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You've hit your usage limit. Try again in 4 days 20 hours 9 minutes.

Open frankie0736 opened this issue 3 months ago • 4 comments

Hi I'm on a business plan (30usd/month), purchased 2/3 days ago.

it stopped working after I use it for less than 20 hours.

what's the exact limitation while using codex?

is there any doc, thanks.

frankie0736 avatar Sep 07 '25 01:09 frankie0736

This is what's known so far https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11369540-using-codex-with-your-chatgpt-plan

MaurUppi avatar Sep 07 '25 03:09 MaurUppi

This is what's known so far https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11369540-using-codex-with-your-chatgpt-plan

Pro Local tasks: Average users can send 300-1,500 messages every 5 hours with a weekly limit. I am pro user. what is the weekly limit? just worried every time see this info. it will be better if i can check my usage somewhere. or it shows in vscode codex chat.

rockyicer avatar Sep 07 '25 10:09 rockyicer

its not working. I have a pro plan an constantly get restricted. I always upgrade codex too. I dont use 1500 messages every 5 hours. now im maxed for 4 days this is silly.

lifeofgurpreet avatar Sep 08 '25 00:09 lifeofgurpreet

I didn't send 1500 messages every 5 hours, that's insane... I don't know why limit hit.

frankie0736 avatar Sep 08 '25 01:09 frankie0736

Everytime codex does something like for example searching / reading parts of your code...this counts as a message apperantly. not just prompts you send.

FreddyE1982 avatar Sep 08 '25 05:09 FreddyE1982

Dude, literally im Plus user with only around 10 prompts, and i hit the limit WHAT THE FUC?

royzennet avatar Sep 08 '25 10:09 royzennet

At 200usd per month codex usage is 5% of what Claude code offers this is unfair

lifeofgurpreet avatar Sep 08 '25 22:09 lifeofgurpreet

Hit the usage limit on pro. Odd. @aibrahim-oai @pakrym-oai assist?

Alfredo-Sandoval avatar Sep 09 '25 01:09 Alfredo-Sandoval

I understand there are limits, but we need more transparency on what they are, how close we are to hitting them. I just got a 4 days cool down on my first week. Now I'm probably over using codex, but i much preffered what Antrophic does with Claude Code and has 5 hour block so at most you're banned for 5 hours. Or gives a warning when your usage is approaching limits and you get the opportunity to switch to a lower reasoning model to stretch it out.

Anaxagoras-bc avatar Sep 11 '25 20:09 Anaxagoras-bc

I am a Business Plan user

Question regarding:

  • https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11369540-using-codex-with-your-chatgpt-plan

Plus Local tasks: Average users can send 30-150 messages every 5 hours with a weekly limit. Cloud tasks: Generous limits for a limited time. Best for: Developers looking to power a few focused coding sessions each week.

Pro Local tasks: Average users can send 300-1,500 messages every 5 hours with a weekly limit. Cloud tasks: Generous limits for a limited time. Best for: Developers looking to power their full workday across multiple projects.

Business Business plans include the same per-seat usage limits as Plus. Business plans with flexible pricing can purchase credits to increase access to local tasks above the provided limits. Please refer to the ChatGPT rate card for more information.

Business plan and Plus have the same send 30-150 messages every 5 hours with a weekly limit. THEN why is the cooling period so long?

🖐  You've hit your usage limit. Try again in 1 day 22 hours 2 minutes.

  • https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11481834-chatgpt-rate-card

Did I miss somewhere where it may have mentioned "how many credits may have been per month?"

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MaurUppi avatar Sep 12 '25 04:09 MaurUppi

@MaurUppi well well i only prompted about 10-15 yet i got weekly limit already not transparent enough, really dissapointed about this

amazing extensions yet not transparent :'(

royzennet avatar Sep 12 '25 10:09 royzennet

not sure what is happening. i had to wait 3 days to use it then used it on and off today then i get: 🖐  You've hit your usage limit. Upgrade to Pro (https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing) or try again in 1 hour 20 minutes.

i then wait over an 1 hour 30 minutes later and i get the following on my first try:

🖐  You've hit your usage limit. Upgrade to Pro (https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing) or try again in 5 days 16 hours 23 minutes.

phynias avatar Sep 12 '25 12:09 phynias

@phynias I had the same issue. I did some light coding, maybe 10-15 messages over the course of less than 3 hours, hit the usage limit, and went to sleep. Over 12 hours later, my first message gave me this message

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jonahdk avatar Sep 13 '25 17:09 jonahdk

Hit the usage limit on pro. Odd. @aibrahim-oai @pakrym-oai assist?

@Alfredo-Sandoval, may I know if there is any updated info to share?

MaurUppi avatar Sep 16 '25 10:09 MaurUppi

@MaurUppi No. Just hit another weekly limit. its caching an insane amount of tokens and no idea why.

Token usage: total=748,177 input=693,709 (+ 9,781,504 cached) output=54,468 (reasoning 33,216)

Alfredo-Sandoval avatar Sep 16 '25 14:09 Alfredo-Sandoval

@MaurUppi No. Just hit another weekly limit. its caching an insane amount of tokens and no idea why.

Token usage: total=748,177 input=693,709 (+ 9,781,504 cached) output=54,468 (reasoning 33,216)

Thanks for the responses. What I felt confused about is that the measurement metrics on the webpage are messages or credits, BUT actual practice is token calculation. I can't argue about this, but the user is expecting a more transparent and better UX experience. Such as

  1. approaching 5-hour limitation. THEN, x hours y minutes cooling time.
  2. DO not block by a x days y hours z minutes, surprisingly.

MaurUppi avatar Sep 17 '25 00:09 MaurUppi

bullllss""""" ■ You've hit your usage limit. Upgrade to Pro (https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing) or try again in 5 days 22 hours 11 minutes. okey thanks ...

baran312 avatar Sep 19 '25 04:09 baran312

5 days, get lost greedy codex

quantuminformation avatar Sep 19 '25 10:09 quantuminformation

@aibrahim-oai May I know if the below is your mitigation plan?

https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/4075

MaurUppi avatar Sep 23 '25 03:09 MaurUppi