GPT-5 is not currently enabled in the slow pool. Please select another model, or enable usage-based pricing to get more fast requests

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

ive hit my 500/500 hard limit, i would of expected the auto mode to ignore gpt 5.0 but its not i just keep getting the

GPT-5 is not currently enabled in the slow pool. Please select another model, or enable usage-based pricing to get more fast requests.

and cursor doesnt proceed, ive checked and im on the latest version that i could download.

Steps to Reproduce

max the chat gpt 5.0 limit then try and generate responses in auto mode

Expected Behavior

expected to ignore gpot 5.0 and use a lesser agent

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.52 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 9675251a06b1314d50ff34b0cbe5109b78f848c0
Date: 2025-10-17T01:41:03.967Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

was in auto mode

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

1 Like
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hi @Phil_Gibbings thank you for the detailed report. I have sent the issue to the team so it can be fixed.

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Hey @Phil_Gibbings , this was a temporary capacity issue regarding GPT-5, but this should be resolved now - thanks for the report :folded_hands: