Pro plan Upgrade while being rate limited
Open 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 15, 2026 by lestermassena
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
Latest
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
Gpt-5.4
What platform is your computer?
Windows
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
_No response_
What issue are you seeing?
Hit a rate limit. then upgraded to pro. Rate limit did not disappear until the 5 hour window ended. On the web: codex usage was showing the 95% usage available, but cli was showing red text "you've hit rate limit "
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Hit rare limit in codex CLI, while being on Plus subscription.
Upgrade to Pro.
Type anything in codex CLI, still getting rate limited.
What is the expected behavior?
After upgrading the rate limit should be recalculated on server side (or clear cached limits timer/data)
Additional information
_No response_
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Same issue, submitted feedback from Codex with thread ID
019d91de-ac65-7003-bccc-37f84692c376.I've reinstalled the app, logged out and back in, and still no use. Yes, I'm using same account in Codex and in ChatGPT.
Edit: After an hour or so it started working. A bit annoying tbh.
it started working for me as well with a big delay