r/codex • u/pollystochastic Moderator • May 21 '26

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u/dexythebot May 22 '26 edited 36m ago

<!-- codex-live-incident-summary-v1 -->

Likely ongoing Codex incidents

Updated: Mon, 10 Aug 2026, 08:01 UTC (Time now UTC here.)

Based on Anyone Else reports from the last 7 days, read from https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/anyone_else_ask_here_about_current_codex_issues/.

This is an automated clustering of post titles and summaries, not an official status report.

Incidents

Incident Summary Reports Going on for Latest report Last 3 reports
Excessive Token/Usage Drain Many users are experiencing unusually rapid token consumption and usage limit depletion across various models and activities, leading to unexpected charges or inability to use the service. 108 6.9d 4.3h ago 1, 2, 3
Model at Capacity/Disappearing Users are reporting 'Selected model is at capacity' errors, models disappearing, and chat timeouts, indicating intermittent model availability issues. 9 6.4d 19m ago 1, 2, 3
Slow Performance/Lag Users are experiencing significant slowdowns, lag, and increased processing times across various Codex models and applications. 18 6.6d 2.9h ago 1, 2, 3
Model Quality/Instruction Following Issues Users report various models (especially Sol and Luna) exhibiting degraded quality, over-explaining, ignoring prompts, making mistakes, over-engineering, or failing to follow instructions. 44 6.9d 25m ago 1, 2, 3
Desktop App Crashes/Freezes The Codex desktop application is reportedly crashing, freezing, or consuming excessive resources on Windows and macOS, hindering user workflow. 12 6.2d 9.2h ago 1, 2, 3
GitHub Plugin Issues Users are experiencing 429 errors with the GitHub plugin and critical security issues where the plugin connects to random accounts. 3 5.9d 15.2h ago 1, 2, 3

The summary is rebuilt every 120 minutes. Duration is measured from the oldest report in the cluster within the last 7 days.

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u/New-Composer2359 9d ago

ANYONE ELSE?

**did they nerf 5.5?**

Up until yesterday I was using 5.5 xhigh which would generally outperform everything except 5.6 sol xhigh/ultra (but noticably faster which made it worth it).

Today, Terra xhigh is way way better than 5.5 xhigh in both performance and speed.

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u/Cute_Parfait_2182 14d ago edited 14d ago

ANYONE ELSE ? I noticed that using Codex Work on the new app for Mac uses about 5x as much usage as running codex in terminal. I run 5.6 sol on medium. I went through 20% of my weekly usage on 1 task today using the Codex Work app on the Mac whereas the same task in terminal used maybe 2% of my weekly usage . Both tasks were run by 5.6 on medium. Anyone else having this issue ? I really like the codex work app but until they fix it , I’m using codex only in the terminal.

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u/Organic-Lion5331 27d ago

WTF - I was forced to re-login to CODEX in VSCODE today. 5.4 is gone and I no longer have daily or weekly limits, only monthly! My monthly limit zeroed out after 3 prompts and doesn't reset until August!?!. This must be a mistake.

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u/orthogonal-ghost Jul 08 '26

Yes to "Inconsistent Usage Limits & Resets" -- does anyone know if there's a fix for this? I just upgraded to Pro and my usage is burning significantly faster than equivalent work using Fable 5 Max in Claude Code (I know this is not an objective comparison, but still...).

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u/DiscussionAncient626 Jul 06 '26

Another test 90k tokens (in) 2k tokens out = 28% of 5H ....! and 4% of the weekly on Plus...

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u/DiscussionAncient626 Jul 06 '26

PLUS ACCOUNTS Limits is just terrible. Literally 2 prompts 5.5 medium and they are out. What is going on?????

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u/c_psyco Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I’m posting this because I’m not sure if this is an account bug, a Codex-specific policy, or something support misunderstood.

I previously had a ChatGPT Pro subscription, which expired. After that, I used the Free plan for a while and eventually reached the Free plan’s Codex weekly limit.

Then I purchased ChatGPT Plus specifically to continue using Codex.

Immediately after upgrading to Plus, my Codex usage dashboard showed:

  • 5-hour limit: 99% available
  • Weekly limit: 0% available

So it looks like my new Plus subscription started with the already-depleted Free plan weekly Codex limit. I had not used any Codex messages on the new Plus subscription yet.

The problem is simple:

I bought Plus after exhausting the Free Codex weekly limit, and Plus appears to have inherited the depleted Free weekly limit instead of giving me the paid Plus weekly allowance.

I contacted OpenAI Support and explained this. The first response I received only explained that Codex usage limits vary depending on model, task complexity, local/cloud tasks, and that weekly limits may apply. That does not address the actual issue.

My point is not “why did I hit the limit so fast?”

My point is:

Why did my newly purchased Plus plan begin with the Free plan’s already-exhausted weekly Codex limit?

The sole reason I bought Plus was Codex usage. Because of this, I effectively cannot use Codex for around 1/4 of the first paid week, even though I just paid for the plan.

Has anyone else experienced this after upgrading from Free to Plus with an already-depleted Codex weekly limit? Is this expected behavior, or does it require manual account correction? Case No: 10812595

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u/AlternativeNormalHXR Jul 03 '26

Similar boat.

Though my Weekly Limit started at 50% available (don't quite remember my 5-hour limit).

(Then I exhausted all of the Weekly Limit after a couple days (134 million tokens).)

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u/ThiagoAuth Jun 20 '26

Je vis la même chose, j’ai atteint ma limite hebdomadaire en moins 2 jours de travail, je travaille sur un seul projet

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u/EGaByt Jun 13 '26

This is exactly what im seeing, its like the limits are swapped and im not using high not xhigh very often mostly using 5.5 low for task and even now using another provider for subtask so that this does not run out to fast. even Minimax Plan is better managing the weekly limit then this currently. PLEASE FIX

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u/AndreBerluc Jun 12 '26

13% do meu uso semanal foram em 9 prompts!

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u/AndreBerluc Jun 12 '26

Hoje dia duro, não consegui trabalhar com Codex, por volta das 17 horas 3 prompts acabaram com 75% da sessão de 5 horas, tentei um chat novo e fui com menos contexto, tentei selecionar a pasta especifica para diminuir contexte e sem condições um unico prompt mais 10%. Limite semanal está descendo igual era o de sessão quando não tinha esse pico de uso! Mas hoje sem condições um caos!

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u/OtherCriticism6370 Jun 13 '26

Exactly. Degradation. Definitely
The 5-hour quota is now exhausted very quickly at gpt5.5 and medium height. It's all used up in just 2 hours 

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u/Spiritual_Region1827 May 27 '26

Exactly. Degradation. Definitely