GPT-5.6 High-Speed Mode Burns Through Quota Fast
vista8 · x · 2026-07-11
The poster notes that many around them are finding their daily usage disrupted by the "5-hour reset" cadence of Codex and Claude Code.<br><br>They also mention that the new GPT-5.6 sol burns through quotas extremely fast on "high-speed" and "ultra" modes, depleting a $200 / 5-hour limit in just dozens of minutes. As a result, they have switched back to normal speed and Medium tier for better sustainability.
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