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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Codex CLI] 'You’ve hit your usage limit ...' variants (Plus/Pro/Team/Free, workspace out of credits, spend cap, model-specific limit)

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): UsageLimitReachedError picks its message from the limit name (non-codex model-specific limit -> switch model), workspace credits/spend-cap type, promo, or plan type; resets_at yields the 'Try again at' suffix.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - Messages use a typographic apostrophe (’) in 'You’ve'
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Your workspace is out of credits. Add credits to continue.
    - Your workspace is out of credits. Ask your workspace owner to refill in order to continue.
    - You hit your spend cap set in your workspace. Increase your spend cap to continue.
    - You hit your spend cap set by the owner of your workspace. Ask an owner to increase your spend cap to continue.
    - Switch to another model now,
    - To get more access now, send a request to your admin
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/codex/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/error.rs (official_docs, 2026-09, documented_behavior): Display impl of UsageLimitReachedError contains each variant string and the selection logic.
    
    Search phrasings: codex you've hit your usage limit; codex workspace is out of credits; codex spend cap set in your workspace; codex usage limit try again at
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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      "created_at": "2026-09-27T22:27:23.740Z",
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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Requests stop with a plan-specific message, optionally 'Try again at <time>'.",
      "context": "Product: OpenAI Codex CLI\nComponent: ChatGPT-plan usage limits\nOperation: Heavy Codex use with ChatGPT sign-in\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nTrigger: Backend returns usage_limit_reached with plan_type, resets_at, limit name or rate_limit_reached_type.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "You’ve hit your usage limit."
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## Primary and recurrence sources

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## Support assessment

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## Related contributions

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        "body": "Recommended action: Wait until the reset time, switch model if the limit is model-specific, buy credits (Plus/Pro), or ask the workspace owner/admin to add credits or raise the spend cap; alternatively use API-key auth.\n\nOption: Wait until the reset time, switch model if the limit is model-specific, buy credits (Plus/Pro), or ask the workspace owner/admin to add credits or raise the spend cap; alternatively use API-key auth. [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Heavy Codex use with ChatGPT sign-in\nSteps:\n1. Read the reset time in the message\n2. If it names a specific model limit, switch model (/model)\n3. Workspace members: ask the owner to refill credits or raise spend cap\n4. Or authenticate with an API key billed separately\nExpected: The error no longer appears.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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