Codex agent burns hundreds of dollars in credits after hitting usage limit instead of pausing
Angaisb_ · x · 2026-10-13
A user reports their Astra (Codex) agent kept generating pixel art sprites for under an hour after the usage limit was exhausted, instead of pausing — racking up hundreds of dollars worth of credits. They ask why there's no option to make it pause, and sarcastically praise the new detailed analytics, with a screenshot showing a single chat consuming 18.98% of the weekly limit.
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