Codex usage limits

Codex usage on a ChatGPT plan is not a fixed number of messages. The model, the size and complexity of a task, and whether it runs locally or in the cloud change how much of the allowance a task uses.

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Local tasks and cloud tasks share your plan's allowance. A five-hour limit and a weekly limit can both apply, and limits differ by plan.

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The official client reports each limit window separately, with its own used percentage and reset time, and a window can be missing. Room in one window does not mean room in another.

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To see your remaining limits, open the official usage dashboard or run /status in an active Codex CLI session.

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After you reach your included limits, available credits let you continue working. Included usage and credits are separate resources.

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Which plans can use credits, and how credits are shared, follows OpenAI's credits help article for your plan. A credit balance is known only when your own reading reports one.

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Each reported window carries its own reset time. Windows reset on their own schedules; the reset time of one window says nothing about another.

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Reaching a limit does not always stop a task that is already running: OpenAI's help says an active turn can continue past the limit, subject to fair use.

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Reset credits are a separate entitlement with their own eligibility rules, and the official client reports how many are available. A public reset announcement does not show that your account received one.

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When you use Codex with an API key, API pricing applies instead of the usage limits included with a ChatGPT plan.

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An HTTP 429 from the API has several causes: requests sent too quickly (follow Retry-After when present), a request rate that rose too quickly, or an organization or project that reached its spend limit. Each needs a different fix; none of them waits for a weekly reset.

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