Since last week, many Codex users have likely sensed two problems at once. First, the model feels less capable. Second, the usage quota drains at an alarming pace. Even simple tasks can burn through a five-hour quota in no time. As a result, the twin issues have sparked widespread frustration among developers. Indeed, many have taken to X/Twitter, complaining that their quota no longer covers normal work. They are now urging Codex to investigate and fix the trouble quickly.
Usage Quotas Really Have Dropped
The statistics back up these complaints. For our testing, we reach Codex through the open-source relay app Sub2Api, which also offers a rough usage estimate. Previously, a ChatGPT Plus subscription delivered roughly $150 worth of weekly quota. Since last week, however, that figure has fallen to about $115, measured by token consumption.
Even a fairly simple task — around five rounds of dialogue — can exhaust a five-hour quota outright. After that, we can only wait patiently for the quota to recover. Honestly, the experience is dreadful. Nobody wants to work fifteen minutes and then sit idle for four hours and forty-five minutes. Therefore, we have had to bring in other models to keep normal work moving.
OpenAI Says It Is Monitoring and Investigating
A Codex product manager has heard the complaints and confirmed an investigation. According to the team, members spent last Sunday in a war room, combing through logs for anything that might trigger a usage spike. Meanwhile, OpenAI added an entry to its status page, noting that the issue may stem from abuse and fraud prevention systems wrongly rate-limiting certain accounts. Even so, OpenAI stressed that it has not observed broad declines in Codex usage. Consequently, the investigation continues.
OpenAI’s abuse and fraud prevention systems have caused repeated trouble lately. At first, the glitch downgraded some ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers to free-tier usage, which carries an extremely low quota. The system no longer drops users all the way to the free tier. Still, the quota people actually receive remains far below earlier levels. Therefore, merely resetting quotas treats the symptom rather than the cause.
More Resets Promised Once the Fix Lands
While investigating, the Codex team also performed a hard reset for every subscriber on Monday morning. Here, a hard reset means the team directly reset each subscriber’s five-hour and weekly quota, rather than adding extra reset credits. Our own cycle naturally resets on Monday, so we did not notice this particular reset. Even so, the Codex team revealed a plan. Once the problem is fully resolved, users will receive more reset credits. Those credits will then carry over, ready whenever the need arises.
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