Codex Pro 5x users hit 'model at capacity' errors all afternoon, GitHub issue shows

Secretmakewomenwomen · ghdev · 2026-09-17

A GitHub issue on openai/codex reports that a Pro 5x subscriber on macOS running the latest Codex App gets a "Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model" error on every task run, blocking work for an entire afternoon. The user criticizes paying for a high-tier subscription with no availability and suggests OpenAI learn from Claude. The issue carries bug and rate-limits labels and has 7 comments so far.

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