Overheard on GitHub
A Codex User's Lifetime Token Count Shrank 38% Overnight. The 48-Day Streak Kept Counting
A ChatGPT Pro user filed a GitHub issue on 31 October with before-and-after screenshots of the Codex profile page: lifetime tokens fell from about 62.87 billion to 38.76 billion and peak daily tokens from 3.45 billion to 2.82 billion, while the streak ticked up from 47 to 48 days. The reporter lists possible causes, from a recount to removed usage types, and says they are "not claiming which explanation is correct". A 24-billion-token haircut, and the streak never flinched.
Key facts
- The reporter's "longest task" stat, 23 hours 56 minutes, did not change between the screenshots.
- A second user added a matching report from macOS: lifetime tokens down from 20.51 billion to 18.78 billion while a 103-day streak became 104.
- GitHub's duplicate bot linked two similar issues filed the same morning, including one about the usage API's historical buckets decreasing.
- As of 2 November the issue showed no reply from OpenAI.
Sources
- Original reportGitHub: openai/codex issue #58542 github.com
- Also reported byGitHub issue #58540 github.com
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