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Token drain issue w/ multiple agents #30842

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@wantseeplanbe
wantseeplanbe
opened on Jul 1, 2026

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

Version 26.616.71553 • Released Jun 22, 2026

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

MacOS: Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

My 5-hr compute quota drains from 100% to 0% within 1-2 minutes after codex spins up about 4-5 sub-agents. It also drains my weekly compute by about 20-25% within that same 1-2 min timeframe. Historically I haven't seen any token drain like this, despite using about the same amount of compute as previously.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: 019dae12-0b40-7800-bfad-82c49ed2a989

What is the expected behavior?

Token drain doesn't occur as rapidly (1-2 mins seems extreme) when Codex uses sub-agents.

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  3. github-actions commented on Jul 1, 2026

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

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  4. mohammedtaha-ai commented on Jul 4, 2026

    @mohammedtaha-ai
    mohammedtaha-ai
    on Jul 4, 2026

    I’m seeing a very similar issue in Codex App.

    • App version: 26.623.13972.0
    • Plan: Plus
    • OS: Windows x64
    • Model/effort: GPT-5.5 High
    • Scenario: relatively small dependency/import replacement task with 3 subagents
    • Observed: the 5-hour usage meter dropped from around 90% remaining to around 10%, then shortly after showed that I was out of Codex messages.

    This feels disproportionate compared to the task size. It is also unclear whether the main session continues consuming usage while waiting for subagents to finish.

    It would help if Codex App showed per-request and per-subagent usage accounting.

  5. eah3699 commented on Jul 10, 2026

    @eah3699
    eah3699
    on Jul 10, 2026

    Codex sub-agents are pretty much unusable with these drain rates.

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