Ask HN: How do you feel about the new 5H usage limit in Codex?

3 points · 1 visible top comment · 2026-08-27 14:17:38 UTC

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Recently OpenAI decided to add back the 5-hour usage limits for all plans except the Pro ones (I think?), was submitted here among others: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432879

Are you hitting the limits faster than expected now? Does it get in the way of real work? Personally I'm not able to be productive even knowing there is a limit, so hard to imagine how it is for others who are more fine with it, yet maybe hit the current limits sometimes, curious to know how people feel about it.

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romanhn · 2026-08-27 15:33:54 UTC

Yes and yes. I've so far switched from Sol to Terra but not sure even that will be sufficient. This also feels like it neuters a lot of the utility of banked/paid resets, since I'm not willing to re-up the weekly limit when I'm at 50% or whatever, but can no longer use it after hitting the 5h limit.