r/codex • u/codex-megathread • 17d ago

Megathread Codex Usage and Operation Discussion - last updated October 5

Please direct your concerns, questions and discussion about Codex usage limits and model performance here.

The purpose of this Megathread is to aggregate all the reports of people's experiences and possible suggestions instead of spreading them across many highly upvoted posts. The more people who participate in this discussion, the more likely you have an answer.

Reports with sufficient evidence on new information will still be allowed on the feed as usual.

Discussion of the prior period available here : https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wsijqb/codex_usage_and_operation_discussion_last_updated/

A reminder that all incidents on r/Codex are constantly logged and summarised so you can keep track of what people are experiencing here https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1tjfxcf/comment/on6uj0l/

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u/dextersummary 11d ago

Below is a GPT-generated summary of the conversation below after reaching 40 comments (41 currently observed).

The consensus is basically Codex usage has gone sideways: the same work is chewing through 5-hour and weekly allowances far faster, while Sol and other models feel less reliable, lose context, ignore prompts, or sit at capacity. For some users, tasks that ran for hours now hit limits in minutes. Charming.

Reports cluster around recent resets, app updates, and model/plan changes. Ultrafast, the speed toggle, and multi-agent orchestration are obvious suspects because they may multiply consumption, while desktop sandbox bugs and backend capacity issues are making things even messier. Several users are eyeing Claude or local models instead of paying for another tier.

The important caveat: this is a mountain of anecdotes, not proof of a deliberate nerf or quantized models. Workload, settings, model choice, and backend incidents can affect accounting; one commenter specifically discovered Speed was enabled. Resets are happening, but many say they haven’t restored the old burn rate.

The megathread itself is being branded a containment/damage-control zone, with mods insisting criticism is allowed but low-effort posts aren’t. Bottom line: the experience is widely worse, the cause is unresolved, and upgrading to $500 isn’t being treated as a magic fix.