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  "path": "/t/codex-credits-are-draining-while-idle-not-actively-used/1380250#post_17",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T05:37:02.000Z",
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  "textContent": "## **Full forum update**\n\nI also have a small widget I made to monitor Codex usage/credits, because the behavior became impossible to follow manually.\n\nThe screenshots show the same thing from two sides:\n\n  * the Codex Usage page itself\n\n  * my own monitoring widget, which tracks the same values over time\n\n\n\n\nAt the time shown, I still had:\n\n  * **Weekly usage available**\n\n  * **5 hour usage limit available**\n\n  * **paid credits remaining**\n\n\n\n\nThen, suddenly, the **paid credits started disappearing** , even though nobody was actively doing anything.\n\nThis happened overnight. No active work. No deliberate Codex usage. Nothing that should explain this kind of paid-credit drain.\n\nOne more clarification: I logged in remotely to my machine, as I mentioned earlier, only to check what was happening.\n\nI am currently traveling, so I am not actively working in Codex. I was definitely not doing any Codex work during that period. I only connected remotely afterward to verify the state and capture/check the usage information.\n\nThe most worrying part is that this is not happening when the normal usage limits are exhausted. The screenshots show that both the weekly limit and the 5-hour limit still had availability, yet the paid credits were still being consumed.\n\nThat makes the situation even harder to understand from the user side.\n\nFrom my perspective, the credits are simply leaking everywhere. I am not talking about a delayed dashboard update or normal token-based usage. I am talking about paid credits disappearing while there is still available quota and no active work being done.\n\nThis is exactly why I keep saying the issue is not just “Codex costs credits.” The issue is that the consumption is no longer predictable, visible, or controllable.",
  "title": "Codex credits are draining while idle / not actively used"
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