Used Codex Plus for 20 minutes and already hit weekly limit without hitting 5 hours one. Normal?
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Version 26.429.30905 (2345)
What subscription do you have?
Personal Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
I switched today from Claude to Codex with a Plus account.
After about 20 minutes, I hit my weekly limit. Why didn’t I hit a 5 hour limit first?
With Claude, my usage lasted much longer. At the beginning of the week, I would usually hit the 8-hour limit rather than the weekly limit right away.
Right now it feels like I wasted €20. Is this normal?
I see this message, when I already have plus account
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You've hit your usage limit. Upgrade to Plus to continue using Codex (https://chatgpt.com/explore/plus), or try again at May 11th, 2026 1:36 PM.
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If I click settings I see I'm logged in
<img width="294" height="302" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e96dddc4-55a6-4901-80ca-52d038205bc6" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
I switched today from Claude to Codex with a Plus account.
After about 20 minutes, I hit my weekly limit. Why didn’t I hit a 5 hour limit first?
With Claude, my usage lasted much longer. At the beginning of the week, I would usually hit the 8-hour limit rather than the weekly limit right away.
Right now it feels like I wasted €20. Is this normal?
I see this message, when I already have plus account
````
You've hit your usage limit. Upgrade to Plus to continue using Codex (https://chatgpt.com/explore/plus), or try again at May 11th, 2026 1:36 PM.
````
If I click settings I see I'm logged in
<img width="294" height="302" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e96dddc4-55a6-4901-80ca-52d038205bc6" />
What is the expected behavior?
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Additional information
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Although the message said I had reached the weekly limit, it seems like it was actually the 5-hour limit, since I can now use it again.
Also, in Settings → Rate limits remaining, both limits still appear at 100%.