rate_limit_exceeded
I'm experimenting with codex but I'm very constantly getting the error rate_limit_exceeded.
It is quite possible that I do something wrong, but the user experience is not so great.
I'm runing codex:
node@e542460e71f1:/app$ codex -m gpt-4.1-mini
Then I ask him to change some thing in a project. He does several steps, but after a small number of steps it failes with the error
e [Error]: Rate limit reached for gpt-4.1-mini in organization org-REDACTED on tokens per min (TPM): Limit 200000, Used 155151, Requested 49105. Please try again in 1.276s. Visit https://platform.openai.com/account/rate-limits to learn more.
at e.a [as iterator] (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/dist/cli.js:443:1514)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at async I0.run (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/dist/cli.js:460:2356) {
status: undefined,
headers: undefined,
request_id: undefined,
error: {
type: 'tokens',
code: 'rate_limit_exceeded',
message: 'Rate limit reached for gpt-4.1-mini in organization org-REDACTED on tokens per min (TPM): Limit 200000, Used 155151, Requested 49105. Please try again in 1.276s. Visit https://platform.openai.com/account/rate-limits to learn more.',
param: null
},
code: 'rate_limit_exceeded',
param: null,
type: 'tokens'
}
Node.js v20.19.0
node@e542460e71f1:/app$
The problem here that it fails and the codex program finishes and I need to start from the very beginning (with the same result).
Probably I'm using the wrong model, or I have incorrect settings for my key in the https://platform.openai.com
But maybe the codex could be improved so it does not exits, but sleeps for a minute (or asks for some user input)
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