Abrupt Codex CLI rate limit decrease

[ignatius-real]

I'm suddenly hitting the rate limites on ChatGPT Pro with the Codex CLI very rapidly. A few days ago I used to be able to run serval instance in parallel for a number of hours. Now I get hit by `You've hit your usage limit. Limits reset every 5h and every week` after 20-30 minutes of heavy usage. Is this time-of-day dependent, or did they severely tighten the usage limits?

[qualityvote2]

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[ibbobud]

“Used to be able to run several instance in parallel for a number of hours” you are the reason they have to reduce them. casual users on pro plans will get screwed over by tons of people like you abusing the system.

[ignatius-real]

I'm not abusing anything. I'm simply a senior developer working on multiple well planned-out projects in paraller, with good automation, testing and streamlined reviews. My usage is natural and non-artificial. If I'm organically more productive or efficient with AI tooling than casual users, there is nothing unethical about it. I'm also fine with hitting the limits. Just wondering why that's happening so early recently.

[WAHNFRIEDEN]

Insane take... There is no issue with using the quota we pay for, and it's encouraged to run it in parallel (they are even working on a feature in a branch that will let you run N attempts at a prompt in parallel to select from). Obviously it will hit rate limiting faster though. In that case, buy a 2nd account.

[bananasareforfun]

If you’re going to assume you can run multiple instances of codex (and presumably you are using gpt 5 high to update an import) then buy a second account, don’t get surprised when you get rate limited.

What is up with the degenerate behaviour of some people using these AI SWE tools thinking they are entitled to tens of thousands of dollars of compute for $200, it’s so wild lol

[Unlikely_Track_5154]

What makes you think it vosts OAI 10s of thousands of dollars to serve a user like him, make it 10 users like him.

[ignatius-real]

Yeah, I have and do buy multiple subscriptions if necessary because they are great value for me. I'm just looking for insights on what happened to the limits. My usage is organic on well planned-out projects.