One Codex task reportedly used over 70% of a 5-hour limit
A single Codex task ran for about 20 minutes and reduced a nearly full five-hour allowance to 23%. It edited five files, used a browser, and ran several commands. The selected setting was “5.6 Sol Extra High,” which uses a high level of .
Usage depends on compute and tokens rather than elapsed time alone, but consuming more than 70% of the allowance on one task was unexpectedly high in this case. There is no official or comparison data here, so it is unclear whether this was normal behavior or a problem tied to the task or setting.
Key points
- The task ran for roughly 20 minutes and changed five files.
- It also used a browser and ran commands.
- The remaining five-hour allowance fell to 23%, a drop of more than 70 percentage points.
- The task used the “5.6 Sol Extra High” setting.
- No official data confirms whether this level of usage is expected.