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Rate Limits going CRAZY?? #16848

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@markashton480

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.117.0

What subscription do you have?

Team/Business

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4 (medium)

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.8.0-106-generic x86_64 x86_64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

No response

What issue are you seeing?

Hitting 5 hour (and weekly) rate limits CRAZY fast. Basic tasks are resulting in complete usage for the entire 5 hour period - within like 10 minutes of usage. I realise the 2x rate limit has ended on 2nd April, but this is WAY, WAY more than just a 2x increase on the previous volume. I was expecting to notice a difference when the 2x limit ended, but I've swapped to medium reasoning rather than high, and I'm getting a fraction of what it was before. It feels like a free account. IT IS WORSE THAN CLAUDE

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019d5d9e-40ca-74b3-b20d-89542179f011

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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    CLIIssues related to the Codex CLI
    rate-limitsIssues related to rate limits, quotas, and token usage reporting
    on Apr 5, 2026
  2. Mahkhmood9 commented on Apr 5, 2026

    @Mahkhmood9

    notice gpt 5.4 has slightly higher limits than gpt 5.3

    try use gpt 5.4 mini , and context hygine

    you can use prompts to make your codebase smaller,,

    21k lines of slop code going to make more slop

    you can make your code more lean , and also try and migrate to mainstream libraries :)

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