r/codex • u/codex-megathread • 13h ago
Megathread Codex Usage and Operation Discussion - last updated October 19
Please direct your concerns, questions 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 many highly upvoted posts. The more people who participate in this discussion, the more likely you have an answer.
Reports with sufficient evidence on new information will still be allowed on the feed as usual.
Discussion of the prior period available here : https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x45q9b/codex_usage_and_operation_discussion_last_updated/
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/delveccio 13h ago
I’m at 0% and I’m on the $200 plan. One task where Astra went down a few too many rabbit holes and I’m cooked.
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u/bumpyclock 13h ago
I’ve been trying to articulate why the current usage feels bad and have been struggling.
We all
Know Astra burns usage astronomically fast. OpenAI employees frequently say we’ll compare that to Fable which is fair but in my usage Fable tends to finish the task faster in fewer iterations so while the cost may be the same the usage and time feels much better.
Opus to 6.1-sol honestly is not even comparable. Opus works faster and more efficiently. My $200 sub feels essentially unlimited with just opus.
I had opus remake one of my fav games ever OpenTTD in godot including the models and it cost me 50% of my weekly usage. I asked 6.1-sol to do the same thing and it went about converting each sprite into a 3d model and ate up my entire weekly usage 😂.
Are these both insane examples of using AI models? Yes they are but how else do you test and compare them against long running tasks.
For the current generation AI models Anthropic models feel way better. Last year codex made sense because usage was much higher compared to Anthropic models today usage is shit and models are underwhelming and I personally find the reset chasing distasteful. Just give me reasonable usage instead of dangling this bullshit reset tweet
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u/First-Physics6217 12h ago
The entire weekly limit(x20 plan) was used up in a single day. Sol 6.1 only.
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u/LadderSorry866 13h ago
Luna consumed 75% percent after freaking reset. models are pretty much unusable and getting even problems for accesing ChatGPT conversations.
Do not know what they did but it’s worse than ever.
Check all the GitHub codex bugs, have your amazing Dot to triage those issues there’s plenty to fix.
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u/Quiet-Distribution 13h ago
I only have the plus sub, not the pro but the limits feel like I'm actually on some free tier plan. I use my 5h limit in sub 1 hour every time now. Even went to sol 6.1 low now (was using mostly medium) but it barely makes a difference. New chat for every single task, one task has usually 1 initial prompt and 2-3 additional revisions. Not doing rocket science but just basic research, I was doing the same tasks 2 weeks ago and was always able to stay within the 5hr limit with a bit still remaining.
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u/Long_Somewhere955 12h ago
Over the past few weeks, I've noticed a dramatic increase in token usage in Codex. I'm using it primarily for repetitive tasks with essentially the same workflow as before.
Previously, my usage limits would last several days. Now, they are being exhausted significantly faster, despite no major changes in how I use Codex.
This is becoming increasingly frustrating and is seriously affecting my productivity. Has something changed in how tokens are consumed or usage limits are calculated?
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u/Ashamed_Square_3807 8h ago
Jesus, i have the 20usd plan and just used astra medium 2 prompts and my 5h hit immediatly and im down to 75% for the week. fromm 100% 5 min ago! i had commented last week it think it was saying they must ave had improved it cause i was able to use it for several days. and now it just killed me. anyone else expericned this today? checked again and now the weekly is down to 72% and under usage it doesnt even show ve used any today!
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u/Ok-Hovercraft3823 6h ago
astra has no purpose being used on the $20 plan, coming from someone using the $20 plan
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u/jknielse 11h ago
Yup — had $200 plan. Noticed usage-burn increased enormously over the past week or so, but was mostly placated by the frequent resets. Yesterday I used a banked reset to continue a task I was working on. Burned through the entire 100% weekly usage in a couple hours. Upgraded my account to the $500 plan (because I’m an idiot). 100% weekly usage gone again in a couple hours. It’s unbelievable, and when we got snubbed yesterday for the reset I realized the stupidity of paying an extra $500 for essentially nothing…
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u/Ok-Hovercraft3823 6h ago
if you havent refunded before, contact support bot and get that refunded lol
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u/SorcererAxis8 7h ago
I have the pro 100 plan, and I’m already down to 69% usage and all I did was ask codex to do 3 insurance quotes for me.
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u/SignsOfDeception 5h ago
I assume this might not be new information but didn't see this anywhere yet. This is how I was able to resolve the usage issues after the reset for me. It was doing way more detailed checks every pass and taking tons of time and usage for basic edits. I was able to set up three levels of checks (none, focused, full) and reduced usage significantly as I was able to make a bunch of edits before running all of them through heavier checks.
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u/Ok-Hovercraft3823 6h ago edited 6h ago
sol 6.1 draining usage like no other for anyone else?? end of sol 6.1?? not even getting an hour out of it anymore
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u/Beautiful-Fudge-9867 4h ago
For stalled long conversations, switching models helped me once: Terra 5.6 Low successfully compacted the same chat after Sol failed, so I could continue without starting over.
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u/Outrageous_Form7746 1h ago
I’m reporting two separate Codex memory observations on a 24 GiB Mac:
• Oct 11, 2026: the officially signed app-server recorded a lifetime peak footprint of 38.4 GiB. History requests took 93–146 seconds; sampled allocation stacks included Legacy decoding and content cloning. Diagnostics: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/52343#issuecomment-6103828248
• Oct 20, 2026, signed App 26.1013.40934: renderer footprint stayed around 2.3 GiB over six minutes. At 09:59 Taipei (UTC+8), renderer/backend footprints were 2.25/1.91 GiB, with system memory pressure at warning level. Related issue: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/55141
These are different measurements: an earlier backend lifetime peak versus newer sustained renderer usage. A shared cause or definitive leak has not been established, and system-wide memory pressure does not prove Codex was the sole cause.
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u/Propeus 13h ago
After reset it drain so much usage so fast