"Image creation is temporarily unavailable" is a chat reply: check status.openai.com, then the line under the message box for a limit and its reset time.
OpenAI publishes no image count for ChatGPT Go, only more than Free. Plus users reported about 120 a day before Images 2.6; none of it is official.
“Payment was not approved.” is ChatGPT checkout's banner for a blocked payment; card refusals show “Your card has been declined.” Check your bank first.
Yes, Codex is included in ChatGPT Plus. OpenAI estimates 15–150 GPT-6 Sol messages per five hours, weekly limits may apply, and credits extend usage.
ChatGPT Free allows 3 uploads a day; a photo, PDF or document is one each. Go has no upload count but has 25-file Projects and 4 GB. Cap: 80 files per 3 hours.
As of October 8, 2026, ChatGPT Plus text chat is unlimited under abuse guardrails. Thinking, uploads, images and Codex are capped; credits cover Codex and Work.
As of October 8, 2026, everyday ChatGPT text chat is unlimited on every plan. Thinking, tools, Work and Codex have separate caps; few have published numbers.
Claude cloud session credit claims closed October 7, 2026; all balances expired November 4. Cloud sessions now use plan limits; usage credits bill at API rates.
Once you approve ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, Claude Code bills that key instead of your Pro or Max plan, and claude -p always uses it. /status shows which one pays.
Fable 5.2 errors trace to Claude Code older than 2.1.321, the dotted ID claude-fable-5.2, a /model picker bug, Fable limits, safeguards or API 400s.
Gemini 4 Hydrogen lists 25% below Claude Sonnet 5.5 per token, yet on the same 11 calls at high it cost 1.96x as much. 3.8 Flash cost 2.42x.
Claude KYC is a phone code for every new account and, for some, a Persona ID-and-selfie check. Do it only from the prompt in Claude or at portal.anthropic.com.
“Codex could not start — The extension could not start its user interface” on build 26.1021.22027: fixed in 26.1106.51428 (Nov 11, 2026). Update and reload.
“exceeded retry limit, last status: 429 Too Many Requests” is a 429 Codex couldn't classify, not your usage limit. First stop parallel chats and sub-agents.
DeepSeek search costs $0.75 per 1,000: the Search API bills each request with results, the deepseek_web_search tool each query. Agents pay since Oct 31.
As of November 14, 2026, Google Flow allows 400 free images a day and AI Mode 25; the Gemini app publishes no number. Uploads stop at 10 files a prompt.
Gemini says "I can't depict some public figures" when it reads a request as a real, identifiable person. Invented people and your own photos still work.
Writing HD or 4K in a Gemini prompt does not set the output pixels. Use a specific creative brief for visual quality, set image_size and aspect_ratio on a supported API model for delivery size, then inspect the saved file before changing prompts, plans, or providers.
"User is blocked" on Grok means an account block. Appeal by emailing support@x.ai, as the Terms of October 27, 2026 allow. Linking errors are fixable too.
On the web, delete a ChatGPT image from Library; on a phone, delete its chat. If it says "Some files couldn't be deleted", retry on chatgpt.com.
Gemini 4 Hydrogen API: $1.50 input and $7.50 output per 1M tokens, thinking billed as output. Test calls cost $0.0016 at low to $0.0495 at xhigh.
Gemini API keys are free, but free inference requires an eligible project, model and feature. Check live limits, grounding exceptions, 403s and data-use rules.
A Gemini API key is free, but usage is free only within per-project limits. Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75/$3.75 per 1M tokens; Gemini 4 Argon is paid-only at $2/$10 until Dec 1.
No Claude Opus 5.5 route stays free. As of November 13, 2026, a 7-day guest pass or API test credit works; gifts are paused and 'free' chat sites are capped.