Expired60% confidenceFactExact time
Codex's API Key login method has slower model updates, unavailable cloud tasks, and pay-as-you-go billing
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60%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/22/2026
First Seen
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Valid until: 10/20/2026(expired)
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UnverifiedThere are two ways to log in to Codex: logging in with a ChatGPT account (which can reuse subscription quota, access the most powerful models first, and unlock cloud tasks) or logging in with an OpenAI API Key (slower model updates, cloud tasks unavailable, and pay-as-you-go may be more expensive).78% similarUnverifiedAPI Key is paid for separately for API-based Codex workflows and does not include Codex Cloud features.77% similarUnverifiedThe app does not bundle model weights; all inference requests are sent over the network to DeepSeek's cloud servers, and the API Key is used for authentication and billing.67% similarUnverifiedAPI keys are not designed to have a concept of expiration, whereas tokens usually have an expiration time, so API keys are suitable for long-term use when placed in environment variables.65% similar
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