codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Can you stop randomly resetting limits please ? [3 comments, 3 participants]

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Unfortunately for the Nth time now I've woken up to see my limits get reset prematurely leaving me again with a question whether I can indeed afford tokens now to do the things I had planned for this morning in the OSS space or em I risking running out of juice for my paying job sometime in the middle of the week. Because the resets are never guaranteed to happen.

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What issue are you seeing?

I'm an active OSS developer who also uses agentic for his paying projects, all on the same subscription. With the way how fast tokens vanish these days I need to balance one with another and my usual strategy is to keep any and all intensive OSS efforts until the end of weekly resets when I know I will be able to squeeze it in to do PR reviews and my own proper coding.

Unfortunately for the Nth time now I've woken up to see my limits get reset prematurely leaving me again with a question whether I can indeed afford tokens now to do the things I had planned for this morning in the OSS space or em I risking running out of juice for my paying job sometime in the middle of the week. Because the resets are never guaranteed to happen.

If you at least had a platform to announce when this is happening in advance or a way to carry over the unused tokens , then I could work my way around that.

But not like this please.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Wake up to see weekly limits got reset 5 hours ahead of the schedule

What is the expected behavior?

Carry over the unused tokens for the next period

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TL;DR

  • Implementing a token carry-over feature or providing advance notice of resets could help mitigate the issue of premature weekly limit resets.

Guidance

  • Investigate the current token reset mechanism to determine why resets are occurring 5 hours ahead of schedule.
  • Consider implementing a feature to announce upcoming resets in advance, allowing users to plan accordingly.
  • Explore the possibility of carrying over unused tokens to the next period, as suggested by the user.
  • Review the user's subscription and usage patterns to identify potential areas for optimization.

Notes

  • The issue lacks technical details about the token reset mechanism and the underlying system, making it challenging to provide a more specific solution.
  • The user's request for a token carry-over feature or advance notice of resets seems reasonable, but the feasibility of implementing such features depends on the system's architecture and constraints.

Recommendation

  • Apply workaround: Implement a token carry-over feature or advance notice of resets, as this would directly address the user's concern and provide more predictability in token management.

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