# Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work (`limits.window_interrupts_work`) Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-01, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-27. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/#/criterion/limits.window_interrupts_work Area: [Paying and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/paying.md) **Definition.** The short rolling usage window (a cap of a few hours) blocks the user mid-task or mid-session: forced waits, killed sessions, or a long allowance left unused because the short window ran out. The post is about the window itself, not about what consumed it. **Boundary.** Not this: see [Single prompt, model or effort level consumes disproportionate quota](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.burn_rate.md) when the point is that one prompt, model or effort level used a large share. Not this: see [How much use a plan's price buys](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.plan_value.md) for the weekly or monthly total. Rated author-weeks, all agents: 2771. Complaint share: 86%. ## The brief Written by Claude Opus 5.5 from 73 labelled posts and the numbers on this page. Interpretation, not measurement: every quote is verbatim and links to its post. **The short window, not the weekly total, is what stops work.** TL;DR: - Removing the five-hour window is the top request, led by OpenAI Codex and Claude Code users. - Claude Code draws praise for stopping at a clean point instead of mid-edit. - OpenCode and Devin users describe tight caps and long waits that stall whole sessions. In plain terms: You start a big task. The short window runs out and the agent stops mid-change. You wait hours, resume, and often hit it again. Weekly allowance sits unused because the clock decides when you work, not your budget. ### How it breaks - **Cutoff lands in the middle of an edit** ([Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md)). The worst outcome is a hard stop halfway through a multi-file change, leaving broken code and untested work for the next session. Users describe returning to half-refactored files and builds that no longer compile. Before any fix shipped, some built their own rituals. They forced a commit, a push and a handoff note before the cutoff. Others built usage watchers to stop loops from starting tasks they could not finish. Letting an in-progress task finish at cutoff is a leading request, mostly from Claude Code and OpenAI Codex users. Evidence: - Praise, Claude Code, @ClaudeDevs, 2026-09-25: “this is a great change. getting cut off in the middle of a multi file edit is the worst place for an agent to stop, with half the files changed and the tests never run. landing on a clean point means the next session starts from code that builds instead of a mess to untangle first.” [source](https://twitter.com/2018819126429450240/status/2103620284276154688) - Praise, Claude Code, @ClaudeDevs, 2026-09-26: “@claudedevs finally. no more coming back to a file that's half refactored like a crime scene ” [source](https://twitter.com/2094000302529601536/status/2103688665692266588) - Complaint, Claude Code, @ClaudeDevs, 2026-09-27: “@claudedevs my pre-limit ritual is making it commit, push, and leave a handoff note before the cutoff. if 'graceful stopping point' does that automatically, genuinely huge” [source](https://twitter.com/1946533759261802496/status/2104015735257550848) - **Life scheduled around the reset clock** ([Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md), [How much use a plan's price buys](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.plan_value.md)). Users with weekly allowance to spare still plan their day around when the short window refills. Posts describe a cap that rations use into bursts. On one plan, a user gets about an hour of light work per window, then waits. Another says the short limit is easy to hit while the monthly limit goes unspent, so they are building a throttle to stretch usage. Users ask to spend weekly allowance without a short-window cap, or for a toggle to turn it off. Evidence: - Complaint, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-26: “man just give us a 50$ tier with no 5 hour usage limit/or atleast option to disable it and just let us burn all our weeky usage anytime we want and not have to schedule our life around the 5 hour usage reset.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqoxyz/dev_day_predictions/pc6dtg1/) - Complaint, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-24: “idk opus 5.5 on the $20 plan gets me maybe an hour of light usage per 5 hour window. yeah it doesnt blow through weekly limits, but tbh its kinda useless if you can only use it every 4 hours.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wodcz2/omg_no_wayy/pboaq48/) - Complaint, OpenCode, r/opencodeCLI, 2026-09-19: “i’m also looking into a project that throttles opencode based on my usage limits, so i can keep it running indefinitely without hitting limits. it will be slower, but hopefully i can reach 100% quota utilization without ever hitting the limit. right now, i easily hit the 5hr limit but i am not consistent enough to hit the monthly limit. this plugin would make sure i can saturate my availability utilization.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1whour3/seriously_guys_how_much_money_are_you_making_from/pasgw69/) - **Wait, resume, hit the wall again** ([Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md)). After the reset, the next session often dies within minutes, so the interruption repeats instead of ending. Users report waiting out the window, typing continue, and hitting the limit again almost at once. Retry timers stretch further when users try again. On some agents the wait runs a full day. The pattern turns a single pause into a loop of short bursts and long gaps. That is why users ask for throttling instead of a hard stop. Evidence: - Complaint, Devin, @cognition, 2026-09-11: “@gombosattila4 @cognition same, constant "retry in x minutes" and then when i retry, adds like 10 more minutes lol” [source](https://twitter.com/2017249370018844672/status/2098257499682206183) - Complaint, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-07: “i’m trying to figure out what my best option is when it comes to coding. i’m hitting the usage limits a lot — pretty much every time i’m working on something bigger. sometimes it stops, i wait for the limit to reset, tell it to continue, and within 5 minutes i’ve already hit the limit again. at this point i definitely want to upgrade, but i’m not sure which option would make the most sense for the amount of coding i’m doing. what would you recommend?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w9qylb/is_the_business_plan_better_or_the_codex_pro_5x/) - Complaint, Cline, @cline, 2026-09-19: “@cline the quota is used up far too quickly, then there's a 24-hour wait...” [source](https://twitter.com/1528076540721999872/status/2101450165907333275) - **Users stitch providers together to dodge it** ([Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md)). Heavy users keep work moving by splitting it across agents and accounts, so no single window can halt a task. Posts describe one agent implementing while another reviews. Users swap between several subscriptions and free models, and keep task state outside any one tool. One user runs multiple accounts behind a harness to effectively erase the short cap. The workaround works, but it signals that a single subscription cannot carry a full working session for these users. Evidence: - Praise, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-15: “i stopped asking one model to do every phase. i let codex implement, hand the diff to claude with fresh context for review, then send fixes back. my ide keeps the task state, worktrees, and diffs together, so a provider limit doesn’t stall the task.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wgpkpk/what_to_do_while_we_all_wait_for_weekly_reset_on/p9wluiq/) - Praise, OpenCode, r/codex, 2026-09-18: “i don't understand you guys, do you always put all your eggs into one? i got both claude and codex and then opencode has free muse spark 1.3 for weeks now, and then i got open router and as a final backup qwen 3.8 27b. all you need is a decent model agnostic working environment or take the hit and do back and forth. swapping back and forth i don't think i've ever been halted. limits feel very casual like this i sometimes even use ultracode or max. probably not what you wanna hear yes, but i don't know...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wk2jlr/the_state_of_current_codex_is_so_sad_that_im/panvxvq/) - Praise, Amp, r/codex, 2026-09-12: “orchestrate it's the only solution. astra and fable are so much better than cheaper option that you don't have a choice but to use them if you want the best. but model like luna are really cheap and capable but to dumb to work alone. the solution i use is to have luna work as an agent and astra xhigh to give directions and review work when luna is overwhelmed. i do it's through amp with a personalized agent.md it's been great so far. and since the context is now managed by the harness i can have 2 or 3 plus account and virtually eliminate the 5h limit.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wdwy5r/what_are_your_best_alternatives_to_codex/p99uqjz/) - Complaint, Amp, @AmpCode, 2026-09-17: “@levifig @ldt0545 @ampcode same 5h wall. i stopped hopping uis and put the agent on my desktop so the notes/skills stay put when i swap models.” [source](https://twitter.com/2074942490466033664/status/2100625965072216288) - **Credits instead of clocks win converts** ([Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md), [How much use a plan's price buys](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/limits.plan_value.md)). Users praise credit-based plans because they set their own schedule and never get frozen mid-task by a timer. Kiro users say credits make usage predictable. A credit pool can be spent all in one day, while a five-hour cutoff leaves work stuck mid-flight. Cursor users make the same point about having no short-term windows. The trade-off users name is that subscriptions may yield more total tokens for steady daily use. Evidence: - Praise, Kiro, r/kiroIDE, 2026-09-04: “what i love about kiro is that they give you credits and not time windows. this let me define my own schedule to work and not feel pressured to use all the windows when the token resets and not knowing if i'll hit the wall on the time i want to dedicate work. please don't follow the competitors on that! 🙏🏻” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1w5wmz0/after_waiting_almost_4_months_for_fable_5_and_the/p7pqqld/) - Complaint, Kiro, r/google_antigravity, 2026-09-05: “i think they are very similar. the quotas in kiro are structured differently and are much more predictable because you get credits not a time window. if you’re in the middle of something and you hit that 5 hour limit most providers have you’re stuck… with kiro you get predictable credits and they don’t just die after 5 hours. the “power” tier is excellent for heavy dev work and lasts me (a very heavy user) about 15 days in big project months. it’s a different usage structure, and i just know that if i get capped at 5 hours, it would be very disruptive to my workflow.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1w786df/is_kiro_better_for_development/p7zxz0m/) - Praise, Kiro, r/kiroIDE, 2026-09-26: “if your primary concern is usage, you will always get more usage out of a subscription based plan like claude. i use kiro at work and codex and kiro at home. i can easily burn 1000+ credits in an evening with kiro, but that's very heavy usage. the primary benefit of kiro is that there's no daily/weekly limits. if you want to dump all of your credits on one day of the month, you can do that. with codex or claude, you absolutely get more tokens if you're always using it. i just ran my monthly stats report in oh-my-pi and my full price token usage would be about $7000 (on the codex $200 plan), but that's most likely because i was using astra quite a bit. kiro does (after yesterdays walk back on gpt 5.6 prices) have some of the best pay per credit pricing. i think your best bet is to try both and see which one gives you headaches first: limits, or running out of tokens.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wqueq0/claude_pro_vs_kiro_pro_subscription_which_is/pc87ewu/) - Praise, Cursor, r/cursor, 2026-09-23: “honestly grok 4.6 is good enough for most things and you have the api pool when it isn't. people on cursor sub say codex best, go to codex sub and everyone saying it's going way downhill usage down limits down thinking down etc. claude is the same usage down a lot but a bit more transparent about it. i'll stick with cursor as i can choose my models, even though included pool isn't stated how much it is it's pretty easy to estimate and hasn't changed much, no short term windows, no dodgy reset functions. grok 4.7 is dog but you can choose not to use it” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wno0lk/ngl_it_is_so_over_for_cursor/pbl3pgp/) ### Who stands out - **Claude Code (stronger)**. A graceful stopping point at the cutoff earns rare praise, even though users still want the five-hour window gone. Developers welcome the change because it ends the wasted half-finished runs they used to guard against by hand. Complaints persist. One user says idle sessions rewrite cache on refresh and drain the next window. Removing the window remains a common request. Evidence: - Praise, Claude Code, @ClaudeDevs, 2026-09-25: “@claudedevs you guys are releasing great stuff. the waste of stopping mid task has been a huge gripe for me, i has to build usage watchers to stop my loops before they started a task they probably could not finish, this is a great feature.” [source](https://twitter.com/2076419381165264897/status/2103597999150543204) - Praise, Claude Code, @ClaudeDevs, 2026-09-25: “@claudedevs this is great!! no more having it save in stages as i reach the end or having to raise the overage spend limits just to not have it broken mid change” [source](https://twitter.com/1971725173351985152/status/2103608890369986906) - Complaint, Claude Code, r/ClaudeCode, 2026-09-18: “their 5 hour session limits are total aids if you burn it early, when it refreshes all your older sessions will do a cache write which will burn your next 5 hour limit it’s a dark pattern, with the codex $200 plan i never really need to think about this” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wjhkef/rate_limits_are_so_bad_right_now_open_source/pakj9yi/) - **OpenAI Codex (mixed)**. Some top-tier users say they see only a weekly limit, while others on lower plans lead every request to kill or lengthen the window. Pro users post that the short window is absent for them, and switchers from Claude Code cite that as the draw. Others describe the opposite shift and hit the cap on every big task. Codex users dominate asks to remove the window, lengthen it, or spend weekly allowance freely. Evidence: - Praise, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-04: “ i'm pro x20 but i dont have that 5hr limit, only weekly limit” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w6xi98/do_pro_users_currently_have_a_5_window_too_or/p7qizp7/) - Complaint, Claude Code, r/ClaudeCode, 2026-09-08: “i just changed to codex and i’m really enjoying having no 5 hour limit on the pro plan” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wa6325/what_is_happening_absolutely_frustrating/p8ghacm/) - Praise, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-11: “i agree. i use both and before i was running into claude session limits all the time and rarely on codex. now it’s the exact opposite” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wdl56p/codex_is_unusable_now/p97kpxd/) - Complaint, OpenAI Codex, r/codex, 2026-09-07: “i’m trying to figure out what my best option is when it comes to coding. i’m hitting the usage limits a lot — pretty much every time i’m working on something bigger. sometimes it stops, i wait for the limit to reset, tell it to continue, and within 5 minutes i’ve already hit the limit again. at this point i definitely want to upgrade, but i’m not sure which option would make the most sense for the amount of coding i’m doing. what would you recommend?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w9qylb/is_the_business_plan_better_or_the_codex_pro_5x/) - **OpenCode (weaker)**. Users report windows that last minutes and waits of many hours, with no clear way to see what remains. Posts describe small request counts per window, sessions that last about fifteen minutes, and daily lockouts. Some light users on specific models say they never come close to the cap, so experience splits sharply by model and usage pattern. Evidence: - Complaint, OpenCode, @opencode, 2026-09-13: “@opencode i hit the usage limit every day and have to wait 10 hours or more. that didn't happen with deepseek. and there's no way to check the remaining free-tier limits on the opencode website.” [source](https://twitter.com/6859432/status/2099213677949808680) - Complaint, OpenCode, r/opencode, 2026-09-10: “buddy its useless on opencode too. it lasts only for 15mins on opencode.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wbm0qs/switching_to_openrouter_api_instead_of_go_for_ds4/p8z5n7s/) - Complaint, OpenCode, r/opencode, 2026-09-01: “horrible plans. 10-50 requests in 5 hours? who's the sucker that will pay this when there are better models that are cheaper?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1w48fqo/meta_introduced_coding_plans_for_muse_spark_12/p75lqzq/) - Praise, OpenCode, r/opencode, 2026-09-14: “i have been using deepseek v4.1 flash directly day and night for days and i haven't even come close to exceeding the quota, it always stays at a maximum of 7% usage in the 5-hour window.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wdo67f/looking_for_alternatives_to_opencode_go/p9rp65g/) - **Devin (weaker)**. A model users like gets cut off by hourly caps and stacking retry timers. Users say the newer model impressed them until the limit hit. Separate quotas can also block related features. Frequent rate-limit errors and long forced waits leave some calling it practically unusable and reconsidering their subscription. One user praises Devin for long uninterrupted work. Evidence: - Complaint, Devin, @cognition, 2026-09-11: “astra feels a bit nerfed since yesterday, so i gave devin swe 2 a shot and honestly it’s kind of insane. for a second i thought i might never need to pay anthropic or openai again 😭 then i hit the hourly limit. @devindesktop @cognition folks, please let me cook.” [source](https://twitter.com/2562044226/status/2098499996974743724) - Complaint, Devin, @cognition, 2026-09-11: “@cognition are you sure it is free? i subsribed to devin to try it and i hit rate limit every minute, practically useless at the moment.” [source](https://twitter.com/1338197220152270854/status/2098245230730289550) - Complaint, Devin, r/windsurf, 2026-09-15: “but then they have to explain to me why they put a free model if then every 10 minutes it gets stuck due to the limit and you have to wait 30 minutes at a time. i don't know, it was better like it was 5-6 days ago with the free model example glm 5.2, but it did all the work without ever getting stuck for the quota/context, and this thing they introduced is a real unprecedented nonsense and it's making me reconsider, and i think this is the last month of subscription since the frontier models they have you can only say hello to after the quota is finished due to the excessive cost they have, so it doesn't even last 5 minutes.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/windsurf/comments/1wgth5h/will_glm52_free_usage_be_extended_after_today/pa10d6e/) - Complaint, Devin, @cognition, 2026-09-20: “@hung4128 @devinai @cognition @da7_tech swe2 have separate 5h quota - it's not unlimited, and btw if you are out if swe2 quota fusion cannot work because of it” [source](https://twitter.com/2037340370208526337/status/2101604404000428391) - **Cursor (mixed)**. Switchers praise the absence of a five-hour window, but some report bot usage running out within hours anyway. Users moving from Claude Code and OpenAI Codex cite separate limits and no short quota as the main draw. Complaints center on specific bot usage draining fast and locking until the weekly reset, even with other allowance left. Evidence: - Praise, Cursor, r/cursor, 2026-09-21: “i was sold on cursor the moment i found out, on my first day, that we don't have those pesky 5 hour limits that others push us into.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wmramb/is_it_bad_that_i_sorta_like_this/pb9860t/) - Praise, Cursor, r/cursor, 2026-09-22: “i just moved over yesterday. its comfy here, no 5 hour limits” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wjcyla/got_cursor_start_just_to_see_if_cursor_can_fit_my/pbbrhzv/) - Praise, Cursor, r/cursor, 2026-09-10: “another bullshit post. every frontier model now burns usage and f1 speed rate and they are bleeding money as nothing is profitable. check claude and codex subs. limits are cut on weekly basis. cursor only advantage is in separate limits and no shitty 5h quota. and ide is best shit ever. i'm using codex and it looks like a toy .. your problem lies in using child feature called auto and bad prompts. not to mention rules or memory management.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wcqt8e/changed_alot/p908e05/) - Complaint, Cursor, r/cursor, 2026-09-18: “i maxed out grok bot with over 75% usage left in cursor models and over 80% in others usage and couldn't use bots anymore till weekly reset” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1we45u2/i_am_liking_grok_bot/pamgsdb/) ### Fine print - Many posts compare vendors in rival forums, so the tagged agent is not always the one the user ran into the limit on. - Window complaints often overlap with model choice and burn rate, and the boundary between them blurs in individual posts. - Beyond OpenAI Codex and Claude Code, most agents have too few posts to separate signal from anecdote. ## Top requests What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 485 author-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by Claude Sonnet 5 reads every counted post and extracts what the author asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. Claude Opus 5.5 groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes; code counts them. A theme counts distinct author-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one author-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 author-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different authors, without slurs, preferring posts of 60 to 450 characters, most recent first. | Rank | Request | Author-weeks | Posts | Agents (author-weeks) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Remove the 5-hour usage window | 160 | 172 | OpenAI Codex 89, Claude Code 55, Google Antigravity 6, Factory 6, Cursor 2, OpenCode 2 | | 2 | Let in-progress task finish at cutoff | 52 | 57 | Claude Code 27, OpenAI Codex 22, OpenCode 2, Google Antigravity 1 | | 3 | Longer short usage window duration | 45 | 47 | OpenAI Codex 28, Claude Code 14, Google Antigravity 1, Cursor 1, OpenCode 1 | | 4 | Higher usage allowance per 5-hour window | 31 | 31 | OpenAI Codex 15, Claude Code 10, Google Antigravity 4, Devin 2 | | 5 | Stop short window draining too fast | 27 | 27 | OpenAI Codex 13, Claude Code 10, OpenCode 2, Google Antigravity 1, Devin 1 | | 6 | Spend weekly allowance without short-window cap | 20 | 23 | OpenAI Codex 17, Claude Code 2, Cursor 1 | | 7 | Auto-resume work after window resets | 17 | 17 | OpenAI Codex 8, Claude Code 7, Google Antigravity 2 | | 8 | No work interruptions from usage window | 17 | 17 | OpenAI Codex 9, Claude Code 6, Devin 1, OpenCode 1 | | 9 | Throttle instead of hard stop | 12 | 14 | OpenAI Codex 8, Claude Code 3, Factory 1 | | 10 | Bring back the 5-hour window | 10 | 10 | OpenAI Codex 8, Claude Code 2 | | 11 | Optional toggle to disable short window | 8 | 9 | OpenAI Codex 5, Claude Code 3 | | 12 | Shorter wait before usage resets | 6 | 7 | OpenAI Codex 5, Claude Code 1 | ### 1. Remove the 5-hour usage window - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-26, r/codex (Reddit): “man just give us a 50$ tier with no 5 hour usage limit/or atleast option to disable it and just let us burn all our weeky usage anytime we want and not have to schedule our life around the 5 hour usage reset.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqoxyz/dev_day_predictions/pc6dtg1/) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-26, r/codex (Reddit): “the 5 hour limit is annoying though, wish they got rid of it for max users like codex” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqbnpj/we_are_back/pc4jm7g/) - OpenCode, 2026-09-26, @opencode (X): “@opencode i rather to pay 10 directly in the api and don have 5hrs limits” [source](https://twitter.com/1179016661237719040/status/2103903926483665255) ### 2. Let in-progress task finish at cutoff - Claude Code, 2026-09-27, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs 这个设计细节其实挺关键。以前跑到一半被硬切，改到一半的文件直接糊掉，比报错还烦。给个固定小额度让它收尾，比单纯放宽limit聪明多了。” [source](https://twitter.com/2058644022932258816/status/2104311955167326231) - Claude Code, 2026-09-27, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs stopping mid-edit was one of the more frustrating parts of hitting the session limit. giving claude code a small wrap-up allowance to finish the current change cleanly is a practical fix, especially on longer coding tasks.” [source](https://twitter.com/1664925446/status/2104207782971154524) - Claude Code, 2026-09-27, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs or it should treat us like the properly on time recurring paying customers we are and just let it finish. what the fuck you greasy snakes quit destroying hours and thousands of dollars to create more issues and rework and respect time and energy figure it out codex is better” [source](https://twitter.com/1709524258123063296/status/2104201575417999491) ### 3. Longer short usage window duration - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-26, r/codex (Reddit): “i am working on a fully vibe coded project to test how far this can actually go and recently ran out of opus 5hr usage after implementing a whole feature. i told astra to fix a single thing and ran out of 5hr usage before it even finished the fix. like that's really insane, even though i still feel opus to be a tad slower” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqtd1g/openai_gpu_are_really_cooling_down_theo_just/pc7b95l/) - Cursor, 2026-09-26, @cursor_ai (X): “@hraness @chatgpt @devinai @claudeai @cursor_ai @bot @zeddotdev how's the zyn max x20 sub going 😂 i think the 5 hour window is still pretty low” [source](https://twitter.com/1975011614018723840/status/2103960677199368521) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-25, r/codex (Reddit): “i have gpt plus and i would spend hours a day using 5.6 sol at high/max, ever since astra came out it will last less than 30 minutes…. on light/medium sol or astra. i’m considering getting the $20 plan for claude, how are my limits there compared to plus? i just want to be able to do light applications that will last me at least 1 or 2 hours a day.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wp3bzl/you_need_to_try_opus_55/pbviqkd/) ### 4. Higher usage allowance per 5-hour window - Google Antigravity, 2026-09-27, @antigravity (X): “hii antigravity team, can you not be linear so that you pull up some quota from weekly quota into hourly quota and forbid this disruption !!! don't you think there is a solution? @antigravity @google ” [source](https://twitter.com/1413919947508510725/status/2104236639820423535) - Claude Code, 2026-09-23, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “yes its 4x the 5-hour limit compared to max 5x. weekly is abour 2x the max 5x limit, maybe less. if its better to get 2x the $100 plan depends on how your usage is. for me the 5x 5 hour limit itself is a big limitation. i hit that all the time. on 20x i can do true parallel agent work. i have one of each and am thinking of upgrading the 5x to also 20x.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wnnafq/is_200_20x_plan_still_only_for_5hour_limits_or_is/pblamtm/) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-16, r/codex (Reddit): “i too am working on building a game with a huge codebase and a lot of assets. i usually get 1 medium task done with astra before being close to 0% on the 5h limit. im on plus btw” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1whn0fv/5hour_limits_towards_plus_subscribers_is_so_petty/pa4r5ke/) ### 5. Stop short window draining too fast - Google Antigravity, 2026-09-20, @antigravity (X): “@jonsouyang @antigravity the /boost is a beast feature thank you for it i use it once or twice a day. however i m hitting 5 hours usage limit 2 times a day on ultra, makes 0 sense, please fix it. and flash 3.8 performs so well no point of opus 4.6 , sonnet and gpt oss, eating into qouta.” [source](https://twitter.com/186639771/status/2101545516622561733) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-18, r/codex (Reddit): “i have open ai plus plan! codex became soooo greedy in the last few weeks! after almost 20 minutes of work (within the 5 hours usage limit) the usage limit notification pops up and ask you to buy either credits or upgrade to pro! awful services! shame on you!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wfyw1r/usage_limits_are_absolutely_terrible_100_plan/pahpkhl/) - Claude Code, 2026-09-16, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “did what i usually do, nothing new just routine checks and keep hitting the 5hour limit. started about 10 days ago. i'm on x20 use mux use opus and fable. time to move if they don't get shitsorted” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wfoxen/wtf_is_happening_to_the_limits/pa4yspi/) ### 6. Spend weekly allowance without short-window cap - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-26, r/codex (Reddit): “i don’t like 5 hour limits, i want to use all my usage on the weekend and then touch grass in the week. so yea i like astra still” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqkx1w/opus_55_buried_chatgpt_on_price_and_quality/pc4sume/) - Claude Code, 2026-09-26, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs why does this exist at the first place seriously? let me use my weekly quota in a 3 days if i can” [source](https://twitter.com/2072258207301697536/status/2103849559495446672) - Claude Code, 2026-09-26, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs i suggest eliminating the 5 hour limit and keep the weekly limit. a 5 hour limit is ok to play around but not for serious work where you might do a one day of strong coding / product development and then you can spend more days just monitoring, maintaining, etc.” [source](https://twitter.com/1437643576054370304/status/2103805827513508265) ### 7. Auto-resume work after window resets - Claude Code, 2026-09-27, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs before the 5-hour window ends, force a checkpoint of dirty files and a resume prompt in the repo. graceful stop helps only if the next session can pick up without guessing.” [source](https://twitter.com/185669612/status/2104239680049106977) - Claude Code, 2026-09-26, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs finally! to make it even more usable, it would be perfect to automatically schedule a restart after a 5-hour window to continue once the limit resets. ” [source](https://twitter.com/1792878079276101634/status/2103705094026121254) - Claude Code, 2026-09-25, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “can you not set up a skill where it resets the cache or compacts the session at 95% of the 5 hour token limit, and then auto continues after the 5 hour token limit resets to prevent the damage?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wo5eaw/is_this_a_new_feature_in_cc/pbwbx3a/) ### 8. No work interruptions from usage window - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-25, r/codex (Reddit): “nice, love it to get interrupted while working on a big refactor.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqa8t1/401_unauthorized_incorrect_api_key_provided/pc2fm9v/) - Claude Code, 2026-09-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “anthropic, i just want to work stop messing with me. i'm paying you, and you won't let me work.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wk0i1k/anthropic_is_the_most_anticonsumer_crap_ever/pamz9ix/) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-17, r/codex (Reddit): “its not time of the day. its just straight up refusing to work. i get to work maybe like 10-15 mins at a time. and the boom! i get this message again and it stops working for an hour or so. basically unusable on the pro20x plan. i'm at 82% with a little more than 24 hours remaining for the reset.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wiymd4/10_days_straight_of_selected_model_is_at_capacity/paeesx3/) ### 9. Throttle instead of hard stop - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-25, r/codex (Reddit): “need a reset for the weekend, that would be super nice :) also i don't like that when our quota is consumed we are hit with a wall, would be way better if they allowed continued usage but maybe just slower.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wppkog/new_tibo_tweet_about_devday/pby6url/) - Claude Code, 2026-09-25, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs isn't there a way to slow him down when reaching the limit, so that the limit is never actually hit fully and it just carries on to the next 5 hour window without needing to halt it's progress? that would be a lovely option” [source](https://twitter.com/1597518011300253697/status/2103565746416578644) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “we need a lazy mode in @openai codex so that it procrastinates when getting closer to limit/time window. works faster when start of time window and lot of tokens. this would be more human form of enforcing limit compared to 5 hour static windows. this would match me taking lunch break, a power nap or whatever.. but don't take away the fact that it must work when i sleep 😉 @thsottiaux” [source](https://twitter.com/60326894/status/2099874154703200348) ### 10. Bring back the 5-hour window - Claude Code, 2026-09-21, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i think 5 hours is a better compromise than 8. if you burn through your quota right at the start of the window, with an 8-hour limit you could be stuck waiting almost the entire workday before it resets. a 5-hour window still controls compute usage, but makes that worst-case wait much less painful.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wk8fi0/the_psychology_of_a_5_hour_window/pb3zj79/) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-18, r/codex (Reddit): “lol i used a banked reset couple of days ago so my reset is 5 days away, but i now i have around 50% quota remaining. i think they need to bring back the 5 hour limit for max users so we use it more responsibly. i never ran out of my weekly quota with claude code and they never gave resets.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wk401o/this_entire_sub_ready_to_be_unblocked_tomorrow/panym8t/) - Claude Code, 2026-09-16, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudeai @claudedevs why is my 5 hour reset window extended to 15 hours 50 min? i need to use claude for my work ” [source](https://twitter.com/1242702415721164800/status/2100106506310144261) ### 11. Optional toggle to disable short window - Claude Code, 2026-09-12, @ClaudeDevs (X): “claude and codex need an option to turn off the 5h/session limit. if i have weekly usage left and want to burn it all in one session, just let me 😭@claudeai @claudedevs @thsottiaux @chatgpt” [source](https://twitter.com/1568996644171153409/status/2098814120619577581) - Claude Code, 2026-09-07, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “right, i know that. i have two 20x accounts. all i was saying is it would sure be nice if we didn't have to deal with the 5h limits and had an option to turn them off :(” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1w9gdwx/give_users_the_option_to_remove_the_5h_limit/p8adrvh/) - Claude Code, 2026-09-03, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “they should give us the option to turn off the 5 hour limit...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1w5p76a/is_anthropic_offering_1_weekly_reset_now/p7hpkft/) ### 12. Shorter wait before usage resets - Claude Code, 2026-09-25, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@stevy_smith @claudedevs oh neat. let's get this down to 1 day? remind me about this in a month and we'll see where we're at!” [source](https://twitter.com/2590422402/status/2103624110643548596) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-10, r/codex (Reddit): “not more efficient or at least not in any noticeable way. however, the token usage is very noticeable. i won't be using astra seeing that i need to wait 3 hours to continue working on my project while using the pro version.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w6k3w1/gpt6_astra_credit_usage_i_didnt_expect_this/p90k6k0/) - OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-04, r/codex (Reddit): “of course you can do useful stuff with plus, but as you said, it's just a taste to get you hooked and i'm about to hop from plus to pro because i can't stand waiting hours and hours between usage windows, though i'm contemplating whether its worth "paying extra for the brand" with so many to choose from.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w6hr0l/tibo_has_finally_spoken/p7qaeqv/) ## Every agent | Agent | Overall rank | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/claude-code.md) | 1 | Better than peers | 0.543 | 0.518–0.567 | 1002 | 169 | 833 | | [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/cursor.md) | 4 | Typical | 0.540 | 0.496–0.581 | 51 | 13 | 38 | | [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/codex.md) | 2 | Typical | 0.478 | 0.453–0.501 | 1424 | 174 | 1250 | | [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/antigravity.md) | =5 | Typical | 0.473 | 0.433–0.516 | 80 | 8 | 72 | | [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/devin.md) | =5 | Worse than peers | 0.456 | 0.437–0.479 | 40 | 1 | 39 | | [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/opencode.md) | 3 | Worse than peers | 0.446 | 0.402–0.491 | 125 | 10 | 115 | | [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/cline.md) | =8 | Too few posts | – | – | 17 | 1 | 16 | | [Factory](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/factory.md) | =11 | Too few posts | – | – | 12 | 0 | 12 | | [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/pi.md) | 7 | Too few posts | – | – | 6 | 0 | 6 | | [GitHub Copilot](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/copilot.md) | =8 | Too few posts | – | – | 5 | 1 | 4 | | [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/amp.md) | =11 | Too few posts | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | | [Kiro](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/kiro.md) | 13 | Too few posts | – | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | | [Warp](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/warp.md) | 15 | Too few posts | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | | [Zed](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/zed.md) | =8 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | | [Conductor](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/conductor.md) | 14 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | | [Grok Build](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/grok-build.md) | 16 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | | [Augment Code](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/augment.md) | 17 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | ## Posts Receipts rule: The 5 most recent praise and complaint posts per area (first 700 characters) and 3 per criterion (first 450 characters). ### Claude Code - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “think of the 5 hour window as a warning that you're not being efficient. i used to hit it all the time but never do nowadays.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wr0wic/is_everyone_here_millionaires/pcaketk/) - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “still lasted you 5 hours that’s insane” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wr0wic/is_everyone_here_millionaires/pcamg2k/) - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i stopped hitting 5 h limits. even with extreme effort for opus 5.5. 3-4 big refactor/review sessions in same time.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wqagzu/claude_added_graceful_stopping_point_in_new_update/pcb6e74/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i keep running out of session with opus55. much faster.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wqnh3q/me_after_opus_55_release/pca1d74/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i use deepseek v4.1 flash and when claude limit is back, i have it review the work” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wrcite/i_started_a_coding_a_new_app_locally_and_moved_it/pcbjera/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “this is the sad truth. opus makes me wait for 5 hour window resets, but i would spend even more time with sonnet, just because after every task there was another task scheduled to fix mistakes of the previous one” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wr5lzf/practically_speaking_what_tasks_fit_into/pcbqt41/) ### Cursor - Praise, 2026-09-26, @cursor_ai (X): “@desertcybeast @cursor_ai if you’re hitting 100 % on non‑cursor models in two days, the bottleneck is likely the request quota, not the model speed. i capped my own claude code calls at five‑hour windows and saw latency drop by 30 % once i throttled the upstream token budget.” [source](https://twitter.com/2044930200153083904/status/2103866096797298741) - Praise, 2026-09-24, r/cursor (Reddit): “\+ the 20 plan on cursor doesn’t have 5 hour limits” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wouluc/why_do_you_use_cursor_instead_of_chagpt_or_claude/pbqddne/) - Praise, 2026-09-23, r/cursor (Reddit): “honestly grok 4.6 is good enough for most things and you have the api pool when it isn't. people on cursor sub say codex best, go to codex sub and everyone saying it's going way downhill usage down limits down thinking down etc. claude is the same usage down a lot but a bit more transparent about it. i'll stick with cursor as i can choose my models, even though included pool isn't stated how much it is it's pretty easy to estimate and hasn't chan” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wno0lk/ngl_it_is_so_over_for_cursor/pbl3pgp/) - Complaint, 2026-09-26, @cursor_ai (X): “@outersloth @bot @cursor_ai exactly !! my grok bots run outta usage in hours. tf is that about? what your cursor tier? and how much usage do you get if i may ask?” [source](https://twitter.com/153438388/status/2103911098575708637) - Complaint, 2026-09-26, @cursor_ai (X): “@hraness @chatgpt @devinai @claudeai @cursor_ai @bot @zeddotdev how's the zyn max x20 sub going 😂 i think the 5 hour window is still pretty low” [source](https://twitter.com/1975011614018723840/status/2103960677199368521) - Complaint, 2026-09-25, r/cursor (Reddit): “limits feel tighter on cursor if fast/priority stays on and every turn keeps a huge context. i stay closer to a codex-like budget by planning on a slower model and only bursting when the task needs it. the other tax when switching codex → cursor is cold start — none of the useful decisions come along. i keep a small on-disk resume the next agent has to read first: pipx install portable-resume” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wptv9n/thinking_of_switching_from_codex_to_cursor/pbz3l3j/) ### OpenAI Codex - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/codex (Reddit): “codex doesn’t have 5h limits” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqjtee/20_codex_vs_claude_comparison_from_a/pca2boi/) - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/codex (Reddit): “astra is roughly 2x more efficient than 5.6 sol, and oai decided to make it twice as expensive to compensate. opus 5.5 is close to astra level, and more than twice as efficient as opus 5 (cache reads are even cheaper), and they decided to not substantially increase their margins by making the model half as expensive - and the 5h limits are better.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wr1oir/they_are_aware_and_working_on_it_apparently_just/pca2tv9/) - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/codex (Reddit): “no 5 hour limit on pro.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wrn697/new_openai_product_o_but_not_for_plus_users/pceejuz/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/codex (Reddit): “gets even more fun when you think about what the 5h limit does” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wr3yev/ive_been_seeing_a_lot_of_comments_circling_around/pcaafrj/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/codex (Reddit): “x5 depleted in 1 hour 🤡” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wqm8ts/20x_in_1_hour_i_depleted_50_yay/pcapgqc/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/codex (Reddit): “at this point it's difficult to use openai because the intelligence and limits change so often that work is interrupted and limited.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wr8mib/did_the_usage_get_worst_after_the_reset_or_just_me/pcawt7j/) ### Google Antigravity - Praise, 2026-09-27, r/AI_Agents (Reddit): “tested this with a friend on the exact same task: claude burned his entire quota in 10 mins with endless micro-questions, trapping him in limit cooldown. i started after him on antigravity and finished cleanly in 2 mins. claude has peak reasoning per task, but terrible "intelligence per second" due to chat-context bloat. antigravity works like a real dev team—agentic, artifact-based, and zero limit friction. people sleeping on it as "just another” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1wkgkyo/antigravity_vs_claude_code_vs_codex_how_do_the/pcbwv9z/) - Praise, 2026-09-26, @antigravity (X): “@emzrsxn @antigravity gracefully stopping at the usage limit should be standard for every coding agent. leaving the repository at a coherent checkpoint matters more than squeezing out one final edit.” [source](https://twitter.com/1144454518156824577/status/2103808104106185194) - Praise, 2026-09-23, @antigravity (X): “@chatgpt @openai @sama 8 back and forths ceo in the trenches time??? someone gotta look at my concern here 12 mins is not enough to do anything with in codex big shout-out to @antigravity for an almost 4 hour 20 min session of coding and no lockouts because i used up my usage here it also gave me claude for 20 mins or so after” [source](https://twitter.com/1939123507054682112/status/2102720385821331839) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, @antigravity (X): “@petergyang @antigravity tripping rate limits is always a great way to get in touch” [source](https://twitter.com/1937720072119984128/status/2104015212869570731) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, @antigravity (X): “hii antigravity team, can you not be linear so that you pull up some quota from weekly quota into hourly quota and forbid this disruption !!! don't you think there is a solution? @antigravity @google ” [source](https://twitter.com/1413919947508510725/status/2104236639820423535) - Complaint, 2026-09-26, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “about an hour left on my 5 hour sprint quota...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wqb0ii/dedicated_planning_mode_in_antigravity_is_here/pc2x7dx/) ### Devin - Praise, 2026-09-24, @cognition (X): “@learnmore_smart @cognition @devindesktop this is one of the most nicest things about devin, u can work for long without the harness getting interrupted or capped at anything!” [source](https://twitter.com/1175314932914692096/status/2103242392149385284) - Complaint, 2026-09-25, @cognition (X): “i love to see this from @devinai @cognition more people using this amazing product. but i don't want to wait..... please let me be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ” [source](https://twitter.com/160801814/status/2103518935358619825) - Complaint, 2026-09-25, r/cursor (Reddit): “as much as i want to have a good alternative, this is true. devin has its own quirks + the daily limits are rough for me because i need to be able to access most of my monthly quota on some days. acp support is great though, you get to keep the interface and switch the agent to whatever you need (opencode, codex etc)” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wpg5gt/thinking_of_cancelling_cursor_pro_and_switch_but/pbwak5j/) - Complaint, 2026-09-21, @cognition (X): “@openai chatgpt's usage and performance are really bad now. pro 20x consumed 40% limit within a day without any coding, just code review and specs work as i move building with @cognition swe-2, it also keep interrupted half through, first time i got it continuously. ” [source](https://twitter.com/726789031304929280/status/2101926171940135411) ### OpenCode - Praise, 2026-09-25, r/opencodeCLI (Reddit): “yup, it is. and as a user i can tell you it is true. i have deepseek v4.1 flash running almost all day long and have not reached a single 5 hour limit.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1wpzekf/operation_cheepseek_phase_2/pc0uw6k/) - Praise, 2026-09-25, r/opencode (Reddit): “thanks mate. i'll stay on opencode go then. have been using it nonstop for the past week with deepseek 4.1 flash on deepseek harness. haven't hit the loft yet. amazing news 😍” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wq1odd/deepseek_41_flash_4x_usage_in_opencode_go_made/pc11io9/) - Praise, 2026-09-18, r/opencode (Reddit): “i never encountered rate limits, even though it can be slow af.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wimda4/did_opencode_stop_free_models_routing/pajefm3/) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, @opencode (X): “@genaispotlight @opencode this free model hits rate limit in the middle of some simple cron error fixing within a few minutes of run. #notnice #spacebunny which people are guessing it being from #openai.” [source](https://twitter.com/2031678662274437120/status/2104054160006189397) - Complaint, 2026-09-27, @opencode (X): “@opencode @opencode fix your terminal, long running terminal tasks block the chat , they should not block the chat, sending a message terminates the terminal” [source](https://twitter.com/1272168992120045568/status/2104314185320653174) - Complaint, 2026-09-26, @opencode (X): “@opencode there is way better than this, way better no limits not monthly usage no 5 hours, charge 10$ just and test it ! you be amazed.” [source](https://twitter.com/1772994058610204672/status/2103734258619879827) ### Cline - Praise, 2026-09-14, @cline (X): “@hey_mujeebahmed @cline this looks especially useful for projects that require longer coding sessions” [source](https://twitter.com/1409440115554873354/status/2099556399001030844) - Complaint, 2026-09-25, r/CLine (Reddit): “since it’s actually routing to gemini ai studio , it’s frustrating to reach concurrency limit if not daily” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wpyepq/gemini_38_flash_is_now_free_in_cline/pbzv23h/) - Complaint, 2026-09-24, @cline (X): “@trion129 @cline 15 minutes max usage” [source](https://twitter.com/1489236941899911170/status/2103179595524809126) - Complaint, 2026-09-22, r/CLine (Reddit): “the limits get hit 2 fast.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wmb1co/kimi_k3_is_free_in_cline_desktop_for_a_limited/pbcqofr/) ### Factory - Complaint, 2026-09-25, @FactoryAI (X): “i dont get it, why isn't @factoryai removing the 5h limit? it s an api wrapper harness.” [source](https://twitter.com/1834314883510226944/status/2103441639041540512) - Complaint, 2026-09-25, @FactoryAI (X): “never buy @droid again. 5h limits as an api wrapper is insane. they dont even help you. some fellas messaged me but never gave a shit truly. my opinion remains: stay away from @factoryai ” [source](https://twitter.com/1834314883510226944/status/2103453348804636921) - Complaint, 2026-09-23, r/FactoryAi (Reddit): “5-hour normal limit is maxed monthly droid core limit is maxed thus you are sol until 5 hour limit is up. droid core models use normal limits first, then fall back to droid-core limits” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1wnh0g4/conflicting_usage_stats/pbjg2zn/) ### Pi - Complaint, 2026-09-23, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “5h limit is over” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wo8nzf/is_there_a_breakdown_of_omp_features_vs_pi/pbnjkdg/) - Complaint, 2026-09-10, @pidotdev (X): “@pidotdev 5 mins? i though 1hour” [source](https://twitter.com/730002482777231360/status/2097933187544469809) - Complaint, 2026-09-10, @pidotdev (X): “@pidotdev idling past 5 mins? what about 2 hours 51 mins? ” [source](https://twitter.com/1952160800321236992/status/2098004438149394854) ### GitHub Copilot - Praise, 2026-09-25, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “i’m using luna 6 and it’s doing a great, it reasons on par with 5.4 x-high but is the best for long runner sessions. i had it working for nearly 12 out of the 24 hours yesterday and never hit my 5 hour limit. i only have 26 percent of my weekly usage remaining. great value for 20 bucks” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1wptkkq/how_does_gpt6_sol_feel_so_far/pbyrf4r/) - Complaint, 2026-09-15, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “for coding agents specifically, look into codeium/windsurf or [continue.dev](http://continue.dev) with a pay-as-you-go api key (deepseek or qwen models are dirt cheap and handle multi-file context fine). cursor's usage-based plan is also solid if you're doing heavy agentic stuff since it won't nuke you with rate limits like copilot does. random side note, if you ever need video gen tools for demos or side projects, [ runs wan 3.0 w” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1u348y3/best_cheaper_alternatives_to_github_copilot_for/p9vkwxk/) - Complaint, 2026-09-14, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “no, in visual studio code there was a 30% discount on 5.6 sol last week, which was available until september 13th. i used that offer. before that, i had been using opus 4.8 the entire time. since then, i’ve been having the problem that i’m rate limited in vs code, regardless of which model i use - even with the free models.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1wfzfc0/github_copilot_rate_limited/p9qaoui/) - Complaint, 2026-09-14, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “didn't work either. tried it right now and it is working again. i don't know what happened there and why my sessions were rate limited all the time.. maybe support will tell me.. !solved” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1wfzfc0/github_copilot_rate_limited/p9t9ozt/) ### Amp - Praise, 2026-09-12, r/codex (Reddit): “orchestrate it's the only solution. astra and fable are so much better than cheaper option that you don't have a choice but to use them if you want the best. but model like luna are really cheap and capable but to dumb to work alone. the solution i use is to have luna work as an agent and astra xhigh to give directions and review work when luna is overwhelmed. i do it's through amp with a personalized agent.md it's been great so far. and since th” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wdwy5r/what_are_your_best_alternatives_to_codex/p99uqjz/) - Complaint, 2026-09-17, @AmpCode (X): “@ldt0545 5h limits (claude) and not being able to use my subscription in @ampcode… i do use grok alongside gpt. oh, and codex ui > claude code and (never thought i'd say this!) on par or maybe already better than cursor's!” [source](https://twitter.com/7841602/status/2100612217922035971) - Complaint, 2026-09-17, @AmpCode (X): “@levifig @ldt0545 @ampcode same 5h wall. i stopped hopping uis and put the agent on my desktop so the notes/skills stay put when i swap models.” [source](https://twitter.com/2074942490466033664/status/2100625965072216288) - Complaint, 2026-09-08, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode it hits hard when you forget to change the back to 'medium' after checking out astra in 'high' - i started of 3 orbs and hit the 5 hour limit twice within a space of minutes only to realise, a bit late though, that astra was the reason. i have changed the 'high' mode to use sol. waiting to see what will happen when the orbs restart.” [source](https://twitter.com/38651218/status/2097467694413226154) ### Kiro - Praise, 2026-09-26, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “if your primary concern is usage, you will always get more usage out of a subscription based plan like claude. i use kiro at work and codex and kiro at home. i can easily burn 1000+ credits in an evening with kiro, but that's very heavy usage. the primary benefit of kiro is that there's no daily/weekly limits. if you want to dump all of your credits on one day of the month, you can do that. with codex or claude, you absolutely get more tokens if” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wqueq0/claude_pro_vs_kiro_pro_subscription_which_is/pc87ewu/) - Praise, 2026-09-20, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “because kiro actually lets you blast through your entire monthly quota in a single day if you wanted to. anthropic and openai do not even come close to offering that, they have a fixed 5 hr and weekly limit even on the $200 plan. anthropic and openai also calculate the plan from the date you purchase and goes on until 30 days. kiro resets the credits on the first of every month, doesn't matter if you subscribe even on the last day of the month.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wldc3b/are_they_double_charging/paz5yjr/) - Praise, 2026-09-04, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “what i love about kiro is that they give you credits and not time windows. this let me define my own schedule to work and not feel pressured to use all the windows when the token resets and not knowing if i'll hit the wall on the time i want to dedicate work. please don't follow the competitors on that! 🙏🏻” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1w5wmz0/after_waiting_almost_4_months_for_fable_5_and_the/p7pqqld/) - Complaint, 2026-09-05, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i think they are very similar. the quotas in kiro are structured differently and are much more predictable because you get credits not a time window. if you’re in the middle of something and you hit that 5 hour limit most providers have you’re stuck… with kiro you get predictable credits and they don’t just die after 5 hours. the “power” tier is excellent for heavy dev work and lasts me (a very heavy user) about 15 days in big project months. it” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1w786df/is_kiro_better_for_development/p7zxz0m/) ### Warp - Complaint, 2026-09-07, r/codex (Reddit): “terra is my go to for my use case (writing) - luna just cannot compete but that said, terra dies on the 5 hour limit at warp speed for writing purposes, even with all the tips to conserve tokens” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w9pad2/does_anyone_remember_that_terra_existed/p8c0a41/)