OpenAI Codex reset tracker

Statistics

Confirmed reset records

37Only verified/official hard-reset announcements count

Average announcement gap

9.2days

Longest announcement gap

69.6days

Events in 26 weeks

37

11 event(s) excluded from interval statistics: 5 banked reset grant, 3 retracted, 2 scheduled reset, 1 temporary multiplier. See methodology.

Reset rhythm

Usage windows

5-hour session window

session · anchor rolling · 5h window — local and cloud usage may share this window

Weekly limit

weekly · anchor account_assigned

These are normal reset rules, not events. They are tracked separately from reset events so that scheduled behaviour never appears in reset statistics.

Event archive

5 banked reset grant · 37 hard reset · 2 scheduled reset · 1 temporary multiplier

• O2026-08-21BankedOpenAI Codex: Banked reset grantedFirst of all, we have hit 20M active users for Codex some time this week. Second of all, this is cause for celebration and during the day we will credit every Codex and ChatGPT Work user with a BANKED reset that you can use at your own leisure.
• O2026-08-13Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetOld news actually from a bunch of days ago, but crossed that 15M. Enjoy a nice reset everyone.
• O2026-08-08Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetTo celebrate this, together with the fact that I'm not going anywhere... I have reset usage limits for all paid users of ChatGPT Work and Codex.
• O2026-08-01Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetwait for it... I have reset usage limits for Codex and ChatGPT Work.
• O2026-07-29Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetHello people of Sol! I've reset usage limits for all ChatGPT Work and Codex users.
• O2026-07-28Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetBack at the laptop. The usage limits have been reset for all paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work.
• O2026-07-25Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe have reset usage limits for all Codex and ChatGPT Work users.
• O2026-07-21Full resetCodex: Usage limits reset10M! New day, new usage reset for paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work.
• O2026-07-18Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetI did it again. Enjoy reset usage limits for all paid users for Codex and ChatGPT Work.
• O2026-07-16Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetAnother reset for our Codex and ChatGPT Work users.
• O2026-07-14Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe have reached 8M active users across Codex and ChatGPT Work. We are once again resetting the usage limits for all.
• O2026-07-13BankedCodex: Banked reset grantedThank you to the 7M active users who are now using Codex and ChatGPT Work. We have added a banked reset to everyone's account to celebrate the milestone.
• O2026-07-12BankedCodex: Banked reset grantedAdded a banked reset to 500k users of ChatGPT Work and Codex.
• O2026-07-11Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetIntroducing... another usage limit reset for all our ChatGPT Work and Codex users.
• O2026-07-10Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetHello beautiful people! We have reset usage limits across Codex and ChatGPT Work.
• O2026-07-09Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetEnjoy a full reset of your usage limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex.
• O2026-06-29BankedCodex: Banked reset grantedCodex usage limits will be fully reset again in the next hour and we will credit one additional reset into your bank for your own usage over the next 24 hours.
• O2026-06-29Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetRate-limited requests were never charged, but they were being displayed incorrectly. - Immediate relief: We reset usage limits while rolling out the fixes, then shipped hotfixes across the CLI, desktop app, and usage backend.
• O2026-06-28Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetAs we are still investigating, I have reset everyone's Codex usage limits.
• O2026-06-26Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe are giving all Codex users a usage reset on the house.
• O2026-06-18Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetDearest gentle codexer. We did a sneaky double reset.
• O2026-06-18BankedCodex: Banked reset grantedNot only do you get a full reset on us. But you are also getting one into the reset bank to use at your own leisure.
• O2026-06-04Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetThose are three too many and we are taking active steps for them to not reproduce. I have reset usage limits for Codex across all paid plans.
• O2026-05-31Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetThe Codex usage limits have been reset for all paid ChatGPT subscriptions.
• O2026-05-23Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetSome of you noticed limits drained faster in Codex, we root caused it to an optimization that we rolled back that had an impact on cache hit rates when compacting across long running sessions. We fixed this and have now reset usage limits for all accounts.
• O2026-05-16Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetCodex usage limits have now been reset across all paid plans.
• O2026-04-28Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetDon't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money.
• O2026-04-17Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetHi! To celebrate its 1-year anniversary, I have allowed Codex to reset its own rate limits across all plans.
• O2026-04-09Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetIt comes with a ton of codex usage. And yes we are resetting the limits again too as I mentioned yesterday.
• O2026-04-07Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetThree million people are now using Codex weekly - up from two million a little under a month ago.
• O2026-04-01Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetOur Codex dashboards are showing increased rate of users hitting rate limits and since we don't fully understand why I have made the cautious decision of resetting the usage limits for all plans.
• O2026-03-27Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetHello. We have reset Codex usage limits across all plans to let everyone experiment with the magnificent plugins we just launched, and because it had been a while!
• O2026-03-11Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetOK, Codex is back and stable and we should be good for a while. Reset button pressed, should see it in a bit
• O2026-03-10ScheduledCodex: Scheduled resetThis codex issue is now fully resolved and stable for the last couple of hours.
• O2026-03-08Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe don’t have evidence of a widespread issue with codex usage being drained faster than it should but there are enough reports and we have reset rate limits for plus & pro subscriptions while we work towards wrapping up our investigation over the coming 1-3 days.
• O2026-03-04Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe caught an issue that was causing the 2X promotional increase in limits to not be applied to an estimated 9% of plus and pro users for Codex. We have now fixed this issue and are reseting the rate limit for all plus and pro users to compensate.
• O2026-03-03ScheduledCodex: Scheduled resetCodex is back up.
• O2025-12-25Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetFor Codex users, to thank you all for the fun we've had over the last months, our first gift is that we have **reset rate limits and are lifting the usage limits to 2X the usual limits until the 1st of Jan**.
• O2025-12-25BoostCodex: Temporary limit increaseFor Codex users, to thank you all for the fun we've had over the last months, our first gift is that we have **reset rate limits and are lifting the usage limits to 2X the usual limits until the 1st of Jan**.
• O2025-12-19Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe rewrote the underlying system to track and bill usage in Codex and we have reset usage limits in the process.
• O2025-12-17Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetDidn’t need to do this in a while, but you know the drill. We have reset everyone’s usage limits, enjoy more Codex and apologies for the disruption.
• O2025-12-02Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe have reset the usage limits for everyone in Codex, which helps us mitigate the issue the fastest and the team will continue to work on the underlying cause.
• O2025-11-22Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe have reset rate limits for all Codex users to compensate for the unusual high latencies in or near the US in the previous hours.
• O2025-11-05Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetCodex outage resolved. We suffered a minor outage for last 45 minutes which turned into a global outage for last 30 minutes, this is now resolved and we have reset the rate limits.
• O2025-09-17Full resetCodex: Usage limits resetWe have reset everyone's limits for gpt-5-codex to allow you all to benefit more from it today and as a way to make up for the slowdowns earlier while we were provisioning additional GPUs.