Paying for ChatGPT Plus Just to Be Locked Out While “5h Remaining” Still Shows Feels Misleading

I don’t think this conclusion follows from the screenshot. The screenshot shows 68% remaining in the 5-hour window and 0% remaining in the weekly limit. That does not automatically mean the interface is bugged. It means you’re still not wanting to understand what those numbers mean. Those are not the same counter. The 5-hour window is not “you can use Codex continuously for five real-world hours.” It is a rolling usage bucket that limits how quickly you can spend your broader weekly allowance. That 5-hour bucket can be drained and refill multiple times before the weekly limit reaches zero. So the issue is not simply: > “I used Codex for less than 5 hours, therefore I should still have time.” That is not how the system works. Your math also leaves out important variables. For example: * which Codex model was used * the fact that you’re using on of the most expensive models in the first place * how many agents were running * whether speed mode was enabled * how large the repo/context was * how many files Codex read * how many tool calls occurred * how much system/project context was loaded before the actual code change A task that takes 3 minutes and 46 seconds on the clock can still burn much more than 3 minutes and 46 seconds worth of usage if the model is reading a large codebase, loading instructions, running tools, or using the more expensive Codex 5.5 model. That is the part your post keeps pretending doesn’t matter nor will you stop long enough to learn? The UI could still be clearer. I agree with that part… for people like you that 5 hour window could be tightened to match the last 15% of the last weekly %… But now you’ve raised a whole bunch of issues and never bothered to look at the varied costs. Right now, your argument depends on you refusing to understand that the 5-hour window measures how fast you can spend from your weekly window in the next 5 hours. … i strongly suggest you spend more time asking ChatGPT to explain these things to you rather than trying to convince it there’s some sort of bug