ChatGPT Plus users see their usage deplete quickly with simple prompts
10 posts across 3 communities in the last 60 days; 60% from r/ChatGPT.
“Has anyone else experienced unexpected weekly usage resets? I had around 50% of my weekly allowance remaining earlier, but when I checked again a few minutes later, it had suddenly reset to 100%. This isn't the first time it's happened to me. I recently upgraded to Pro 200, and…”
“Anyone else experiencing this? I started with basically 100% of my 5-hour Plus allowance and gave Sol 5.6 High one Work task: review my existing project context and create a markdown file summarising the important details. By the time it finished I was at 63% . Nearly 40% of the…”
“I'm loving Sol High, but fucking hell it's blowing through tokens on some research projects of mine Does my 3 "Usage limit resets: Use a reset to restore your 5-hour limit, weekly limit, or both." resets, reset on every new billing month? Plus tier user”
Several ChatGPT Plus subscribers report unexpectedly rapid depletion of their message usage, even with short interactions. Users are observing that the 'weekly reset' doesn't always accurately reflect remaining usage and that some features like Astra have memory issues or exhibit problematic behavior when corrected.
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“Has anyone else experienced unexpected weekly usage resets? I had around 50% of my weekly allowance remaining earlier, but when I checked again a few minutes later, it had suddenly reset to 100%. This isn't the first time it's happened to me. I recently upgraded…”
GPT-6.1 Sol suddenly consuming much more Plus usage since October 16
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.267) — Work credits get used up in 20 mins now and I have to wait 5 hours. Useless!”
Visible Remaining-Time / Usage Indicator in ChatGPT Work
“Anyone else experiencing this? I started with basically 100% of my 5-hour Plus allowance and gave Sol 5.6 High one Work task: review my existing project context and create a markdown file summarising the important details. By the time it finished I was at 63% . Nearly 40% of the entire 5-hour allowance from one task seems crazy. I know High + long context is expensive, but has usage always been this aggressive? It feels noticeably worse recently. submitted by /u/finding_nirvana16 [li”
“I'm loving Sol High, but fucking hell it's blowing through tokens on some research projects of mine Does my 3 "Usage limit resets: Use a reset to restore your 5-hour limit, weekly limit, or both." resets, reset on every new billing month? Plus tier user submitted by /u/PressPlayPlease7 [link] [comments]”
“What the title says, I can barely get anything done. I'm on the plus plan and 1-2 prompts on Sol-5.6 Medium will gobble up my 5 hour limit. It's unusable at this point. submitted by /u/Broad_Geologist_2924 [link] [comments]”
Sol 5.6 depleting half of weekly usage in a couple hours
“After first and third prompt https://preview.redd.it/5824ygrkx8oh1.png?width=223&format=png&auto=webp&s=afdb18779a315572b792c2ba3dfe8a56209dd822 https://preview.redd.it/swtpoq5mx8oh1.png?width=213&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8399b84f6a53d96996198b0752dbbd33495d4ef submitted by /u/MembershipNo8854 [link] [comments]”