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@arthurwolf

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.148.0

What subscription do you have?

the $200/month one

Which model were you using?

5.6-sol-fast

What platform is your computer?

7.0.0-29-generic on ubuntu 26.04

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

gnome terminal

Codex doctor report

❯ codex doctor --json
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What issue are you seeing?

I just discovered today that /fast is a toggle, and that /fast off does nothing.

I'm now at 34% left on my weekly limits mere hours after the weekly reset.
I had been using fast to eat through my remaining few percent of my weekly limit before they reset. Then as it reset I thought I'd turn fast off and keep the task going. But no, it kept going on fast despite typing /fast off ...

Being in fast when I thought typing /fast off in all the terminals would turn it on, not only ate through my limits way faster than normal, but it also means way more limits were eaten by the time I realize it was eating them so fast/something was wrong.

Claude code supports /fast on//fast off ... I bet it's literally a SINGLE line of code to support it.
Is this intentional design for people to use their tokens faster, like Uber Eats making it overcomplicated to set orders to "don't exchange this product" ??

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Type /fast off, nothing happens.

What is the expected behavior?

Type /fast off, /fast ends.

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