Codex quota consumption has a serious bug #29963

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2. github-actions commented on Jun 25, 2026

   

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   What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

   code-app Latest, codex-cl iLatest

   What subscription do you have?

   pro 20x

   What platform is your computer?

   macOs, Ubuntu

   What issue are you seeing?

   

   Starting from 2026-06-25, Codex quota consumption has become 1000 times faster than before. With the Pro 20x subscription plan, a single normal review (single-threaded) can use up the entire 5-hour quota within 5 minutes, and 16% of the weekly quota was consumed. This is simply outrageous.

   What steps can reproduce the bug?

   Feedback ID: 019efc95-f5cb-77e0-be7e-7769dd718753

   What is the expected behavior?

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   Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

   • Quota drained instantly: 100 credits gone after 1 message, 5h limit reset to 0% #29955
   • Token metering loop causes physically impossible quota consumption (free/plus/pro) #29604
   • Codex Desktop consumed 80% of 5-hour usage limit within 5 minutes #28498
   • fix weekly limits on $100 plan #29895
   • Codex (gpt-5.5, Plus plan) — rate-limit cost per token jumped ~10-20x since June 16, draining the 5h budget in 2-3 prompts #28879

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6. vincent19951222 commented on Jun 25, 2026

   

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   same issue，5h usage was consumed within 5 mins

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7. rurico commented on Jun 25, 2026

   

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   Same here. As a Plus user, I experienced a ridiculous spike in quota consumption today.

   • Context setting: 5.4 Low
   • Input prompt: Just a single short instruction: return ok
   • Impact: This single action burned through 33% of my 5-hour tokens and 5% of my weekly tokens.

   The accounting logic is definitely broken for Plus accounts. Looking forward to a fix and a quota restoration.

   (Attached my screenshot below)

   
8. cop588 commented on Jun 25, 2026

   

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   I’m seeing the same issue today.

   On 2026-06-25, two separate ChatGPT Plus accounts started draining Codex quota abnormally right after the quota reset. In both cases, a single normal Codex task exhausted the available quota within about 5 minutes.

   This does not look like normal high usage or a large-context task. The key detail is that the abnormal drain started immediately after the reset on both Plus accounts.

   This seems like a quota reset / rate-limit accounting bug rather than a normal model usage increase. It directly consumes paid Codex entitlement, so please treat it as a paid quota accounting issue and investigate whether affected users can have incorrectly consumed quota restored.

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9. liangjiawei1992 commented on Jun 25, 2026

   

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   I've encountered the same issue. I've been waiting for a day, but I haven't received a reply yet
10. lain-creator commented on Jun 25, 2026

    

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    The same problem
11. jkooooo99 commented on Jun 26, 2026

    

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    same problem here!!!!!!!!
12. manfredlift commented on Jun 26, 2026

    

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    same here
13. simfor99 commented on Jul 2, 2026

    

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    I am seeing a very similar quota/accounting issue on a ChatGPT Pro 20x subscription.

    Observed on 2026-07-02, Europe/Berlin:

    • Codex CLI: v0.142.5
    • Model: gpt-5.5, reasoning high, summaries auto
    • Billing / ChatGPT plan page: ChatGPT Pro 20x
    • Codex /status account label: Pro Lite
    • /status showed 5h limit: 77% left, weekly limit: 43% left
    • GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark limits: 100% left
    • Immediately after that, a normal prompt was rejected with: You've hit your usage limit ... try again at 11:28 AM.

    The machine had been powered off overnight, and I had only worked for roughly ~2 hours in the morning before hitting the 5-hour window limit. This does not look like normal Pro 20x consumption. It looks like either:

    1. the wrong quota bucket / entitlement is being applied (Pro Lite vs ChatGPT Pro 20x),
    2. the 5h usage accounting is draining too quickly, or
    3. the usage display and enforcement are reading different backend state.

    Happy to provide screenshot evidence through a private support channel, since it contains account-identifying details.