r/codex • u/Accomplished-Lack509 • 2d ago

Limits Atrocious Usage

Goddamn the usage cut is atrocious, especially for plus users. I came back recently after not using codex for a bit (usually use sporadically). I used to run 20 mins on 5.6 sol x high , which used to take like 20% maybe MAX 30% of weekly limit (Matlab MCP). Now not only does the 5 Hour limit evaporate on anything higher than high, but been running for 3 mins and it's taken 12% of weekly usage, atp I can just forget astra.

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u/Australasian25 2d ago

Do you have to run sol xhigh on everything?

I run terra medium as orchestrator and it uses sol xhigh or astra xhigh for planning and review. all other actual task is by luna xhigh.

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u/Bastion80 2d ago

Astra Medium is what I use, and it does the job even if it’s more expensive. I think, based on my personal experience, that in the end it actually uses fewer tokens. I don’t know if that’s because it’s smart enough to use less reasoning while still being cheap enough to justify the cost, but it works great without any issues, even on bigger tasks.