codex cli ignores account status

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Oct 20, 2025 by svdx9 Closed Oct 20, 2025

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.47.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

n/a

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

What issue are you seeing?

when I authenticate codex cli shows my account as being on the Free tier, when in fact I am a Plus account:


/status

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  >_ OpenAI Codex (v0.47.0)                                      │
│                                                                 │
│  Model:            gpt-5-codex (reasoning none, summaries auto) │
│  Directory:        ~                                            │
│  Approval:         on-request                                   │
│  Sandbox:          read-only                                    │
│  Agents.md:        <none>                                       │
│  Account:          <redacted> (Free)       │
│  Session:          019a015f-9655-7260-a21f-5edc7c5eefe1         │
│                                                                 │
│  Context window:   100% left (0 used / 272K)                    │
│  Limits:           send a message to load usage data            │

consequently I am unable to use the tool, as I am presented with this error message:

``■ To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus: https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing.``

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019a015f-9655-7260-a21f-5edc7c5eefe1

What is the expected behavior?

I can send prompts and interact with the service :)

Additional information

This issue is the same for me using the vscode extension

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6 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 10 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#5062
#4798
#3713
#3584
#3735

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tibo-openai collaborator · 10 months ago

Some questions to help figure this out:

Did you upgrade recently?
Do you see your plus subscription when you go to https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Account?
Is it fixed if you codex logout and then codex login?

tayiorbeii · 10 months ago

I'm having a similar issue on Codex CLI v0.47.0. Pro account expired, I renewed it. Have run codex logout then codex login multiple times.

/status shows my account is (Pro) but when I attempt to send a message, I get:

To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus: https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing.

edit: Manually installed v0.48.0-alpha.1 as well as v0.46.0 and the issue is present in both.

tibo-openai collaborator · 10 months ago

It can take ~15 minutes to propagate, do you still see the error @tayiorbeii ?

tayiorbeii · 10 months ago

It can take ~15 minutes to propagate, do you still see the error @tayiorbeii ?

Thanks @tibo-openai , looks like it's working for me after the propagation!

svdx9 · 10 months ago

Some questions to help figure this out:

Thanks @tibo-openai

Did you upgrade recently?

This is my first time trying out codex cli. I installed using 'brew install'

Do you see your plus subscription when you go to https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Account?

Yes I do

Is it fixed if you codex logout and then codex login?

No, it still shows me on the free tier