Usage limit reached despite 1k credits in account
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 19, 2026 by akselbor Closed Jan 24, 2026
💡 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 0.87.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.2-codex
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.1.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
VSCode
What issue are you seeing?
codex reports that I've hit my usage limit, despite just buying 1k credits
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019bd878-3543-7750-8d47-16068f198c40
What is the expected behavior?
Should continue to work despite exceeding free usage limits (via credits)
Additional information
_No response_
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Which subscription plan are you on? You mentioned "free usage limits". Are you on the free plan? Codex is not included in the free plan. For details, please refer to this page.
He obviously didn't mean free, but included, maybe he's not a native English speaker
He wasted money on buying 1k credits and can't use those credits because limits were reached.
This a bug ffs