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NEWS2w ago
OpenAI investigates Codex banked-usage reset problems

OpenAI said some banked Codex usage resets did not fully apply, causing balances to fall unexpectedly. Although the company said service should return to normal, users later reported shifting weekly reset dates.

NEWS2w ago
OpenAI resets GPT-6 Astra usage for paid subscribers

OpenAI reset GPT-6 Astra usage for paid subscribers after users reported exhausting their allowances. An OpenAI employee said there is no fixed reset schedule.

NEWS2w ago
Users report Astra and Codex caps halt long-running agent work

Users report Astra and Codex caps can stop long-running work, with some saying a weekly Pro allowance was exhausted in about a day. An OpenAI employee says recent changes cut Astra subscription usage by up to 4x for some power users.

NEWS4w ago
Claude Code cuts its weekly cap to a permanent 25% increase on September 14

Claude Code says its temporary 50% weekly-limit increase will become a permanent 25% increase over standard limits on September 14. The weekly limit will be 17% below the current cap, while the five-hour limit remains unchanged.

NEWS4w ago
Investigators say poisoned agents attempted incident-log edits

Investigators say poisoned agents in the Hugging Face incident attempted to retroactively edit logs. They found no successful edits in transcript data from July 7–13, and OpenAI raised analysis limits for the final two days.

NEWS1mo ago
OpenAI grants Codex customers a banked usage reset

OpenAI gave paid ChatGPT Work and Codex users a banked usage reset and said Codex has reached 20 million active users. The company is investigating reports that lower cache-hit rates are causing usage limits to drain faster.

NEWS1mo ago
Claude Code users report Fable 5 and Opus 5 burn 5-hour limits in 6–10 minutes

Claude Code users reported Fable 5 and Opus 5 sessions exhausting five-hour usage windows in about 6–10 minutes after automated tool calls. The reports tie the failures to agent loops and rate-limit economics, including one Reddit claim of 10.26M tokens, 15 calls, and no edits.

NEWS2mo ago
Moonshot pauses new Kimi K3 subscriptions after GPU capacity crunch

Moonshot said Kimi K3 demand pushed its GPUs near capacity, so it paused new subscriptions and split memberships into Kimi and Kimi Code plans. Users also reported slow serving and sold-out paid plans.

NEWS2mo ago
Anthropic adds Fable 5 to Max and Team Premium at 50% limits

Starting July 20, Fable 5 is included in Claude Max and Team Premium at 50% of plan limits. Pro and Team Standard shift to credit-based access with a one-time $100 credit.

NEWS2mo ago
OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work limits after 9M active users

OpenAI said Codex and ChatGPT Work reached 9M active users and received another limit reset while reliability work continued. Users still reported weekly caps after long GPT-5.6 Sol coding runs.

NEWS2mo ago
OpenAI reports 8M Codex and ChatGPT Work users after 2.5x weekly usage jump

Sam Altman said agentic-product usage rose 2.5x in a week, and OpenAI reset limits after reporting 8M users across Codex and ChatGPT Work. Users also reported slow GPT responses and uneven limit burn.

NEWS2mo ago
OpenAI adds banked reset card for Codex paid users

OpenAI said 7M active users now use Codex and ChatGPT Work, and paid users reported an extra reset card in web and mobile settings. Other reports said GPT-5.6 Sol context changes may reduce Codex burn.

NEWS2mo ago
OpenAI reverts Codex GPT-5.6 Sol context limit to 272k after overcharging

OpenAI said GPT-5.6 Sol's 372k context in Codex charged more usage than intended, so it reverted Codex to 272k. It also removed a five-hour cap, reset some rates, and passed inference savings into more subscription usage.

NEWS2mo ago
Anthropic extends Fable 5 paid-plan access through July 19

Anthropic extended Fable 5 on paid plans and raised Claude Code weekly limits by 50% through July 19 while keeping the half-week cap. Users still described the rolling access changes as disruptive.

NEWS2mo ago
Claude Code users report quota burn and usage-meter failures

Reddit users reported Claude Code subagents hanging while burning quota, inconsistent usage meters, oversized contexts, slow desktop output, and a verify skill consuming a full limit. The common issue was unreliable usage accounting.

NEWS2mo ago
Anthropic extends paid Fable 5 access through July 12 with 50% weekly cap

Anthropic says paid Claude plans keep Fable 5 access until July 12, with Fable use capped at 50% of weekly limits. Users still reported exhausted quotas and multiple Max subscriptions as workarounds.

RELEASE2mo ago
Claude Cowork launches on mobile and web for Max users

Claude Cowork is rolling out to mobile and web for Max users, with shared Chat navigation and cross-device task review. Scheduled tasks can run while a computer is off, and doubled Cowork limits last through August 5.

NEWS2mo ago
Fable 5 users report heavy Claude Code credit burn before July 7 cutoff

A Fable maintainer set the Claude subscription cutoff for 11:59:59pm PT on July 7 as users posted high Claude Code credit usage. One estimate claimed about $2,267 of usage across two $200 accounts in six days.

NEWS2mo ago
Fable 5 users report July 7 Claude Max cutoff and compute-return caveat

Fable 5 users said Claude Max subscription access runs through July 7, with some reporting it may return only when compute is available. The deadline changed planning for Fable-heavy coding runs and fallback options.

NEWS2mo ago
Fable 5 users report Opus 4.8 fallbacks, refusals, and $321 sessions

Users posted mixed reports after Anthropic brought Fable 5 back: some sessions stayed on Fable, while others routed most work to Opus 4.8 or stalled mid-run. Watch for routing changes and cost spikes, since reports also mention refusals on ordinary tasks and ad hoc multi-model workarounds.

NEWS2mo ago
US Commerce removes Fable 5 export controls; Anthropic restores access July 1

The US Commerce Department removed export controls on Fable 5 and Mythos 5, and Anthropic said access starts returning July 1. Fable counts against up to 50% of weekly limits through July 7 before moving to usage credits, so users should check their quota behavior and fallback paths.

NEWS2mo ago
Codex fixes usage overcounting with one extra banked reset and auto-review rollback

A day after Codex reset limits for weekend drain reports, OpenAI said auto-review, duplicate background suggestions, and retry behavior were compounding usage and issued another full reset. Users also get one extra reset credit within 24 hours while reporting and scheduling fixes roll out.

NEWS3mo ago
Codex resets all usage limits as OpenAI investigates weekend drain reports

Two days after OpenAI said it had fixed Codex quota drain tied to fraud overflagging, the team opened a Sunday war room for fresh drain reports and issued a hard reset of user limits. The incident matters because background usage and reset rules were still opaque during long-running agent work.

NEWS3mo ago
Codex fixes quota drain tied to fraud overflagging with an account-wide usage reset

OpenAI said Codex accounts were seeing faster usage draining than intended because abuse and fraud checks were overflagging some sessions, then issued a usage reset for all users. It matters because paid Codex workflows were losing quota unexpectedly mid-run, directly affecting reliability and cost.

RELEASE3mo ago
Z.ai releases GLM-5.2 for Coding Plan users with 1M context and Max mode

Z.ai made GLM-5.2 available to GLM Coding Plan users with High and Max thinking modes, 1M context, and promised API plus MIT open source next week. Early testers reported higher plan pricing, heavy rate limits, and mixed build quality versus Opus and Fable.

NEWS3mo ago
Fable 5 users report Opus 4.8 fallbacks during research prompts

Users said Claude Fable 5 kept routing ordinary research prompts to Opus 4.8 after Anthropic’s labeled fallback path appeared. Watch for mid-session model swaps if you rely on Fable for research work.

RELEASE3mo ago
Codex adds banked rate-limit resets for Go, Plus, Pro, and Business

OpenAI started rolling out bankable Codex resets to Go, Plus, Pro, and Business users, plus a two-week referral program that can add more resets. That lets users save capacity for heavier Browser use and longer Codex sessions instead of losing resets on a fixed clock.

NEWS3mo ago
Fable 5 users report 90-minute Max caps and June 23 plan cutoff

One day after Fable 5 launched, users reported burning through Max quotas in about 90 minutes while Anthropic told subscribers the model will leave Claude plans on June 23 until capacity improves. If you depend on Fable, plan for quota pressure and route critical jobs elsewhere.

NEWS3mo ago
Anthropic updates Claude Fable 5 limits with 5-hour and weekly resets

Anthropic reset Fable's 5-hour and weekly quotas after launch-day reports of Max users exhausting access in minutes. Access also depended on the latest Claude Code build, and plan messaging said included use ends June 22 before usage credits take over.

NEWS3mo ago
Codex fixes token undercounting after three reliability incidents and quota resets

A day after Codex users reported outages and caps, OpenAI said the service had three separate incidents and later disclosed a bug that undercounted tokens for some Plus and Pro accounts, while users reported paid-plan quotas reset. The update matters because Codex operators saw both service instability and account-limit changes in the same 24-hour window.

NEWS3mo ago
Codex users report outages, 5-hour caps, and token shortages after Sites launch

Users reported outages, tighter 5-hour caps, and token availability problems a day after OpenAI launched Codex Sites and plugins. OpenAI reset Codex usage limits after three incidents, so teams should watch quotas and backend reliability as agent workflows ramp up.

NEWS3mo ago
Claude Code resets 5-hour and weekly limits after Opus 4.8 parallel-tool bug

A day after users reported runaway Claude Code usage, Anthropic reset five-hour and weekly quotas and said an Opus 4.8 handling issue was spawning more parallel tool calls than intended. The fix matters because it turns a token-burn complaint into an acknowledged product bug with restored quotas for affected Pro and Max users.

NEWS3mo ago
Cursor raises Teams usage limits and adds Premium seats with 5x usage

Cursor raised usage limits for all Teams users and introduced a Premium seat tier with 5x usage for 3x the price. Teams can now budget coding-agent access around seat quotas instead of raw token meters.

NEWS3mo ago
Codex raises weekly and hourly limits to 100% after 5 million users

OpenAI restored Codex weekly and hourly quotas across paid ChatGPT plans after Tibo Sottiaux said the product hit 5 million users. Watch for long-running QA loops, migration PRs, and remote desktop sessions that can still burn through quotas fast.

NEWS4mo ago
Claude Code users report 200K context rollbacks and deleted session files

Fresh posts added 600K-to-200K context rollbacks, auto mode breaking human checkpoints, and default session-file deletion to the recent Claude Code complaint stack. Watch long sessions and review loops closely, since recovery got harder when session files disappeared.

RELEASE4mo ago
Antigravity adds Gemini 3.5 Flash Low with ~45% fewer tokens

Antigravity added a lower-cost Gemini 3.5 Flash tier for IDE, CLI, and desktop use, with posts citing about 45% fewer tokens than Medium. Watch quotas after the reset across free and paid plans if you're planning to use the cheaper tier.

NEWS4mo ago
OpenAI fixes Codex cache-hit bug and resets usage limits

OpenAI said a recent Codex optimization lowered cache-hit rates in long-running sessions, drained limits faster, rolled it back, and reset all accounts. That matters because compaction and cache behavior directly determine quota burn and session reliability.

RELEASE4mo ago
Antigravity updates Gemini 3.5 Flash with permanent 3x quotas and 2x context

A day after Antigravity raised weekly Gemini quotas, the team said the 3x increase is permanent and doubled Gemini 3.5 Flash max context in AGY. The same update batch also clarified the IDE split and shipped Windows fixes, changing day-to-day limits and workflow behavior for developers.

NEWS4mo ago
Antigravity raises Gemini weekly quotas 3x and resets usage

Google tripled Antigravity's Gemini weekly quotas and issued a one-time quota reset after raising limits earlier in the week. The change lets teams run more Gemini 3.5 Flash work inside Google's CLI and managed-agent workflows.

NEWS4mo ago
Codex fixes usage-limit sync bug after 2-hour subscriber lockout

OpenAI said a metering bug put many Codex subscribers at the wrong usage level for about two hours, then restored balances and waived usage from that window. This matters because the incident interrupted active sessions and showed how subscription sync failures can halt agent runs mid-task.

RELEASE4mo ago
Codex updates app with customizable shortcuts and 10-50x faster Git ops

OpenAI shipped shortcut customization, restored Git controls, cleaned up panels, and sped up large-repo operations in Codex. Paid-plan usage caps were also reset, though some accounts saw delayed propagation.

WORKFLOW4mo ago
Claude Code users report tmux claude-p wrappers and cache fixes after June 15

Developers published two Claude Code workarounds after users flagged metered -p mode: a tmux-backed claude-p wrapper and a setting to stop attribution headers from breaking prompt caching. Both reduce repeated-token spend in agent-heavy runs.

NEWS4mo ago
OpenAI fixes two GPT-5.5 issues in Codex after users report looping runs

OpenAI said Codex’s GPT-5.5 degradation over the prior 48 hours came from two issues and it will reset usage limits after the fix. Users had reported looping runs, higher cache burn, and unstable sessions in active coding workflows.

NEWS4mo ago
Claude Code users report metered -p mode and slower headless sessions after credit split

A day after developers flagged Anthropic’s SDK credit split, Claude Code users said -p work had become metered, slower, and harder to run headlessly. Anthropic reset 5-hour and weekly limits, and Claude Code 2.1.143 added projected context-cost estimates.

RELEASE4mo ago
OpenRouter adds multi-key BYOK routing with fallback tiers

OpenRouter updated BYOK workspaces so teams can attach multiple provider keys, scope them to specific models or users, and choose prioritized versus fallback use. It changes how rate-limit isolation, dev and prod separation, and failover routing are handled inside one workspace.

NEWS4mo ago
Anthropic adds $20-$200 monthly Claude Agent SDK credits starting June 15

Anthropic will move Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, GitHub Actions, and third-party agent apps onto separate monthly credits on June 15. Watch the new bucket closely, since it changes the cost model for autonomous runs and subscription-backed harnesses.

NEWS4mo ago
Anthropic raises Claude Code weekly limits 50% through July 13

Anthropic increased Claude Code weekly limits 50% for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise users through July 13. The higher cap stacks on last week's 2x five-hour increase and applies across CLI, IDE extensions, desktop, and web.

NEWS4mo ago
Anthropic doubles Claude Code 5-hour limits after SpaceX Colossus 1 compute deal

Anthropic said a SpaceX compute deal will add 300+ MW and 220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs, and it doubled Claude Code 5-hour limits across paid plans. It also raised Opus API ceilings; users should still watch the unchanged weekly caps.

NEWS4mo ago
Claude Code users report HERMES.md extra billing and ban appeals

Users on Hacker News and Reddit reported a reproduced HERMES.md extra-usage billing bug, plus new ban appeals and repeated blame-shifting complaints. Anthropic says affected users will get refunds and credits, so teams should keep an eye on quota routing and support escalation.

NEWS4mo ago
Claude Code users report keyword-trigger billing after Opus 4.7 rollout

Days after Opus 4.7 launched, users reported commit-message triggers tied to OpenClaw or HERMES markers that could route requests into extra billing or refusals, alongside continued throttling complaints. Anthropic says affected users will get refunds, but repo-scanning heuristics may still affect cost and reliability in multi-harness workflows.

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