Compaction hit usage limit but /status showing available

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 5, 2026 by aussher77 Closed Jun 29, 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?

v0.118.0

What subscription do you have?

Business

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4 medium

What platform is your computer?

Windows 11

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

WSL

What issue are you seeing?

Background terminals

• No background terminals running.

■ Error running remote compact task: You've hit your usage limit. To get more access now, send a request to your admin or try again at 2:57 PM.

/status

╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >_ OpenAI Codex (v0.118.0) │
│ │
│ Visit https://chatgpt.com/codex/settings/usage for up-to-date │
│ information on rate limits and credits │
│ │
│ Model: gpt-5.4 (reasoning medium, summaries auto) │
│ Permissions: Custom (workspace-write, on-request) │
│ Agents.md: AGENTS.md │
│ Account: aussher@focusedondata.co.uk (Business) │
│ Collaboration mode: Default │
│ Session: 019d5cdb-9e2e-7722-80bb-2c228ba479cc │
│ │
│ 5h limit: [██████████░░░░░░░░░░] 50% left (resets 14:57) │
│ Weekly limit: [████████████░░░░░░░░] 62% left (resets 17:59 on 9 Apr) │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019d5cdb-9e2e-7722-80bb-2c228ba479cc

What is the expected behavior?

If you tell me I have exceeded the limits then I would expect /status to tell me.

Additional information

_No response_

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4 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

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

#16592
#16194
#16770

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markashton480 · 4 months ago

Same issue here, also business/team account.

aussher77 · 4 months ago

Mark, there appears to be two different issues.

A change in how tokens are calculated so it is burning through allowances faster.

Terrible coding, in that once Code CLI reaches the limit, it does not allow access to the backend to refresh the allowance limits.

I tested by checking the allowance online (in my account) and it shows 0 hours remaining.

If you close codex and start again, it shows 0 hours remaining.

Andrew

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Same issue here, also business/team account.

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etraut-openai contributor · 1 month ago

Thanks for reporting this problem. Until recently, Codex used a separate endpoint and server-side logic for compaction. We recently switched to a more robust approach where the compaction logic is moved locally using the same endpoint as normal turns. This eliminates "remote compaction" errors and increases the stability and reliability of compaction operations. If you see further problems with compaction, please use /feedback and open a new bug report.