Feedback: /goal mode usage consumes too much weekly limit
I want to give some feedback about Codex billing / weekly limits, especially for /goal mode.
I think it is necessary to adjust the quota for different user tiers, increase the weekly limits, or find a way to reduce the usage cost of /goal mode.
From my recent experience as a 20x Pro user, one long /goal task can run for several hours and may consume a very large part of the weekly limit. For example, I personally ran a 12-hour /goal task and it used more than 70% of my weekly limit, not even counting the credits that were also consumed.
For 5x Pro or Plus users, this makes /goal mode almost impractical, because their weekly quota may not even be enough to support one complete long /goal task.
I am not posting this as a complaint, but as feedback based on actual recent usage. If OpenAI is promoting how powerful /goal mode is, the weekly quota also needs to keep up with that usage pattern. Otherwise, /goal feels like a very advanced feature that many users cannot really afford to use fully because the weekly limits are too low for one complete long-running task.
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It's true that it burns through a lot of credits, but I feel it does a much better job than just a single prompt. So I often prefer to use goal mode when I could use a single prompt instead. It might help to use a lower reasoning mode (e.g.
HighoverExtra High).And honestly, it ran 12 hours? Try to calculate what that would have cost you with any other major AI plans or even APIs.
Main reason I'm posting is because I wouldn't like to see Goal mode nerfed - single prompts are still quite unpredictable to work with in Codex I feel, as opposed to those of their big competitor.
I use Codex for real software development on a paid ChatGPT Plus subscription.
The new weekly usage limit significantly disrupts my workflow. Previously, I could concentrate on a project and complete several days of development in 1–2 intensive days.
With the weekly limit, I now have to artificially spread the same work over an entire week. This makes Codex much less useful as a professional development tool.
I understand the need for rate limits, but I would strongly prefer either:
a much larger weekly allowance;
removal of the weekly limit while keeping the 5-hour limit;
the ability to purchase additional usage;
or a rolling/daily quota instead of a hard weekly quota.
For software development, usage is naturally uneven: sometimes I need Codex heavily for 1–2 days and very little for the rest of the week. A weekly cap penalizes this workflow.
Please consider changing the quota model for paid users.