5h quota and weekly quota are consumed at the same rate unexpectedly

Open 💬 4 comments Opened Mar 18, 2026 by yandeqiang
💡 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)?

Latest version (as of 2026-03-18) – using Codex via ChatGPT

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus (Codex access enabled)

What platform is your computer?

macOS (Intel / Apple Silicon) – uname output: Darwin

What issue are you seeing?

I noticed that my 5-hour usage quota and weekly quota are being consumed at almost the same rate, which seems incorrect.

Based on my understanding, these two limits should operate independently:

  • The 5-hour quota should reset on a rolling window
  • The weekly quota should accumulate over a longer period

However, in my case:

  • When I use Codex for a short period, both the 5-hour quota and the weekly quota decrease almost proportionally
  • The consumption speed of both limits appears nearly identical

This makes it feel like they are either:

  1. Sharing the same underlying counter, or
  2. Being deducted incorrectly in parallel

This behavior is unexpected and may indicate a quota tracking or accounting issue.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Start a new Codex session
  2. Perform several tasks (e.g., code generation / edits / analysis)
  3. Observe quota usage in the dashboard (5h and weekly limits)

Observed behavior:

  • Both 5h and weekly quotas decrease at nearly the same rate

Expected behavior:

  • 5h quota should decrease based on short-term usage
  • Weekly quota should decrease independently and at a different pace

Additional notes:

  • This behavior is consistent across multiple sessions
  • No unusually large prompts or context usage involved

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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4 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 5 months ago

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

  • #13317
  • #14789
  • #14628
  • #14059
  • #13930

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Jfuentes95cl · 5 months ago

Estimado, me esta pasando lo mismo, el limite semanal con el limite diario se consumen a la misma manera, no logro entender por que, voy variando en los razonamientos , desde medio a alto dependiendo de los requerimientos.

Pero aun así disminuyen al mismo tiempo, y uso gpt codex 5.3

sk2andy · 4 months ago
Estimado, me esta pasando lo mismo, el limite semanal con el limite diario se consumen a la misma manera, no logro entender por que, voy variando en los razonamientos , desde medio a alto dependiendo de los requerimientos. Pero aun así disminuyen al mismo tiempo, y uso gpt codex 5.3

I do not want to be offending, but please write in English. Not everyone on this planet speaks Spanish

Jfuentes95cl · 4 months ago
> Estimado, me esta pasando lo mismo, el limite semanal con el limite diario se consumen a la misma manera, no logro entender por que, voy variando en los razonamientos , desde medio a alto dependiendo de los requerimientos. > Pero aun así disminuyen al mismo tiempo, y uso gpt codex 5.3 I do not want to be offending, but please write in English. Not everyone on this planet speaks Spanish

Dear Sir/Madam, I'm experiencing the same issue. The weekly and daily limits seem to be consumed at the same rate, and I can't understand why. I've tried varying the reasoning, from medium to high depending on the requirements.

However, they still decrease simultaneously, and I'm using GPT Codex 5.3.