exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests

Resolved 💬 20 comments Opened Feb 25, 2026 by davegraham92120 Closed Feb 25, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.224.1209

What subscription do you have?

Pro

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. Just normal prompting as I work on a single feature.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

I can't send any requests right now.

What is the expected behavior?

I have 99%+ remaining on all of my usage stats; I shouldn't be getting throttled.

Additional information

I submitted the logs via /feedback. The ID is: 019c8d04-9000-7113-8a57-fd1a1d0135f7

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20 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

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

  • #12675
  • #12674
  • #12681
  • #11434
  • #11083

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danielheringers · 4 months ago

Same here exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests, request id: 2592de41-f2dc-4588-a215-e30c65bdfc59
i Have pro with 99%

prrao87 · 4 months ago

There's definitely an issue ongoing! Please don't close this issue until there's a resolution. 🙏🏽

exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests, request id: 55a346e8-0896-419f-ad5b-8a30a3551e20
interactivetech · 4 months ago

yep I am running into the same issue also

williamzebrowskI · 4 months ago

Same problem - got to be a bug somewhere. Lots of people having this issue all of a sudden

RustamNafikov · 4 months ago

Same issue

diogogonnelli · 4 months ago

Same here

aozgaa · 4 months ago

same here

vmathews-source · 4 months ago

same here

ViditBabele · 4 months ago

same problem

playerzer0x · 4 months ago

same problem

nakurd · 4 months ago

Same issue here, it started for me after hitting the 5 hour limit yesterday. Now there are plenty of usage left.

martin0359 · 4 months ago

same quesiton,exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests, request id: 2b620209-43eb-466d-8a67-8f93db5f1e8d

danielheringers · 4 months ago

Restart pc resolved for me. Incredible

zzc0208 · 4 months ago

same issue

prrao87 · 4 months ago
Restart pc resolved for me. Incredible

Unbelievable indeed! restarting did work for me too! Hopefully it stays that way 🙏🏽

diogogonnelli · 4 months ago
Restart pc resolved for me. Incredible

did work for me too

tourze · 4 months ago

same issue

RustamNafikov · 4 months ago

Just try restarting IDEA - helped for me. Last resort - open new chat. But of course they should fix this.

etraut-openai contributor · 4 months ago

Thanks for the bug report. This was a transient issue due to server overload at a peak usage time. It is mitigated for now, and we're investigating a more permanent fix.