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Burned 1.7 billion tokens in 30 days on a $20 Plus plan — someone please tell me this isn't normal

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Started using Codex about a month ago. Checked my stats page today and genuinely had to look twice. - 1.7B lifetime tokens - 234.5M peak in a single day - 117 chats, 149 skill runs, 13 skills explored - 37% of it on Extra High reasoning - Fast Mode usage: 0% (I have apparently never once been in a…

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  1. 2026-09-07 12:20 · r/ChatGPTCoding
    Burned 1.7 billion tokens in 30 days on a $20 Plus plan — someone please tell me this isn't normal

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