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Subagent feature: Launching subagents instantly drains entire Pro plan usage quota #9833

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What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.89.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

codex 5.2 xhigh

What platform is your computer?

Windows (Using WSL)

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

No response

What issue are you seeing?

Launched sub agents and it instantly killed 25% of my weekly usage on PRO plan in a matter of minutes

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Using sub agents

What is the expected behavior?

No response

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    CLIIssues related to the Codex CLI
    rate-limitsIssues related to rate limits, quotas, and token usage reporting
    on Jan 25, 2026
  2. etraut-openai commented on Jan 25, 2026

    @etraut-openai
    Contributor

    Thanks for reporting. We're aware of this issue and are tracking it in #9748.

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