Rate limit ISSUES

Resolved 💬 7 comments Opened Dec 7, 2025 by SlipstreamAI Closed Mar 29, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex is running?

v0.65.0

What subscription do you have?

Business

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.1-codex-max medium

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

I literally cant use my codex cli for even a few hours of solid work before being rate limited, I hit 75%, for both weekly and 5 hour, 90% weekly and 5 hours, as well as 95% 5 hour rate limit all within one prompt. ONE!

This is quite literally why myself and HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, of PAYING users will be leaving.

Didnt add the in between due to privacy but here is the warnings.. plus i've sent it into the bug report the whole convo.

FIX THIS, SAVE YOURSELVES!

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 75% of your weekly limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 75% of your 5h limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 90% of your weekly limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 90% of your 5h limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 95% of your 5h limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019af618-47f3-7702

What is the expected behavior?

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 75% of your weekly limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 75% of your 5h limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 90% of your weekly limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 90% of your 5h limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

⚠ Heads up, you've used over 95% of your 5h limit. Run /status for a breakdown.

Additional information

_No response_

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7 Comments

SlipstreamAI · 7 months ago

GOOGLE IS OFFERING $300 API CREDIT. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO STAY?

Please if anyone has any comments or similar experience or feedback, please feel free to help get this nonsense remediated ASAP.

etraut-openai contributor · 7 months ago

Hi @SlipstreamAI, can you tell us more about your situation? Which ChatGPT plan do you have? Are you using Codex for code reviews, or are you using it for code generation?

Are you seeing a behavior that you think is a bug, or are you providing feedback that you'd like codex usage to go further with your current subscription plan?

SlipstreamAI · 7 months ago

Hello, I added all information above. Business user. Code generation. It has to be a bug or your absolutely abusing your paying customers.

Thank you for the prompt response.

I dont understand why I would renew when I literally cant even generate code for even an hour.

I literally hit from 75% to 95% in a matter of 30 minutes inside of 1 prompt.

Everything you've asked for was already provided.

SlipstreamAI · 7 months ago

These arent questions, this is actual issues inside my account, as im seeing others are experiencing similar issues. There should be no way possible that my rate limits are up when my accounts plan restarts on the 6th..

Please advise.

etraut-openai contributor · 7 months ago

@SlipstreamAI, please provide your user ID so we can investigate. On https://chatgpt.com/codex, click on your profile icon in the top right, and then click on your email address. This will copy your user id onto your clipboard. It should look something like user-<a bunch of random characters>.

SlipstreamAI · 7 months ago

Thank you.

user-B6ylTr6IIwusayg4VoVb56DA

pear-enthusiast · 6 months ago

and yet there is no reply 💔