Codex users brace for post-April-2 limits

The most likely outcome is not an instant base-price hike, but a sharper shift from “promo abundance” to capped usage plus paid overage.

• –OpenAI’s Codex pages currently describe 2x limits as a limited-time offer, matching community expectations of a reversion window.
• –OpenAI has already built a credits fallback model, which creates a monetization path without immediately changing headline subscription prices.
• –A recent OpenAI status incident about faster-than-expected usage burn suggests user perception can swing hard when metering changes.
• –Competitors like OpenCode and Claude Code add price pressure, but privacy/transparency concerns can limit how much share they capture.