Rate Limits going CRAZY??
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 5, 2026 by markashton480 Closed Apr 5, 2026
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
0.117.0
What subscription do you have?
Team/Business
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.4 (medium)
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.8.0-106-generic x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
_No response_
What issue are you seeing?
Hitting 5 hour (and weekly) rate limits CRAZY fast. Basic tasks are resulting in complete usage for the entire 5 hour period - within like 10 minutes of usage. I realise the 2x rate limit has ended on 2nd April, but this is WAY, WAY more than just a 2x increase on the previous volume. I was expecting to notice a difference when the 2x limit ended, but I've swapped to medium reasoning rather than high, and I'm getting a fraction of what it was before. It feels like a free account. IT IS WORSE THAN CLAUDE
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019d5d9e-40ca-74b3-b20d-89542179f011
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
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notice gpt 5.4 has slightly higher limits than gpt 5.3
try use gpt 5.4 mini , and context hygine
you can use prompts to make your codebase smaller,,
21k lines of slop code going to make more slop
you can make your code more lean , and also try and migrate to mainstream libraries :)