Frustrated with new Codex Limits for the Pro Users
OpenAI Developer Community
May 13, 2026
I am frustrated from the recent updates in the Codex. I was previously working with 5.4 and 5.3 models with fast speed and I never ran out of token but after the 5.5 updates.
The weekly qouta started running out after just a small bug fix for Pro if I use 5.4 or 5.5. if I dont use them and use 5.3-codex then the model remain stuck in planning phase for 3-4 hours.
Hardly solves any porblem anymore. Open AI is trying to monopolise and this is not good. A lot of my friends stopped using Open AI because of this behaviour and such updates from the Open AI.
I am attaching the screenshot as a proof where codex only fixed a small chat mode selector modal in six hours and before fixing it, it took 3 hours to plan to it. Instead of vibe coding seems like the platform is intentionally rejecting the customers to either stop using or have atleast 10 pro plans to actually work with something useful.
I thought 5.5 could help but a simple api integration took it 10-12 hours and none of the api’s were integrated. After it hits context compaction it literally forgets the requirements. it dont even try to read the last chat messages.
I am really frustrated by these updates from the Codex & Open AI and now unfrotunately in order to solve anything i have to zip the entire mono repo and then ask the ChatGPT Pro to help and then asking kimi or Claude to fix those changes and fill the gaps.
I kindly urge Codex and Open AI to look at the developer experience. its degrading fast.
P.S I am considering moving to Open Source LLMs now as having a Mac Studio to run it seems more cheaper then a controlled monopolised market.
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