This weekOpenAI Codex
ChatGPT Plus
Codex through ChatGPT Plus. Most of these reports are about the 5-hour window. A few mention the weekly allowance.
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This weekOpenAI Codex
Codex through ChatGPT Plus. Most of these reports are about the 5-hour window. A few mention the weekly allowance.
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0 this week · 13 on file
This week (Oct 12–18, 2026, UTC) has fewer than two comparable reports. The figure above is the last 90 days.
“Previously, similar Sol Ultra sessions typically lasted around 1–2 hours before I reached the usage limit.”
5-hour allowance exhausted in ~2-3 minutes; similar sessions previously lasted 1-2 hours.
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT PlusSol Ultrakautuksahnigithub.com
“a task involving two images reduced my remaining allowance from 100% to 16%”
Astra Max task with two images: 100%->16% of 5-hour; one question 100%->80%; five Sol questions left 67%.
5-hour window costChatGPT Plus(ChatGPT Plus (Work))GPT-6 Astra Max / GPT-6.1 Solgus6443-beepgithub.com
“my 5 hour usages limit on plus plan gone in 2 minute of astra high model thinking”
5-hour limit gone in about 2 minutes of Astra high thinking.
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT PlusGPT-6 Astra (High)l33tx0github.com
“I only had 11% left, after just two prompts”
Two prompts (two web pages to PowerPoint) left only 11% of the 5-hour limit.
5-hour window costChatGPT PlusGPT-6 Astra (Medium)raidologithub.com
“Time until quota was exhausted: approximately 4 minutes / one prompt”
5-hour quota exhausted in ~4 minutes / one prompt; with GPT-5.6 Sol the same window gave 30 min to 1h+.
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT PlusGPT-6 Astra (Medium) via OpenCodeDavidtrassugithub.com
“5-hour quota now exhausts in ~86 minutes”
5-hour quota now exhausts in ~86 minutes despite lower token activity (around Sep 9).
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT Plus(Codex CLI)TomyFovosgithub.com
“I went from 100% to 0% after 3-4 messages, around 15min work!!!”
Went from 100% to 0% after 3-4 messages (~15 min) during the Sep 9 meter incident; briefly restored then dropped again.
Reported meter issueChatGPT Plusdjoolegithub.com
“After roughly 2.5 minutes, about 50% of my 5-hour Codex usage window had been consumed.”
Codex Security scan of a small repo used ~50% of the 5-hour window in ~2.5 minutes.
5-hour window costChatGPT PlusGPT-6 Astra (High)iamspidogithub.com
“a single very short GPT-6 Astra interaction consumed approximately 6% of my 5-hour allowance”
One-sentence Astra prompt used ~6% of the 5-hour allowance; ~30 minutes of GPT-5.6 used ~25%.
Cost per messageChatGPT PlusGPT-6 Astra vs GPT-5.6NUS-Timgithub.com
“GPT-6 Astra consumed essentially the entire 5-hour Codex allowance in two very short, ordinary coding turns.”
Two short turns: 100%->42% (<5 min) then 42%->0% (1-2 min), hit usage limit before finishing.
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT PlusGPT-6 Astra (Medium)GustavoMartins123github.com
“My entire 5-hour allowance was exhausted after only 3 normal prompts”
Entire 5-hour allowance exhausted after only 3 normal prompts.
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT Plusjgcrostagithub.com
“The first task used an entire 5 hour budget and 16% of the weekly”
First task used the entire 5-hour budget and 16% of weekly; on Plus a 5-hour window is ~16% of the weekly total.
Hit the 5-hour capChatGPT PlusFromArielgithub.com
“took roughly 45 minutes and consumed about 48% of the 5-hour window”
One ~45-minute Codex task consumed ~48% of the 5-hour window.
5-hour window costChatGPT PlusLucifor1976github.com