Codex IDE extension prompts “add credits” even though credits are available

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.415.20818

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Windows 11 Home

What issue are you seeing?

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Codex IDE extension prompts “add credits” even though credits are available and usage page confirms remaining balance

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Summary

The Codex VS Code extension is telling me I’ve hit my usage limit and inviting me to add credits, but the linked usage page shows that I still have credits available.

This appears to be a billing/limit handoff bug: the extension recognizes that my included weekly limit is exhausted, but does not fall through to using my available credits.

Environment

• IDE: VS Code
• OS: Windows 11 Home
• Codex plugin version: 26.415.20818

What I’m seeing

In Codex, /status shows:

• 5h limit: 100% left
• 7d limit: 0% left

The extension then prompts me to add credits.

However, clicking the provided link opens the Codex usage page, which shows:

• Credits remaining: 3,336
• Use credits to send messages beyond your plan limit

So the account clearly has credits available, but the extension still behaves as though I need to add more.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Use Codex in the VS Code extension until the weekly included limit is exhausted.
2. Confirm /status shows something like:

• 5h limit: 100% left
• 7d limit: 0% left

1. Attempt to continue using Codex.
2. Observe that the extension prompts to add credits.
3. Click the provided link to the Codex usage page.
4. Observe that the usage page shows available credits remaining.

What is the expected behavior?

Once the included weekly plan limit is exhausted, Codex should continue working by consuming available credits already on the account.

Actual behavior

The IDE extension prompts me to add credits and links to the credits page, but the credits page confirms that credits are already available.

Additional information

I also saw some instability around restoring a recent chat session in the plugin, although that session later reappeared. I’m not sure whether the session-restore issue is related to this billing/limit issue, but it may be worth checking.

I can provide screenshots of:

• the /status output
• the “add credits” prompt
• the usage page showing 3,336 credits remaining