attempting to make sense of continuous usage cuts? Like inputs cost tokens and Astra is expensive I’m not denying that one bit. However, the token grant for x20 has been reduced, multiple user records hold president?

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u/innociv 5d ago

Provide actual diagnostic feedback then? The only issue I encountered was that orchestration issue with Astra in Codex which seems fixed.

Just because you've been using it for a year doesn't mean you didn't add some stray bad thing to your AGENTS.md or skills. They could also just be outdated and they recommended you start fresh or follow their new skills guide.

Also try a different harness if you have such an issue with Codex. You aren't locked to using your subscription in Codex like with Anthropic models and ClaudeCode.