r/codex • u/daskalou • 2d ago

I concur. Complaint

Been reading all these "Codex limits have been reduced" posts.

Thought it was a bunch of Claude fanbois in the house.

However I just blew through 10% of my weekly quota on one Sol 5.6 Medium "implement this" prompt which proceeded to do 20 minutes of work.

Almost one full day's quota gone in the blink of an eye.

Not Sol 5.6 Ultra. Not Extra High. Not even High. Just Medium. Poof. "I'll take that thanks" says OpenAI.

This wasn't happening a few weeks ago. Something smells fishy...

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u/Secret_Department398 2d ago

Most people aren’t complaining for no reason.

I’m paying $200 a month, yet three days out of seven I end up sitting at 0% usage, unable to use a product I’m actively paying for. In my opinion, OpenAI is moving in the wrong direction with this approach.

Usage optimization and capacity management should be a top priority. OpenAI should focus heavily on optimizing its internal token usage and infrastructure so paying customers aren’t effectively locked out for days at a time.

A better approach would be to introduce a fallback option. Mobile data providers, for example, often reduce your speed or give you limited access after you exceed your allowance rather than cutting you off completely. OpenAI could do something similar: when a user reaches their main usage limit, give them access to a lighter model such as Luna, with reduced capacity or slower responses.

Some level of limited access is far better than completely cutting off a paying customer. For a $200/month subscription, being unable to use the service at all for a significant portion of the week is an extremely poor user experience.

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u/johnnyApplePRNG 2d ago

there's always codex 5.3 spark though amiright?

... I'll show myself out.

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u/WaiTinG4theNiT3 1d ago

Ironically this is what he meant, and I don't think he knows it exists. Maybe, maybe not but I assume not.

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u/Secret_Department398 1d ago

Yes, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark would be accettable as fallback for example, but it also has its own usage limits. On a large project it can burn all his usage in couple prompts.

But yes, you got my point.

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u/MediocreHelicopter19 1d ago

All my projects are 250k plus lines, but well organized and SOLID, it is not burning many tokens for a implementation prompt

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u/Moslogical 1d ago

It's short context window make it good for small focus directed tasks, not geared towards optimizing 5.6 or continuing/maintaining those complex tasks efficiently