> My codex sessions now easily drain a subscription within 24 hours.
I have the same problem. But I think that codex subscription limits have dropped a lot recently. They were doing a promotion through April/May of 2x usage which is when I started using it. A $200 weekly limit lasted me 5 days easily.
GPT 5.6 has increased usage a bit but I think it's not that much compared to 5.5. My guess is that there's usage limit shenanigans going on as well.
I do agree it has a tendency to go beyond scope of you're not careful but I find if I'm leaving it run overnight, calling the plan a "PRD contract" and a looping message reminding it not to go out of scope reduces that to manageable levels.
But yeah... A $200 plan that burns through it's weekly limit in a day, sometimes in 12 hours, is not sustainable. It seems Qwen / Kimi latest are at least equal to GPT 5.5 so as soon as someone else is offering those with a decent rate or subscription, I'm bouncing.
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[ 0.49 ms ] story [ 643 ms ] threadI have the same problem. But I think that codex subscription limits have dropped a lot recently. They were doing a promotion through April/May of 2x usage which is when I started using it. A $200 weekly limit lasted me 5 days easily.
GPT 5.6 has increased usage a bit but I think it's not that much compared to 5.5. My guess is that there's usage limit shenanigans going on as well.
I do agree it has a tendency to go beyond scope of you're not careful but I find if I'm leaving it run overnight, calling the plan a "PRD contract" and a looping message reminding it not to go out of scope reduces that to manageable levels.
But yeah... A $200 plan that burns through it's weekly limit in a day, sometimes in 12 hours, is not sustainable. It seems Qwen / Kimi latest are at least equal to GPT 5.5 so as soon as someone else is offering those with a decent rate or subscription, I'm bouncing.