Weekly Codex limit exhausted after minimal usage
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 20, 2026 by dev-aligh
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.144.6
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.6-sol
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
iTerm2 3.6.11
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
My ChatGPT Plus weekly Codex limit was exhausted after only a small number of ordinary coding requests.
The usage reported by Codex does not appear consistent with my actual activity:
Lifetime token activity: 82.2M
Peak weekly token activity: 65.3M
Current streak: 2 days
Longest task: 22 minutes
Weekly limit remaining: 0%
Weekly limit reset: July 25, 2026 at 13:40
The /status command reports:
Codex CLI version: 0.144.6
Model: gpt-5.6-sol
Reasoning effort: low
Subscription: ChatGPT Plus
Weekly limit: 0% left
I only submitted a small number of coding requests and did not intentionally process enough content to account for approximately 65.3 million tokens in one week.
codex doctor --json reports an overall status of ok. The installation, authentication, network connectivity, WebSocket connection, local state databases, and update status all pass their diagnostic checks.
The local thread inventory reports:
Total rollout DB rows: 29
Active rollout files: 28
Archived rollout files: 1
Sources: vscode=22, subagent:other=7
I am reporting this as a possible token-metering, session-accounting, or weekly rate-limit issue.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019f7e4a-048c-7293-8b03-2358337954d3
What is the expected behavior?
The weekly usage and token activity should accurately reflect the content and tasks actually processed by the account.
A small number of ordinary coding requests should not exhaust the full ChatGPT Plus weekly limit or report approximately 65.3 million tokens of weekly activity unless that amount was genuinely processed.
If the usage came from another IDE session, device, background process, subagent, or authenticated Codex session, there should be enough session-level information to identify its source.
If the token activity or weekly limit was incorrectly calculated, the usage should be corrected and the weekly allowance restored.
Additional information
Codex Doctor reports:
Overall status: ok
Codex version: 0.144.6
Install method: npm
Platform: macos-aarch64
Authentication mode: ChatGPT
Stored API key: false
Stored ChatGPT tokens: true
MCP servers: 0
Network provider reachability: ok
WebSocket handshake: succeeded
State database integrity: ok
Current version is the latest version
The Doctor command was executed from the home directory, so its Git check reports:
Repository detected: false
Current working directory: /Users/USER
Most locally registered threads appear to have originated from the VS Code integration:
vscode: 22
subagent:other: 7
Please investigate:
- Which threads or sessions generated the reported 65.3M weekly token activity.
- Whether subagent or IDE activity was counted unexpectedly.
- Whether another authenticated session contributed to the usage.
- Whether cached context or repeated context processing caused the unexpectedly high count.
- Whether the weekly rate limit was triggered incorrectly.
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