Codex hits limits immidiately

Type: Bug

Codex credits run out after two actions. I've started new threads, keeping the chats short and fresh. and this past week it just keeps hitting limits after doing just 2 tasks. I've used a reset, and it immidiately drained after one task

VS Code version: Code 1.135.0 (Universal) (08d4889f9ec4a1685d257b9b95de036c8e1ce1e5, 2026-08-25T14:26:52Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.5.0
Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Apple M3 Pro (12 x 2400)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x106b [Google Inc. (Apple)], DEVICE=0x0000 [ANGLE (Apple, ANGLE Metal Renderer: Apple M3 Pro, Version 26.5.1 (Build 25F80))], DRIVER_VENDOR=Apple, DRIVER_VERSION=26.5.1 *ACTIVE*
Machine model name: Mac
Machine model version: 15.7
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: enabled_on
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|9, 8, 8|
|Memory (System)|18.00GB (0.06GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 8a62ecc4-1f25-42a4-8c39-630bfe8d1f9e|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
Extensions (4)

Name|Identifier|Author|Version
---|---|---|---
Claude Code for VS Code|anthropic.claude-code|Anthropic|2.1.251
Container Tools|ms-azuretools.vscode-containers|ms-azuretools|2.5.0
Dev Containers|ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers|ms-vscode-remote|0.466.0
Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent|openai.chatgpt|openai|26.825.51511

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