GPT 5.5 is the model selected but usage shows a lot of GPT 5.4

Open 💬 4 comments Opened Jun 21, 2026 by kendonB

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.141.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro 20x

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5

What platform is your computer?

WSL

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows Terminal

Codex doctor report

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What issue are you seeing?

A majority of requests reported on the OpenAI end are GPT 5.4 at https://chatgpt.com/codex/cloud/settings/analytics#usage

<img width="536" height="453" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1353392b-c8a8-4532-a6d7-d86e724eccbc" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Just use codex normally in WSL. That graph shows significant 5.4 usage as far back as late May

What is the expected behavior?

I ask for 5.5 and get 5.5 only. My ccusage shows only 5.5

<img width="262" height="235" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/da9fd44e-e461-483e-a4dc-25ea3680ee6f" />

Additional information

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