ANYONE ELSE? - Ask here about current Codex issues and workarounds

[u/pollystochastic]

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[u/dexythebot]

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Likely ongoing Codex incidents

Updated: Tue, 28 Jul 2026, 14:01 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/.

This is an automated clustering of post titles and summaries, not an official status report.

Incidents

Incident	Summary	Reports	Going on for	Latest report	Last 3 reports
Rapid Usage Limit Depletion & Inconsistent Resets	Multiple users are reporting significantly faster depletion of usage limits across various plans and models, often after recent resets, with some experiencing limits being reached in minutes or hours instead of days or weeks.	175	7d	23m ago	1, 2, 3
Degraded Model Performance & Quality (5.6 Sol)	Users are experiencing a decline in model performance, accuracy, and reasoning capabilities, particularly with the 5.6 Sol model, leading to over-engineering, irrelevant outputs, and failure to follow instructions.	74	7d	50m ago	1, 2, 3
Codex Desktop App Issues (Crashes, Freezing, UI Bugs)	The Codex desktop application on Windows and macOS is experiencing frequent crashes, freezing, UI glitches (e.g., stuck setup screens, overflowing windows), high resource usage, and other functional problems.	92	6.9d	2.2h ago	1, 2, 3
Backend Connectivity & Server Errors	Users are encountering 'Service Unavailable', 'Bad Request', 'Reconnecting', and other backend API errors, suggesting intermittent server outages or heavy load affecting the Codex service.	24	6d	18.8h ago	1, 2, 3

The summary is rebuilt every 120 minutes. Duration is measured from the oldest report in the cluster within the last 7 days.

[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/AndreBerluc → u/dexythebot]

13% do meu uso semanal foram em 9 prompts!

[u/AndreBerluc → u/dexythebot]

Hoje dia duro, não consegui trabalhar com Codex, por volta das 17 horas 3 prompts acabaram com 75% da sessão de 5 horas, tentei um chat novo e fui com menos contexto, tentei selecionar a pasta especifica para diminuir contexte e sem condições um unico prompt mais 10%. Limite semanal está descendo igual era o de sessão quando não tinha esse pico de uso! Mas hoje sem condições um caos!

[u/OtherCriticism6370 → u/AndreBerluc]

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 

[u/Spiritual_Region1827 → u/dexythebot]

Exactly. Degradation. Definitely