Pro weekly usage limit depletes unusually fast on 5.5, worsened by unstable context compaction
## What version of Codex is running? Codex app version: 26.422.30944 (2080) ## What subscription do you have? Pro $200 ## What issue are you seeing? The weekly usage limit for Pro users appears to be depleting much faster than expected when using Codex with 5.5. Even without an especially heavy workload, I exhausted almost the entire weekly Pro usage allowance within about two days. Previously, when using 5.4, the weekly allowance was almost never depleted for me, even when my workload was significantly heavier. This makes me suspect that the 5.5 usage accounting / billing behavior may have a problem, or that the current usage cost is not reasonable for Pro users. As a $200/month Pro subscriber, the weekly limit currently does not feel sufficient to support even two days of normal usage. ## Additional related issue: context compaction wastes a large amount of usage There is also a severe context compaction problem that makes the usage drain worse: - Context compaction currently takes a very long time. - It is unstable and sometimes fails. - When compaction fails, the current session can effectively become unusable. - I then have to start a new session and rerun or re-explain the same task. - This wastes a large amount of tokens/usage on top of the already-fast depletion. So the problem is not only the actual coding work consuming usage. Failed or slow context compaction and forced session restarts are also consuming a lot of the Pro weekly allowance. ## Expected b
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Pro weekly usage limit depletes unusually fast on 5.5, worsened by unstable context compaction
## What version of Codex is running? Codex app version: 26.422.30944 (2080) ## What subscription do you have? Pro $200 ## What issue are you seeing? The weekly usage limit for Pro users appears to be depleting much faster than expected when using Codex with 5.5. Even without an especially heavy workload, I exhausted almost the entire weekly Pro usage allowance within about two days. Previously, when using 5.4, the weekly allowance was almost never depleted for me, even when my workload was significantly heavier. This makes me suspect that the 5.5 usage accounting / billing behavior may have a problem, or that the current usage cost is not reasonable for Pro users. As a $200/month Pro subscriber, the weekly limit currently does not feel sufficient to support even two days of normal usage. ## Additional related issue: context compaction wastes a large amount of usage There is also a severe context compaction problem that makes the usage drain worse: - Context compaction currently takes a very long time. - It is unstable and sometimes fails. - When compaction fails, the current session can effectively become unusable. - I then have to start a new session and rerun or re-explain the same task. - This wastes a large amount of tokens/usage on top of the already-fast depletion. So the problem is not only the actual coding work consuming usage. Failed or slow context compaction and forced session restarts are also consuming a lot of the Pro weekly allowance. ## Expected b
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