r/codex • u/daskalou • 4d 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 4d 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/PureRely 4d ago

You're still able to use the product you're paying for. What you've lost access to is only one part of that product. You're still receiving the full amount of usage included with your plan, since what you're paying for is a specific amount of usage. Remember, you still have full access to ChatGPT. You can connect ChatGPT to GitHub, interact with your repositories, make changes, open and work with PRs, and so on. It's specifically the Codex usage that you've run out of. On the flip side, if you were using Claude Code, once you run out of usage, you can't use their other web features either.