Card #325 · OpenAI Platform & APIs
Codex credits draining automatically while idle
Users are reporting that Codex credits and usage limits are disappearing rapidly even when the tool is idle or not being actively used. This unpredictable consumption occurs overnight or while the app is simply left open, with some users experiencing total depletion of purchased credits without any recorded activity.
Pain score
0.24/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.61distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement1.00upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 5 verified quotes
paid credits started disappearing , even though nobody was actively doing anything.
I bought 1000 credits yesterday after my quota was depleted, but I haven’t used any of them atall. After around an hour, they were ALL gone on their own.
The CODEX app consumed 1500 credits from my account while I was sleeping.
1000 Credits were present yesterday. This morning I get up and check and its 0 despite almost zero usage.
the main problem is not simply that a large task used many credits. The problem is that credits appear to keep disappearing while Codex is left open/running, without me actively starting new meaningful work.
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