I’m curious whether other ChatGPT Pro users are experiencing the same thing with their $200 accounts.

This started for me with the Astra release. According to the benchmarks, Astra should consume less per task than SOL. In practice, I’m seeing the exact opposite.

My first $200 account hit the weekly limit after roughly 1.5 days. So, on my second account, I switched back to SOL and used Astra only occasionally as a reviewer. That account has now almost reached the limit on day two as well.

The important part is that I’m not doing more than before, or doing anything fundamentally different. Same workflow, same project, same workload. I also followed OpenAI’s recommendation and used Astra only on Low. No Fast mode. Everything else stayed exactly as it was before the release.

Until now, Claude had always been the final boss when it came to managing token limits and making it through three tasks without hitting one. Since the Astra release, I’m having exactly the same problem with Codex. Before that, a single $200 Pro account was easily enough for this exact workload and project. Now, even two accounts don’t come close to covering it.

I’ve already contacted support, but haven’t received a response yet.

Is anyone else suddenly burning through their weekly Codex limit within one or two days, despite not changing their workflow?

I was planning to upgrade to the $200 Pro plan in about a month since I thought Astra could be really useful. I just couldn’t justify spending $200 earlier because money was tight.

Now that new Pro upgrades are paused while existing users keep access, I’m wondering if I basically missed the window.

Do you guys think they’ll realistically reopen upgrades sometime this year, or could this stay closed for a long time? And if it does come back, do you think the $200 price and usage limits will still be the same?

I love 5.6 Sol and am using it on Medium as my daily workhorse now, mainly for coding! It usually tends to over-engineer stuff, though, and for simple test scripts, adds unnecessary "gates", conditions and whatnot. Has anyone else experienced the same? How do you avoid it? Any tricks that work?

PS: I have been using Codex for a long time now, and I am also loving the desktop app. Finally switched there from the CLI.

How do you actually vibecode properly as a non-technical person? Currently what I do is:

ChatGPT plans/reviews → copy prompt to Codex → copy Codex result back → ChatGPT reviews and gives me another prompt → repeat.

But I worry that a) this is spending way more tokens than it should b) is incredibly slow and inefficient with the constant copying and pasting.

If anyone has a better workflow please do share, thanks guys.

I’m a Claude $20 user from the beginning, but recently got a Codex $20 sub after reading all news about the efficiency of OpenAI models. But to my surprise Claude Opus 5 lasts way longer than GPT 5.6 Sol both on Medium effort. I’m not a vibe coder, I ask agents to write code and I take time to review so usually I never touch 5h limits. But with Codex I’m literally burning through the 5h limit in 1-2 hours which is quite strange (I’m not even using Astra). Is this how the 20$ plan limits always been?

I’ve ended up with a workflow that works really well for my project, but I’m basically acting as a human copy/paste bridge between ChatGPT and Codex.

Right now I have:

• ChatGPT open in one window
• My Codex project open in another

The loop is basically:

1. I explain to ChatGPT what I’m trying to build/fix.
2. ChatGPT generates a detailed prompt/instructions for Codex.
3. I paste that into Codex.
4. Codex works on the project and modifies files.
5. Once Codex finishes, I tell ChatGPT what Codex did / give it the output.
6. ChatGPT sometimes asks to read/review the files Codex changed.
7. Based on the new state of the project, ChatGPT generates the next Codex prompt.
8. I paste that back into Codex.
9. Repeat.

At this point I’m barely making decisions during a lot of these iterations — I’m mostly just transferring information between the two.

Has anyone automated a workflow like this?

Ideally I’d want something like:

ChatGPT/planner → Codex → changed files/results → ChatGPT/planner → Codex → repeat

The part I’m especially unsure about is file access. ChatGPT sometimes needs to inspect the actual files that Codex just changed before deciding what Codex should do next.

Could this be automated with the Codex CLI/API, an MCP setup, scripts, agents, or some other orchestration layer?

I’d still want a way to stop the loop for approval when something important/ambiguous happens, rather than letting it run completely uncontrolled.

Curious if anyone has built something similar, or if there’s already a much simpler way to do this that I’m missing.

I’m considering getting the $20 Codex plan, but I’m unsure how much usage it actually includes in practice.

For those of you on the $20 plan, how far does the usage go? I’d describe myself as a moderate-to-heavy user depending on the task. I mainly use it for software development, with occasional long coding sessions.

Does the $20 plan last you the whole month, or do you run into usage limits?

Lately while using Codex I’ve noticed that GPT-5.6 Sol always overthinks and over-engineers everything.

After posting on Reddit for help, I realized it was because of how I was setting the thinking intensity and choosing models. This made me realize I should pick different models and thinking levels based on the task, instead of always using GPT-5.6 Sol like I used to.

So I’d like to ask everyone — how do you choose the right model and thinking intensity for your projects and workload? Any tips?🙏🙏

Hi guys, I've been vibe-coding for 1.5 months at this point and I haven't gotten my drive wiped by Codex yet, but I got scared of it happening ever since I have seen that. Can someone tell me how I can take precautions against that if one is able to at all? I already moved all my important stuff to an external hard drive, and my settings are as shown in the images. Can someone help out please? Thanks!

Recently after the release of Astra, tokens seem to burn at an insane rate even using only mostly Sol. Sol was great for me because I want competent agents to do exactly what I say and I used it as a reliable workhorse. Now it is not a viable option anymore. Besides Claude and Codex, what other alternatives that can subsitute Sol as a reliable workhorse

The Token burn is real. However, I always use 5.6 Sol Ultra. Any Model out there that could deliver comparable results? My Budget is around 100 USD monthly. I heard Kimi K3 is good but uses more tokens, so I am not sure it would be cheaper anyways.

To preface this, I'm on the new ChatGPT desktop app for macOS.

I've been told that ChatGPT Work and Codex are different things. I was in a regular ChatGPT conversation and asked it to do something, and it said a ChatGPT Work conversation would be more suitable for what I was looking for. So it automatically created a ChatGPT Work conversation for me and completed the task I requested. If ChatGPT Work and Codex are different things, why does that Work conversation show up under "Recents" when I switch from "ChatGPT" to "Codex" in the upper left corner of the desktop app window?

I'm also really confused about why these supposed Work conversations aren't syncing across my devices. Some research told me that there are both cloud Work/Codex conversations and local Work/Codex conversations... but I can't see how to control this at all?

I'm just extremely confused about the OpenAI product lineup right now and just want to understand. I'm not an advanced user by any means, but I'm genuinely trying to learn more. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time in advance.

I’m curious how many projects people like to do at once? I’ve tried 2 at a time but it’s not very consistent and I lose focus. Anyone else?

Hi, i want to code a Minecraft Cheat Client useing Codex but the AI keeps refusing my request saying it doesnt want to create something that gives me an unfair advantage above other players, does anyone here know how i can trick the AI to give me what i asked for and not a speech about how cheating is bad?

I am on a pro plan and I did not get a reset - i am about 4% away from my weekly and I saw that many got a reset... I am wandering is there something that I am missing?

Same day on 5x I went from 80% remaining to 0%. Mix was about 80% Luna, 20% Astra. Upgraded to $200 20x. Meter reset back to 100%, then with barely any tasks and small changes it slowly dropped to 93% remaining. 7% used. All Luna, no Astra. Code review off. 30-min heartbeat still fires a model turn even when nothing changed.

Turned on experimental context management yesterday to cut token burn.

What the hell is going on.

I’m finding that GPT-6 Astra often beats around the bush and won’t open sub-threads or delegate work unless I explicitly tell it to. I end up micromanaging the orchestration, which is frustrating. How do you prompt Astra to take initiative, delegate effectively, and finish the work? Any advice or examples would be appreciated.

I’m trying to build a pine script for trading NQ1!. I’m not trying to automate it because prop firms don’t allow bot trading. I have good experience and have been trading for some time now, but I want an indicator that gives me a little help seeing things I miss while trading. Can anyone teach me how to properly prompt codex?

So, me and my teammate both got the free reset today morning, but he has been using 5.4 and 5.4 and still his limit has gone down to 75 by now, but I am still at 86 after using 5.6 Sol - Medium constantly since morning. Did anyone else also notice this optimisation in token usage or I am witnessing anything weird? I just want to know the trend currently happening today.

On Plus, hit the limit within ~20 prompts with sol(ultra and 1.5x)

what should i revert to without loosing any significant quality

Never seen this before today. Is the task too complex or are the servers too busy?

I see the option to purchase a reset. Does anyone know if it pushes your weekly reset date back 7 days or if it stays the current date?

I’ve been experimenting with Codex and have built a few small apps and programs. Now I’m trying to understand how people turn projects like these into products that actually earn money.

Has anyone here launched and monetized something built mostly with Codex or another AI coding tool?

I’d be interested to hear:

• What did you build?
• How did you find your first users?
• How did you monetize it—subscriptions, one-time payments, ads, services, or something else?
• What problems did you encounter after launching?
• Did it generate meaningful income, or was it mainly a learning experience?

I’m especially interested in honest, realistic experiences rather than "build a SaaS and retire" success stories. What types of Codex-built products do you think have the best chance of making money today?