58% to 0% in Eight Seconds: Codex Users Say Their Weekly Allowance Vanished on the Same Night

Description and use

Three Codex users reported their weekly allowance collapsed within seconds or minutes on 16 October UTC. One developer logged 58% to 0% in roughly eight seconds, another 77% to 10% in 38 seconds, and a third 48% to 0% in about nine minutes with extra credits charged. A prior May complaint led a Codex team member to acknowledge usage limits were 'out of sync for some Codex users'; no public OpenAI reply was posted on the October issues.

Problem

Codex weekly usage allowance collapsed within seconds or minutes on the evening of 16 October UTC, with no public OpenAI server-side reply.

Outcome

Three Codex users reported their weekly allowance collapsed within seconds or minutes on 16 October UTC; one developer logged 58% to 0% in roughly eight seconds, another 77% to 10% in 38 seconds, and a third 48% to 0% in about nine minutes with extra credits charged. A prior May complaint led a Codex team member to acknowledge usage limits were 'out of sync for some Codex users'; no public OpenAI reply was posted on the October issues.

Workflow

• Developer opens GitHub issue on openai/codex repo reporting weekly allowance collapsed within seconds or minutes on 16 October UTC
• Developer submits local logs showing time-stamped percentage drop (e.g., 77% to 10% between 21:10:43 and 21:11:21 Moscow time, or 58% to 0% in roughly eight seconds)
• Developer requests server-side check from OpenAI
• OpenAI community forum member posts that usage limits were 'out of sync for some Codex users'
• No public OpenAI reply posted on the October issues

Evidence

Issue #54718: about 58% remaining became 0% 'in roughly eight seconds', the developer says, during overnight client work.

Source

Issue #54677: 77% to 10% between 21:10:43 and 21:11:21 Moscow time, with the weekly reset time unchanged, per the developer's local logs.

Source

Issue #54767: 48% to 0% in about nine minutes, then 295.8 credits charged, per the developer.

Source

Similar complaints in May led a Codex team member to post that usage limits were 'out of sync for some Codex users' (quoted on OpenAI's community forum). We found no public OpenAI reply on the October issues.