How are so many people still falling for these scam resets?

If you need Codex to finish fast, use Sol medium so you can review the results quickly. If you want to give Codex a lot of tasks during lunch or while you sleep, use Luna max.

Codex config	DeepSWE	Cost/task	Time/task
Sol max	69%	$7.08	10.2 min
Sol xhigh	67%	$5.24	7.4 min
Sol high	65%	$4.14	6.3 min
Sol medium	64%	$2.99	5.2 min
Terra max	67%	$2.21	8.4 min
Luna max	63%	$0.31	8.0 min
Luna xhigh	57%	$0.25	6.6 min
Luna high	53%	$0.19	5.7 min
Sol low	53%	$1.72	3.7 min
Luna medium	37%	$0.09	3.4 min

Source : https://artificialanalysis.ai/agents/coding-agents/comparisons/claude-code-vs-codex

I've been a pretty heavy Claude Code user for a long time. This month the limits have been getting painful and I hit my weekly limit by the middle of the week.

So I switched to Codex for the first time this week.

I'm kind of amazed by the value for money so far.

But the thing I didn't expect to notice as much is the lack of preachiness/arguing. With Claude Code I sometimes feel like I'm arguing with it about what I asked it to do, or it'll push back without having enough context.

Codex so far just... gets on with it.

It's only been a week, so maybe there's some honeymoon effect here.

Anyone else here switched from Claude Code recently? Does this hold up after using Codex for longer?

Hello everyone,

I’m using ChatGPT Classic version 1.2026.184 (1784145287) and Codex version 13.226.914 in VS Code. Unfortunately, ChatGPT is unable to perform an Oboe edit.

On macOS version 26.6.2, Full Disk Access is enabled for both ChatGPT and ChatGPT Classic. I have already completely uninstalled and reinstalled both ChatGPT Classic and the VS Code extension.

ChatGPT can recognize the files in VS Code, but it cannot edit them. It starts the editing process and then aborts about one second later. ChatGPT thinks that the patch was successfully applied.

Is anyone experiencing the same problem and does anyone have a solution for this?

(This post has been deleted in "r/codex", where moderators seemingly try to smother critical postings.)

I've been a customer of ChatGPT since March 2023, paying 24$ for Plus ever since. That was a time when people barely knew the free version, and I already paid more for it than for my mobile contract. Three month ago I switched to the 5x Pro version, which is 120$ here. It was hard to convince my family, but I felt it was worth it. I am a big supporter of the potential of AI.

But recently, as can be seen in all subreddits related to Codex, the usage limit has been severely cut. I ask a few questions to "easy" debug some private code and I can see my limits disappearing in real-time. Month ago I was telling Codex - still on Plus!!! - to code scripts after scripts (for private fun) and while I did manage to get to the 5h limits on days of the heaviest programming, the weekly limit was never reached.

With this severe cut, my trust in OpenAI and the future of AI dropped dramatically. If OpenAI is unable to provide the tokens for Codex to run in a "normal" fashion - without even explaining it -, what are we to expect in the near future?

Is the integration of AI into the daily life a reliable future? Or will it collapse within the next month (actually at this stage, it already did) and anything invested into AI will just burst?

I hope at some point there will be an explanation from OpenAI for the severe cut. Because if not, its - IMHO - over. Noone will build a business on this fragile token availability. Noone will invest into that.

I noticed that when using a lot of agents in parallel I get „Selected model is at capacity“ - even when still having plenty of usage left. This is extremely annoying and would be a reason the finally leave for Claude Code as I often need to run 10+ Codex agents at the same time to finish my stuff in time.

Edit: They restored the post

Removed by mods from: https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/s/USGcV3oO2D

We’ve all seen the massive spike in complaints lately: You drop $100 or $200 a month for OpenAI’s "Pro" tiers, only to watch your limits vanish out of nowhere, the models get noticeably lazier (silent nerfing), and your actual token usage hidden behind a useless percentage bar.

Even Pro users are reporting huge, sudden drops in their allowed usage and it feels like OpenAI is changing limits indiscriminately across all tiers whenever their servers get congested. But because they refuse to provide clear, measurable metrics (like exact token counts), consumers can't even audit or verify what they are actually getting for their money.

Every time this comes up, someone says: "Read the Terms of Service, they can dynamically adjust limits based on capacity."

In the US, tech companies might get away with that fine print, but in the European Union, it is legally void.

European consumer law places strict statutory limits on unilateral contract changes, misleading pricing, and service degradation. I’ve gone directly through the EU Directives, and OpenAI's pricing model is a massive legal liability.

Here is the exact breakdown of the EU legislation they are violating:

1. Deceptive Pricing, Hidden Baselines & Lack of Transparency

OpenAI explicitly sells two premium tiers based on mathematical multipliers. In their official help documentation ("About ChatGPT Pro tiers"), they explicitly confirm:

• Pro ($100/month): "Unlocks 5x higher usage than Plus."
• Pro ($200/month): "Unlocks 20x usage than Plus."

The issue: They intentionally omit and dynamically shift the baseline of the Plus plan, while simultaneously slashing Pro account limits without explanation or claiming sudden automated "guardrails." Because there are no transparent, measurable metrics provided to the user, you are paying up to $2,400 a year for an undisclosed, moving variable that you cannot even track.

• Directive 2005/29/EC (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive):
  • Article 6(1)(d): Classifies a commercial practice as misleading if it deceives or is likely to deceive the average consumer regarding "the price or the manner in which the price is calculated." Selling a multiplier (5x/20x) on an unstated, floating variable deceives consumers on how their service allowance is actually calculated.
  • Article 7(1) & 7(2): Defines misleading omissions. A practice is deceptive if it "omits material information that the average consumer needs... to take an informed transactional decision." Concealing the actual baseline limit and providing zero measurable metrics while marketing multipliers is a direct violation.
• Directive 93/13/EEC (Unfair Contract Terms Directive):
  • Article 5: Codifies the principle of Contra Proferentem in EU consumer law. It explicitly dictates that where there is doubt about the meaning of a contractual term, "the interpretation most favourable to the consumer shall prevail." OpenAI cannot legally rely on contract ambiguity or hidden metrics to claim "the baseline dropped, so your usage dropped too."

2. Unilateral Throttling and Service Degradation

When OpenAI artificially lowers compute ceilings, introduces throttling, or quietly routes queries to cheaper, quantized models to save server costs, their Terms of Service will not protect them in court.

• Directive (EU) 2019/770 (Digital Content and Digital Services Directive):
  • Article 19(2) & Article 16(1): Under Article 19(2), if a unilateral modification negatively impacts the consumer's access to or use of the service, the consumer has the statutory right to terminate the contract free of charge. Crucially, under Article 16(1), termination obligates the trader to reimburse the consumer for all sums paid under the contract (either a full refund or a pro-rata refund for the affected period) using the same payment method without imposing any fees.
• Directive 93/13/EEC (Unfair Contract Terms Directive):
  • Article 3(1): Declares that contractual terms not individually negotiated are unfair if they cause a significant imbalance in rights to the detriment of the consumer.
  • Annex, Point 1(k): Explicitly lists as presumed unfair any terms enabling the trader "to alter unilaterally without a valid reason any characteristics of the product or service to be provided." Under Article 6(1), unfair terms are not binding on the consumer.

3. Algorithmic Audits & Regulatory Fines

Under the framework established by the Digital Services Act (DSA), European enforcement bodies do not rely on corporate self-reporting. The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT) possesses the legal mandate to inspect internal algorithmic routing and server logs.

Regulators can mathematically audit server data to prove whether $100 and $200 Pro subscribers were systematically throttled or degraded to lower-compute instances during high-traffic periods, regardless of what progress bars or "guardrail" pop-ups show.

• Directive (EU) 2019/2161 (The Omnibus Directive):
  • Mandates that Member States empower their national consumer protection authorities to impose coordinated, heavy fines on offending companies. For widespread infringements across the EU, regulatory bodies are required to enforce maximum penalties of at least 4% of the company's annual turnover in the affected Member States.

Summary

Once European consumer protection bodies (such as the CPC Network or BEUC) launch a formal investigation into these practices, OpenAI faces three clear enforcement outcomes:

1. Systemic Fines: Financial penalties calculated under the 4% turnover threshold for widespread deceptive pricing and unilateral service degradation.
2. Mandatory Disclosures: Injunctions compelling OpenAI to provide real-time, transparent metric tracking (e.g., precise token quotas) rather than obfuscated progress bars.
3. Mandatory Monetary Refunds: Required financial reimbursement under Article 16(1) for affected subscribers who paid premium rates for an undisclosed, throttled service allocation.

Sources & Official Documentation as of August 18th, 2026:

OpenAI Pro Tiers Documentation:

• https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pro-tiers

or

• https://web.archive.org/web/20260818150953/https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pro-tiers

OpenAI Official Pricing:

• https://chatgpt.com/pricing/

or

• http://web.archive.org/web/20260818161131/https://chatgpt.com/pricing/

OpenAI Terms of Use:

• https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/

or

• https://web.archive.org/web/20260818161346/https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/

Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC):

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2005/29/oj/eng

Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13/EEC):

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/1993/13/oj/eng

Digital Content & Services Directive (EU 2019/770):

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/770/oj/eng

The Omnibus Directive (EU 2019/2161):

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/2161/oj/eng

No Thibo reset this week? 😭

Looks like no miracle reset from Thibo this week.

Usage feels noticeably more nerfed lately, and I’m burning through my limits way faster than before. Codex usage probably went x10 in a few months and now we’re paying for our sins 😂

Thibo, if you’re lurking: one little reset for the boys wouldn’t hurt.

Anyone else feeling the limits getting tighter this week, or am I imagining .

Using medium settings and I’m on the $20/month plan.

I am very pleased with the value per dollar I am getting!

I’m currently building an iOS/Flutter app with it and along with Claude design and luna gets the job done! Sure, I might have to be a bit more specific with my prompts at times but other than that, I’m surprisingly impressed!

I know people ran out of usage, but it looks like, so many ran out of usage that the only one left is Codex Spark :) and even that is overused.

Tibo hinted all the weekend indirectly about a reset, and then looks like his boss did not allow it or something happened and he stopped.

I've been using the $200/month code for over six months, but it looks like OpenAI is forcing me to leave this ship of absurdity and look towards Claude, who was once my favorite and worked no worth than the code

In my view, Luna max is as good as 5.5 max was, but significantly cheaper. What's the need to use sol for everything, complain it's hungry, when there are capable models that are cheaper?! Especially compared to pre 5.6, where 5.5 was the frontier model

Am I missing something

What OpenAI is doing right now looks like straight up manipulation!

1. They're removing the 5 hour limit windows, supposedly for convenience, even though the real reason is that people were burning through it in 10 minutes
2. They throw in a bunch of resets to cover up the lack of optimization and the pathetic limits for end users
3. They push us to use Sol Medium, which is getting dumber at the same time, cutting the load on their end from two directions at once
4. When cutting the limits wasn't enough, they slap an 80% discount on Luna, which still needs heavy babysitting from Sol because it keeps dumbing down tasks even when they're spelled out in full detail and in the right order

Now, after all of this, with zero transparency... they're offering paid resets for money that doesn't even come close to matching what you get? Hoping that later they'll go "okay fine, we'll give you a discount" and we'll just eat it!!?? Or maybe, just maybe, they could NOT cut the limits?? Optimize the models?? Actually be transparent??

We need to organize and call this out, or down the line we'll be dealing with $500 packages where the limits are what x5 used to give you. And even that will only be for corporations...

We need to stop letting ourselves get played. We're not testers, we're users, we're paying for a service. OpenAI is seriously risking losing people once cheap Chinese models get close enough to their level. Talk about this everywhere! On all social media. We can't stay silent about this. If we keep quiet, they'll make the limits even worse, the prices even higher, and the models even dumber. LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE!

I run a small but growing social media account focused on AI, and I want to be completely transparent about why I'm posting this.

I'm trying to better understand the real problems/uncertainties people are running into when using AI coding tools, so I can create content that's actually useful instead of just posting the generic "AI can build apps now" kinda thing.

I'm not selling anything and I won't plug my socials; I purely would just love to hear from both beginners and those experienced with these tools. Anything helps.

Thanks!