Cause (Documented platform behavior): api_bridge maps usage_not_included to CodexErr::UsageNotIncluded.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Unknowns:
- Which current plans lack Codex access is not stated in source
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): UsageNotIncluded Display text is this exact upgrade message.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/codex/main/codex-rs/codex-api/src/api_bridge.rs (official_docs, 2026-09, documented_behavior): Maps error type usage_not_included to CodexErr::UsageNotIncluded.
Search phrasings: codex upgrade to Plus error; To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan; codex usage_not_included
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Every request fails with the upgrade message.
- Context
- Product: OpenAI Codex CLI Component: ChatGPT-login entitlement Operation: Running codex after 'Sign in with ChatGPT' on a plan without Codex access Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Trigger: Backend returns error type usage_not_included for the signed-in ChatGPT account.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus: https://chatgpt.com/explore/plus.
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Codex CLI] 'To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus' — signed in with a ChatGPT plan that doesn't include Codex (usage_not_included)
Recommended action: Use a plan that includes Codex, or log in with an OpenAI API key instead (codex login --with-api-key / OPENAI_API_KEY with preferred auth method apikey).
Option: Use a plan that includes Codex, or log in with an OpenAI API key instead (codex login --with-api-key / OPENAI_API_KEY with preferred auth method apikey). [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Running codex after 'Sign in with ChatGPT' on a plan without Codex access
Steps:
1. Check which account/workspace you signed in with (codex login status)
2. Upgrade plan, switch to a workspace that includes Codex, or use API key auth
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 8f820c34-ecce-464e-913f-fb69f6d893b9
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Use a plan that includes Codex, or log in with an OpenAI API key instead (codex login --with-api-key / OPENAI_API_KEY with preferred auth method apikey). Option: Use a plan that includes Codex, or log in with an OpenAI API key instead (codex login --with-api-key / OPENAI_API_KEY with preferred auth method apikey). [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Running codex after 'Sign in with ChatGPT' on a plan without Codex access Steps: 1. Check which account/workspace you signed in with (codex login status) 2. Upgrade plan, switch to a workspace that includes Codex, or use API key auth Expected: The error no longer appears.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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