Codex is using daily usage even when it is not doing anything
Open 💬 2 comments Opened May 31, 2026 by matheusJMC
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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.527.31326
What subscription do you have?
Chatgpt Plus
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
Today i opened codex and went to eat something, when i came back it had used all my 5 hours limit and 15% of my weekly usage it wasnt even doing anything, just by being open it used it all
What steps can reproduce the bug?
I just opened the app, it is weird because 2 days ago the app wasnt opening, now that it is working again half of the app is transparent on full screen and it is using my daily usage even if it is not doing anything
What is the expected behavior?
_No response_
Additional information
Hope we can fix this. ✌
2 Comments
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FYI, turning off ambient suggestions MAY fix this: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/25302. However, your example seems way more extreme.