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Usage limits draining 5-10x too fast for 2 weeks, one message eats 46% of the 5h window #30939
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Feedback ID: 019eaf5c-26e2-79a0-b678-ffa25afc0863
Hi, opening this after uploading feedback from the CLI, id above.
Whats happening: since around mid June my Codex usage limits burn about 5-10x faster than normal, and it looks disconnected from actual token usage.
The two things that make no sense:
- I was on vacation and barely used Codex, but ~30% of my limit was already gone.
- I just sent ONE message and it ate 46% of my 5 hour window. One message can't cost that on this plan, so the accounting is clearly off.
This has been going on for 2 weeks. I'm on the paid plan (100x5).
Network clue: switching to a US IP fixed it for a while, but today that stopped helping too and its draining fast again. Feels like the anti abuse filter got widened.
I think its related to the rate limiter incident on the status page, id 01KW2E6W0503W4NXJNCVAG8V6T. Affected users apparently got quota resets but my account never got fixed.
Environment:
- Codex CLI version:
codex-cli 0.142.0 - OS: macOS
15.7.4(24G517)
Can attach usage graph screenshots if helpful. Thanks
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[-]Codex limits draining 5-10x too fast for 2 weeks, one message used 46% of 5h window[/-][+]Usage limits draining 5-10x too fast for 2 weeks, one message eats 46% of the 5h window[/+]github-actions commentedon Jul 2, 2026
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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in0vik commentedon Jul 2, 2026
recently I haven't sent a single message at all, and I've completely run out of tokens
coolleave commentedon Jul 3, 2026
I'm experiencing the same problem. My codex quota draining unusually fast.
yamaad commentedon Jul 6, 2026
Experienced both issues here.
I tested today a simple 'hi' with gpt-5.4-mini with light thinking with no project - under 'Chats'- and that driange my 5hr usage from 99% to ~ 84% and after the session ended already it kept going down to 73% ...!
ch666888 commentedon Jul 9, 2026
Same here, the credit usage is definitely not normal. So is there any good way to fix this? Aaargh! I'm so frustrated!
linanwx commentedon Jul 12, 2026
I encountered a similar problem. I have stopped subscribing until the problem is resolved.
FromAriel commentedon Aug 27, 2026
Cross-linking this early recurring 5–10x depletion report to #41220, the new meta tracker for abnormal Codex usage/quota depletion and usage-accounting inconsistencies. This case is useful historically because it dates the recurring symptom to mid-June and reports the behavior changing with route/IP and later recurring, which may help correlate rate-limiter/anti-abuse state or deployments against later July/August reports.
rsshahiwala commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Facing the exact same issue here on my paid plan. Quota is draining abnormally fast (sometimes 30–50% from just one or two normal prompts or even while sitting idle), making the service practically unusable. Hope this gets investigated and resolved soon!