Codex 5hr limit exhausted too quickly across runs
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 5, 2026 by Xenotemos Closed Apr 5, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What issue are you seeing?
Codex's 5 hour usage limit becomes exhausted after less than an hour of implementation + testing. I started hitting the limit halfway into a remediation plan of my current project, most of which is a minor to moderate code patch then testing where the most of the session's time is spent, so it doesnt even use up tokens.
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
Requesting a simple refactor within the project.
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
Model: GPT-5.4 High
Subagents: None
Ran locally
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OpenAI and Anthropic have shown they will abuse their customers at every opportunity, and then gaslight them about it. When the CEO is a sociopath, the company is a sociopath. I'm going to try to chargeback my $200.