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Rank, 14 days: 11 on the Codex sheet
112 people reported

All time, since Sep 5, including 75 thumbs-up on GitHub.

Codex quota drains too fast

“The 5-hour usage allowance decreases noticeably faster than before.”

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Still happening. 10 reports and thumbs-up in the last 7 days and 9 the week before, down from 38 a week at the mid-October peak.

19 bugs in this theme

  1. Weekly quota sudden drop44 people
  2. Usage limits deplete too fastNo workaround yet9 people
  3. Faster quota depletionNo workaround yet7 people
  4. Weekly usage jumps while idleNo workaround yet6 people
  5. Usage allowance drains too fastNo workaround yet5 people
  6. 5-hour limit drains fastNo workaround yet5 people
  7. Usage limit drains fast5 people
  8. Simple prompt drains usage quota5 people
  9. Five-hour quota drains fast5 people
  10. Usage limits drain too fast4 people
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  1. Allowances exhaust too quickly4 people
  2. Allowance exhausted too quickly4 people
  3. Reduced GPT-6 Astra allowance4 people
  4. Tiny prompt drains usage quotaNo workaround yet3 people
  5. Usage limits drain fasterNo workaround yet3 people
  6. Usage attributed to gpt-6-astraNo workaround yet3 people
  7. Quota drops to zero unexpectedlyNo workaround yet2 people
  8. Weekly allowance drains too fastNo workaround yet2 people
  9. Usage allowance drains fastNo workaround yet2 people

What's included

  • 5-hour allowance runs out within minutes or after one or two requests, versus hours before
  • Single short prompt such as "ok" or "test" takes 6–7% of the 5-hour window
  • Usage meter jumps (63% to 0%, 23% to 94% weekly) with no client activity
  • Weekly allowance mostly consumed in one day on Pro plans, often after an app update
  • Usage analytics attributes most usage to a model the user never selected

Not included

  • "You've hit your usage limit" error while the usage page shows quota remaining
  • Billing or subscription plan changes unrelated to Codex quota consumption

Original reports41, newest first

  1. Codex App: Plus five-hour quota reaches 98% in ~5 min with Astra medium and mostly cached long contextOn GitHub#59398
  2. Codex Plus Usage Limits Are Becoming Increasingly Unsustainable — Even If the Official Limits Haven't ChangedOn the forum#1411251
  3. [Plus] Five-hour Codex quota depletes ~5.6x faster in October 2026 — request for transparencyOn GitHub#58312
  4. : Pro 200 – 82% weekly usage consumed in one dayOn GitHub#58098
  5. Fast drain of my 5h usageOn GitHub#57236
  6. Codex App usage limits draining unusually fast — 83% of 5-hour allowance consumed in 2 hoursOn GitHub#56618
  7. Update: October 23, 2026 – Issue Still UnresolvedOn GitHub#56479
  8. *Subject: Urgent: GPT-6.1 Sol consuming Codex credits excessively after recent update*On GitHub#56240
  9. Usage limits draining almost instantly in CodexOn GitHub#56143
  10. Codex usage allowance depletes significantly faster than before on ChatGPT PlusOn GitHub#56103
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  1. GPT is completely useless right nowOn GitHub#55662
  2. Codex usage chart attributes ~80% of usage to gpt-6-astra, which I never selectedOn the forum#1407973
  3. Usage analytics attributes ~80% of usage to gpt-6-astra, but I only use GPT-6.1 Sol (quota exhausted, no support reply)On GitHub#55449
  4. [Pro][Weekly quota] ~80% of Codex weekly allowance consumed on Oct 19 vs ~10% on a normal day — request auditOn GitHub#55282
  5. [Windows][GPT-6.1 Sol][Fast] Sudden excessive Codex usage/quota depletion after update (Oct 2026)On GitHub#55210
  6. Usage quota regression since Oct 16: simple Codex prompt consumes ~10% allowanceOn GitHub#54995
  7. Codex weekly usage jumped from 23% to 94% during user inactivity — Request investigation and quota restorationOn GitHub#54722
  8. [Pro 5x] Weekly limit jumped 24% -> 96% within one hour with zero client activity (macOS)On GitHub#54704
  9. [Codex Desktop][Windows] Weekly quota jumped 67 points in 38 seconds (Oct 16, 2026; 18:10 UTC)On GitHub#54677
  10. Fast usage of tokens?On GitHub#52607
  11. (5-hour) token usage window decrease?On GitHub#52105
  12. [macOS][Codex Desktop] Sudden ~60% increase in 5h quota usage overnight; large prompt-cache miss on small turnOn GitHub#51604
  13. Codex quota drains abnormally fast even on trivial cached promptsOn GitHub#51088
  14. Issue: ChatGPT / Codex usage unexpectedly dropped from 63% to 0% within approximately one minuteOn GitHub#50439
  15. GPT-6 Sol Medium: single ok interaction consumed ~7% of 5-hour Work/Codex quotaOn GitHub#49412
  16. Excessive quota consumption (6%) for a single-word prompt using GPT-6 Luna LightOn GitHub#49052
  17. sudden ~3x increase in Codex usage-limit consumption with GPT-5.6 Sol Medium on ChatGPT PlusOn GitHub#48986
  18. Codex Desktop usage accounting mismatch: 36,318-token Luna request followed by ~6% 5-hour depletion and ~2.95M daily tokensOn GitHub#48919
  19. 1-3% usage used from saying hiOn GitHub#48595
  20. many users commenting on excessive usageOn GitHub#47823
  21. Codex usage being used insanely fast on 20x pro planOn GitHub#47442
  22. ChatGPT Plus Codex quota suddenly reached zero without corresponding usageOn GitHub#47052
  23. Usage not allowing us to get anything done anymoreOn GitHub#47032
  24. GPT-5.6 Sol suddenly exhausts Codex 5-hour and weekly allowances far faster than beforeOn GitHub#46842
  25. Codex Desktop consumes entire 5-hour allowance in ~20 min — 6.4M input tokens / 69 model requests from ~5 user messagesOn GitHub#46816
  26. 5-hour usage limit consumed unusually fast in Codex CLIOn GitHub#46645
  27. Usage gone instantlyOn GitHub#45829
  28. Repeat of sep 9th codex 5hr window gone in 2 requests 20 minsOn GitHub#45828
  29. [Pro 20x] Effective GPT-6 Astra allowance feels below one third of previous capacity; Sep 14–15 quota evidenceOn GitHub#45644
  30. Sudden Change in Codex Usage ConsumptionOn the forum#1397403
  31. Something feels off with the usage limitsOn GitHub Discussions#42983

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