User burns $200 of Codex credits in one agent turn — 4,700 of 5,000 credits, task unfinished
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-11
- User RileyRalmuto was gifted 5,000 ChatGPT/Codex credits ($200). His "Astra Medium" agent, running a sol/terra delegation skill, burned through 4,700 credits in a single turn — $200 gone in under 20 minutes, with the task still unfinished.
- He calls the consumption "theft" and accuses OpenAI of repeatedly altering paid-service behavior without notice.
- The quoted post complains similarly: hitting usage limits 15 minutes into a task with nothing to show for it.
A concrete warning for paying agent users: autonomous agents can exhaust credits at speeds far beyond expectations.
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