User says $400 of Codex credits vanished in 4 hours with four xhigh agents
jxnlco · x · 2026-07-24
- A user says their Codex credits are being exhausted far too quickly.
- They report that weekly access used to last a long time, but after buying about $400 in credits, the balance disappeared in roughly 4 hours.
- The poster says they were running around 4 agents on xhigh and suspects recurring tasks may be burning through usage unexpectedly.
- They ask the Codex team to investigate where the credits are going.
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