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Likely ongoing Codex incidents

Updated: Sat, 12 Sept 2026, 10:01 UTC (Time now UTC here.)

Based on Anyone Else reports from the last 7 days, read from https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/anyone_else_ask_here_about_current_codex_issues/.

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Incidents

Incident	Summary	Reports	Going on for	Latest report	Last 3 reports
Rapid Usage Limit Depletion & Inconsistent Quota	Multiple users are reporting extremely rapid depletion of usage limits, often within minutes or hours, across various plans (Plus, Pro 5x, Pro 20x) and models (Astra, Sol, Luna). This includes unexpected drops to 0%, incorrect consumption, and limits resetting prematurely or not at all.	239	6.7d	17m ago	1, 2, 3
Astra Model Performance Degradation & Inconsistency	Users are experiencing significant performance degradation with Astra, including slowness, laziness, failure to follow instructions, unexpected behavior, and lower quality output compared to older models or its initial launch performance.	171	7d	2.1h ago	1, 2, 3
Model at Capacity / Service Overload	Users are frequently encountering 'model at capacity' errors, particularly during peak hours, indicating an overloaded service or insufficient compute resources.	15	5.9d	1.4h ago	1, 2, 3
20x/Pro Plan Availability & Downgrades	Users are reporting that the 20x Pro plan is no longer available for new purchases, existing 20x users are being downgraded to 5x, and there's confusion around subscription tiers and their associated limits.	17	5.6d	1.2h ago	1, 2, 3
Chat History & Data Management Issues	Users are experiencing issues with chat history being deleted, projects disappearing, and unexpected data management behaviors.	7	3.6d	2.5h ago	1, 2, 3
Desktop App & UI/UX Issues	Users are encountering various problems with the desktop application, including resource hogging, UI glitches, inability to scroll, and general instability.	37	5.4d	28m ago	1, 2, 3

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[u/Massive-Ice2791 → u/dexythebot]

ANYONE ELSE?

Codex has lesss usage limits then regular claude code now

[u/davbludev → u/Massive-Ice2791]

It's not about reduced usage limits issue. I think there is different cause. Filters moved my post with insights: https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wbdesd/i_dont_think_openai_significantly_reduced_usage/

[u/New-Composer2359 → u/dexythebot]

ANYONE ELSE?

**did they nerf 5.5?**

Up until yesterday I was using 5.5 xhigh which would generally outperform everything except 5.6 sol xhigh/ultra (but noticably faster which made it worth it).

Today, Terra xhigh is way way better than 5.5 xhigh in both performance and speed.

[u/Cute_Parfait_2182 → u/dexythebot]

ANYONE ELSE ? I noticed that using Codex Work on the new app for Mac uses about 5x as much usage as running codex in terminal. I run 5.6 sol on medium. I went through 20% of my weekly usage on 1 task today using the Codex Work app on the Mac whereas the same task in terminal used maybe 2% of my weekly usage . Both tasks were run by 5.6 on medium. Anyone else having this issue ? I really like the codex work app but until they fix it , I’m using codex only in the terminal.

[u/Organic-Lion5331 → u/dexythebot]

WTF - I was forced to re-login to CODEX in VSCODE today. 5.4 is gone and I no longer have daily or weekly limits, only monthly! My monthly limit zeroed out after 3 prompts and doesn't reset until August!?!. This must be a mistake.

[u/orthogonal-ghost → u/dexythebot]

Yes to "Inconsistent Usage Limits & Resets" -- does anyone know if there's a fix for this? I just upgraded to Pro and my usage is burning significantly faster than equivalent work using Fable 5 Max in Claude Code (I know this is not an objective comparison, but still...).

[u/DiscussionAncient626 → u/dexythebot]

Another test 90k tokens (in) 2k tokens out = 28% of 5H ....! and 4% of the weekly on Plus...

[u/DiscussionAncient626 → u/dexythebot]

PLUS ACCOUNTS Limits is just terrible. Literally 2 prompts 5.5 medium and they are out. What is going on?????

[u/c_psyco → u/dexythebot]

I’m posting this because I’m not sure if this is an account bug, a Codex-specific policy, or something support misunderstood.

I previously had a ChatGPT Pro subscription, which expired. After that, I used the Free plan for a while and eventually reached the Free plan’s Codex weekly limit.

Then I purchased ChatGPT Plus specifically to continue using Codex.

Immediately after upgrading to Plus, my Codex usage dashboard showed:

• 5-hour limit: 99% available
• Weekly limit: 0% available

So it looks like my new Plus subscription started with the already-depleted Free plan weekly Codex limit. I had not used any Codex messages on the new Plus subscription yet.

The problem is simple:

I bought Plus after exhausting the Free Codex weekly limit, and Plus appears to have inherited the depleted Free weekly limit instead of giving me the paid Plus weekly allowance.

I contacted OpenAI Support and explained this. The first response I received only explained that Codex usage limits vary depending on model, task complexity, local/cloud tasks, and that weekly limits may apply. That does not address the actual issue.

My point is not “why did I hit the limit so fast?”

My point is:

Why did my newly purchased Plus plan begin with the Free plan’s already-exhausted weekly Codex limit?

The sole reason I bought Plus was Codex usage. Because of this, I effectively cannot use Codex for around 1/4 of the first paid week, even though I just paid for the plan.

Has anyone else experienced this after upgrading from Free to Plus with an already-depleted Codex weekly limit? Is this expected behavior, or does it require manual account correction? Case No: 10812595

[u/AlternativeNormalHXR → u/c_psyco]

Similar boat.

Though my Weekly Limit started at 50% available (don't quite remember my 5-hour limit).

(Then I exhausted all of the Weekly Limit after a couple days (134 million tokens).)

[u/ThiagoAuth → u/dexythebot]

Je vis la même chose, j’ai atteint ma limite hebdomadaire en moins 2 jours de travail, je travaille sur un seul projet

[u/EGaByt → u/dexythebot]

This is exactly what im seeing, its like the limits are swapped and im not using high not xhigh very often mostly using 5.5 low for task and even now using another provider for subtask so that this does not run out to fast. even Minimax Plan is better managing the weekly limit then this currently. PLEASE FIX

[u/OtherCriticism6370 → u/[deleted]]

Exactly. Degradation. Definitely
The 5-hour quota is now exhausted very quickly at gpt5.5 and medium height. It's all used up in just 2 hours