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@devanshu10
devanshu10
opened on Apr 25, 2026

What variant of Codex are you using?

5.4

What feature would you like to see?

I have a Plus plan and I am getting a notification message on codex "Error running remote compact task: You've hit your usage limit. Upgrade to Pro (https://chatgpt.com/explore/pro), visit https://chatgpt.com/codex/settings/usage to purchase more credits or try again at Apr 28th, 2026 9:02 PM.". This is unacceptable. I’m building a real project but I am not a professional developer.
The current Codex hard usage limits block my workflow completely.

Unlike competitors (like Claude Code), where limits reset every few hours,
Codex stops access entirely until a future date.

This makes it very difficult to learn and build projects.

Request:

  • Either remove hard stop limits
  • Or allow continuous usage with degraded speed
  • Or provide beginner-friendly mode with softer limits

This is critical for non-developers trying to build real products.

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  1. devanshu10
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    enhancementNew feature or request
    on Apr 25, 2026
  2. github-actions
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    rate-limitsIssues related to rate limits, quotas, and token usage reporting
    on Apr 25, 2026

  3. github-actions commented on Apr 25, 2026

    @github-actions
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    on Apr 25, 2026 – with GitHub Actions
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    Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

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  4. etraut-openai
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    bugSomething isn't working
    contextIssues related to context management (including compaction)
    and removed
    enhancementNew feature or request
    on Apr 25, 2026

  5. devanshu10 commented on Apr 26, 2026

    @devanshu10
    devanshu10
    on Apr 26, 2026 via email
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  6. Allmight97 commented on Apr 28, 2026

    @Allmight97
    Allmight97
    on Apr 28, 2026

    It should not be closed, you need to fix this. This usage limit came right
    after my renewal date, which was April 22nd. Something seems to be
    manipulated
    …

    I'm having the same issue and trying to get some attention on the matter.

  7. knmc1 commented on May 25, 2026

    @knmc1
    knmc1
    on May 25, 2026

    i double this, i have a Pro subscription myself and the rate limits are actually so limiting that only a few prompts already exhaust around 25% of my week limit, sometimes a single prompt completely devours my 5 hour limit
    there really should just be the 5 hour limit, the weekly limit is just plain stupid, im genuinely ready to increase the load on my GPU to run it locally on my computer to minimize the rate limit usage, but obviously for them its more profitable to force users to pay for the 100 - 200 dollar subscription for the simplest of tasks

  8. theedov commented on May 26, 2026

    @theedov
    theedov
    on May 26, 2026

    5h currently takes around 30% of my weekly limit on plus. 5h is exhausted in like 1 hour max using 5.5 medium/low(5.4 is unusably slow for some reason). Not sure what's going on, it was supposed to be fixed few days ago(as per OpenAI Status page).

  9. dylanclemybusiness commented on Jun 7, 2026

    @dylanclemybusiness
    dylanclemybusiness
    on Jun 7, 2026

    I have a Plus account and its telling me to upgrade to plus again - I have uninstalled the app, logged out of all devices, restarted computer, nothing helps - ID: 019ea168-8278-7672-91df-fe2ce0ffe33e

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  10. etraut-openai
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    contextIssues related to context management (including compaction)
    on Jun 29, 2026
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