exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests

Resolved 💬 18 comments Opened Feb 24, 2026 by nicoloceneda Closed Feb 24, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.104.0

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.3-codex xhigh

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Terminal.app

What issue are you seeing?

I keep getting this error message

exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests, request id:

Even if I start a new session the error message persists.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Just prompt codex CLI.

What is the expected behavior?

It should not display this error message.

Additional information

_No response_

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18 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #12677
  • #12675
  • #12674

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ZACHHTER · 4 months ago

I can confirm the same issue happened today on my side as well. Seems like OpenAI's throttler is misaligned? I did not increase my requests/min average in comparison to the last 14 days while it happened.

ramaaaaaaa7 · 1 month ago

just got this issue as well.

aadillpickle · 1 month ago

same

Barcingaround · 1 month ago

also getting this issue just now, presume it a bug

rav4kumar · 1 month ago

same

will-r-wang · 1 month ago

same here

HowdyMexicoHowAreYa · 1 month ago

+1

jiawenGuan1 · 1 month ago

same!!!

Fritzll · 1 month ago

same!

Fritzll · 1 month ago

is 5.6 coming? lol

jacquesfeng123 · 1 month ago

me too!

1403511314 · 1 month ago

+1 救命

PixelPhantom7 · 1 month ago

Same, on codex 5.5 high

cumtcxf-alt · 1 month ago

问GPT如何解决,退出重登,结果对话都没法回复了

Tuzicodes · 1 month ago

怎么解决呢?等自动恢复吗?

will-r-wang · 1 month ago

Looks good now

pollux2021 · 1 month ago

same!