Plus account marked as free in codex cli

Resolved 💬 9 comments Opened Oct 23, 2025 by lc-steve Closed Dec 5, 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?

gpt-5

What platform is your computer?

Mac

What issue are you seeing?

steve@xxxxxxxx.com (Free) │
│ Session: 019a1049-c0d9-70d2-b1eb-888666d6bc0f
To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus: https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

login, authenticate on web.

What is the expected behavior?

allow usage

Additional information

_No response_

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9 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 9 months ago

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

  • #5373
  • #4115
  • #4798
  • #3584
  • #3713

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etraut-openai contributor · 9 months ago

Thanks for the bug report.

A few follow-up questions: Did you recently upgrade to plus? If you log out and log back in, does the problem go away?

lc-steve · 8 months ago

hello

i didn't recently upgrade - been plus for a while (weeks or more)

i did try to logout and login of codex and open website - in website says plus, in codex says free

thanks

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Date: Thursday, 23 October 2025 at 18:11
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Subject: Re: [openai/codex] Plus account marked as free in codex cli (Issue #5550)

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Thanks for the bug report.

A few follow-up questions: Did you recently upgrade to plus? If you log out and log back in, does the problem go away?


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kasik96 · 8 months ago

+1 same problem

AbdelrhmanSaid · 8 months ago

same here

abhishiv · 8 months ago

Yes, same problem. I hope it's not limiting me thinking i'm a free user.

LindsayCole · 8 months ago

Same problem here.

kovacshuni · 7 months ago

same problem here

etraut-openai contributor · 7 months ago

This bug is addressed by PR #7610. The fix will be in the next release (0.66).