ChatGPT users report quota vanishing: 3 prompts hits the 5-hour cap, 7 prompts burns 84% of weekly limit

Serious-Push-6113 · reddit · 2026-09-09

A user reports that since yesterday ChatGPT's usage has been consumed abnormally fast: same model, same prompt complexity, yet 3 prompts trigger the 5-hour limit and 7 total prompts burned 84% of the weekly quota — with a usage screenshot attached.

He suspects OpenAI quietly changed its metering and asks if others see the same. Similar quota complaints have clustered on Reddit recently, pointing to possible limit tightening or metering issues.

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