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A source-reviewed historical archive. Public resets and banked grants are separate events, because the difference matters.

Partial archive · 49 verified records
This is a reviewed historical archive, not a claim of complete coverage. Fresh source posts are fetched separately on the homepage. Source dates and verified effective times are labeled separately. Blank periods do not mean no reset happened. Read the methodology ↗

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Sep 122026
Public reset Announcement verified

Reset propagation confirmed

Tibo confirmed that the reset had propagated, following his Astra quality-update announcement. This is one reset event, not separate announcement and completion events; the exact effective time is unverified.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Reset all propagated. Sweet dreams.”
Who does this apply to?

The preceding announcement addresses Astra users. The completion post does not enumerate eligible plans, regions, or account exceptions.

Sep 92026
Banked grant Announcement verified

Replacement banked resets for affected redemptions

Tibo reported that some banked resets had not fully applied in ChatGPT Work and Codex. A replacement banked reset and an apology email were announced for affected redemptions, not as a new global automatic refill.

Tibo@thsottiaux“There was a bit of a kerfuffle this morning with some banked resets not fully applying when used in ChatGPT Work and Codex. Everyone who used one in the affected time window is getting another one and an email to apologize.”
Who does this apply to?

People who redeemed a banked reset during the affected time window. The post does not specify the exact window or establish eligibility for other accounts.

Sep 72026
Public reset Announcement verified

Global reset for Plus, Pro and Business

OpenAI documents an immediately applied global reset. It could not be saved and did not create a banked reset. The date follows the help article; a September 8 announcement is not treated as a separate event without reconciliation.

“On September 7, 2026, we provided a global reset to Plus, Pro and Business users”
Who does this apply to?

Plus, Pro and Business users, as stated in the official article.

Sep 42026
Banked grant Announcement verified

Second rollout banked reset

OpenAI documents a banked reset for eligible accounts during the Astra rollout. A grant is saved for later redemption or expiration; it is not proof that usage was automatically refreshed that day.

“Existing Plus, Pro and Business users (standard, premium seats) in good standing received a banked reset both on September 3rd and September 4th.”
Who does this apply to?

Existing Plus, Pro and Business users in good standing, including standard and premium seats. New accounts on those plans had to be created before 8 PM PT on September 4. Plan, region and availability conditions apply.

Sep 32026
Banked grant Announcement verified

First rollout banked reset

OpenAI documents a banked reset for eligible accounts during the Astra rollout. This records a promotional grant, not an automatic reset or permanent increase in plan limits.

“Existing Plus, Pro and Business users (standard, premium seats) in good standing received a banked reset both on September 3rd and September 4th.”
Who does this apply to?

Existing Plus, Pro and Business users in good standing, including standard and premium seats. New accounts on those plans had to be created before 10 PM PT on September 3. Plan, region and availability conditions apply.

Aug 312026
Public reset Announcement verified

25M milestone global reset

Reports that paid ChatGPT Work and Codex subscriptions were reset to celebrate 25M active users.

Tibo@thsottiaux“What I wanted to say yesterday is that we hit 25M active users and to celebrate we have now reset usage for all paid subscriptions for ChatGPT Work and Codex. See you soon for more news from The Reset Company.”
Who does this apply to?

all paid subscriptions for ChatGPT Work and Codex

Aug 292026
Public reset Announcement verified

Reset announced for paid Codex and Work users

Tibo announced a reset alongside fixes for unintended usage consumption. The source confirms the reset announcement but does not establish an exact completion time for every account.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We are reseting usage for all paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work.”
Who does this apply to?

All paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work, as stated in the announcement.

Aug 242026
Public reset Announcement verified

Sunday reset propagation

Reports that the reset propagated to accounts after usage fixes.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Good Sunday. Reset has been propagated to accounts and we landed some fixes to usage for things mentioned yesterday as issues we found. You should feel a positive difference. More to come tomorrow and will keep communicating.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Aug 222026
Banked grant Announcement verified

20M banked reset delivery

Reports that the milestone banked reset landed.

Tibo@thsottiaux“The banked reset has landed, I repeat, the banked reset has landed. Have an amazing weekend.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Aug 132026
Public reset Announcement verified

15M milestone reset

Announces a celebratory reset following the 15M active-user milestone.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Old news actually from a bunch of days ago, but crossed that 15M. Enjoy a nice reset everyone. Landing in the next hour or so, go /fast.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Aug 82026
Public reset Announcement verified

GPT-5.6 Sol celebration reset

Reports a reset for paid ChatGPT Work and Codex users alongside GPT-5.6 Sol availability.

Tibo@thsottiaux“That's right, GPT-5.6 Sol is awesome and can be used pretty much anywhere, including in the CC harness. To 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. Have fun out there!”
Who does this apply to?

all paid users of ChatGPT Work and Codex

Aug 12026
Public reset Announcement verified

Luna efficiency weekend reset

Reports a reset for Codex and ChatGPT Work during an efficiency-focused weekend.

Tibo@thsottiaux“To celebrate a week of efficiency and let you run 100'000 Luna threads this weekend... that's right... wait for it... I have reset usage limits for Codex and ChatGPT Work. Enjoy.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 282026
Public reset Announcement verified

Return-to-laptop paid-user reset

Reports a reset for paid Codex and ChatGPT Work users.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Back at the laptop. The usage limits have been reset for all paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work. Weeeeeeeee. It's a good day!”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 252026
Public reset Announcement verified

Outage recovery reset

Reports a reset after an almost-global outage.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We have reset usage limits for all Codex and ChatGPT Work users. Last night around 2am to 4am we suffered an almost global outage. All well and recovered, but you know what comes next. We learn. We reset. Enjoy.”
Who does this apply to?

all Codex and ChatGPT Work users

Jul 212026
Public reset Announcement verified

10M milestone reset

Announces a paid-user reset following the 10M milestone.

Tibo@thsottiaux“10M! New day, new usage reset for paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work. Lands in the next hour. Enjoy.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 182026
Public reset Announcement verified

Scaling-weekend reset

Reports a reset for paid Codex and ChatGPT Work users during rapid infrastructure scaling.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Oops... I did it again. Enjoy reset usage limits for all paid users for Codex and ChatGPT Work. Super grateful for an incredible team who is iterating at lightspeed and keeping the infra up as we scale faster than ever. Enjoy the weekend!”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 162026
Public reset Announcement verified

9M milestone reset

Announces another reset after the 9M active-user milestone.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Another reset for our Codex and ChatGPT Work users. Actually hit 9M active users way earlier today, but then got distracted by the approximately millions of things the team is doing to keep the systems up and reliable. Should have that sweet 100% weekly usage limit back in a few…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 142026
Public reset Announcement verified

8M milestone reset

Announces a reset for all users after reaching 8M active users.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Hello. We have reached 8M active users across Codex and ChatGPT Work. We are once again resetting the usage limits for all. And we continue to not have the 5h rate limit as well, allowing everyone to explore the boundaries of GPT-5.6 Sol and discover how ambitious you can be.…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 132026
Banked grant Announcement verified

7M milestone banked grant

Reports a banked reset added to every account for the 7M milestone.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Thank 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. You can apply the reset in the desktop app or on web and it will replenish the weekly usage for you. Have fun out there.”
Who does this apply to?

everyone's account

Jul 122026
Banked grant Announcement verified

Partial banked-reset remediation grant

Reports a banked reset added to 500k affected ChatGPT Work and Codex users.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Added a banked reset to 500k users of ChatGPT Work and Codex. What’s been happening: - Just released the ability to use a banked reset from web and mobile. Before today you could only do it in the desktop app - Had an issue where less than 10% of users who used a banked reset…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 112026
Public reset Announcement verified

Traffic-growth reset

Announces a usage-limit reset amid rapid traffic growth.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Introducing... another usage limit reset for all our ChatGPT Work and Codex users. Should land over next 30 minutes. Hope you have an awesome weekend. Thank you for pushing our systems to the absolute limit, we have never seen traffic increase so quickly. Keep the feedback…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 102026
Public reset Announcement verified

Global reset with later-reset notice

Reports a reset across Codex and ChatGPT Work, while separately mentioning a later one.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Hello beautiful people! We have reset usage limits across Codex and ChatGPT Work. And another one will come later in the day. Rejoice. Now that I have your attention, a quick update on ChatGPT Work, Codex and all the updates we shared yesterday. We’ve spent the last 24 hours…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jul 92026
Public reset Announcement verified

Full reset propagation

Announces a full reset propagating to ChatGPT Work and Codex.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Enjoy a full reset of your usage limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex. Propagating in the next hour.@_rajanagarwal just joined to work on model research and push on coding capabilities. You can thank him for pressing the button today.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jun 292026
Public reset Announcement verified

Usage-consumption investigation reset

Announces a full reset while investigating unexpectedly fast usage consumption.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Codex 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. We investigated reports that Codex usage was being consumed faster than expected. There wasn't one central issue, but a…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jun 292026
Banked grant Announcement verified

Additional investigation banked grant

Announces one additional reset credit in the bank while the team investigates fast usage consumption.

Tibo@thsottiaux“we will credit one additional reset into your bank for your own usage over the next 24 hours.”
Who does this apply to?

Users addressed by the post; no narrower eligibility is stated.

Jun 282026
Public reset Announcement verified

Hard reset during usage investigation

Tibo reported resetting Codex usage while the team investigated usage drains, explicitly distinguishing this hard reset from banked resets that users could apply later.

Tibo@thsottiaux“As we are still investigating, I have reset everyone's Codex usage limits.”
Who does this apply to?

Described by Tibo as everyone’s Codex usage limits; the post does not list plan or account exceptions.

Jun 262026
Public reset Announcement verified

Investigation goodwill reset

Announces a usage reset while mitigations and investigation continue.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We are giving all Codex users a usage reset on the house. Should be showing in your accounts in the next few hours. We have applied some mitigations, but our investigation hasn't shown users being impacted at large. We are continuing to monitor the situation.”
Who does this apply to?

all Codex users

Jun 182026
Public reset Announcement verified

Sneaky double reset

Reports a full reset and a separate banked reset.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Dearest gentle codexer. We did a sneaky double reset. Not 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. Enjoy”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Jun 182026
Banked grant Announcement verified

Additional banked grant in double reset

Reports one separate banked reset alongside the full “sneaky double reset.”

Tibo@thsottiaux“But you are also getting one into the reset bank to use at your own leisure.”
Who does this apply to?

Codex users addressed by the post; no narrower eligibility is stated.

Jun 42026
Public reset Announcement verified

Reliability-incident reset

Reports a paid-plan reset after three Codex reliability incidents.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Hi. Over the last 24 hours we had three separate small incidents that affected Codex reliability. Those 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. May the tokens flow again.”
Who does this apply to?

all paid plans

May 312026
Public reset Announcement verified

Paid ChatGPT subscription reset

Reports weekly and hourly limits reset for paid ChatGPT subscriptions.

Tibo@thsottiaux“The Codex usage limits have been reset for all paid ChatGPT subscriptions. You should be back to 100% weekly and 100% hourly limits. Let the tokens do incredible things today and have fun.”
Who does this apply to?

all paid ChatGPT subscriptions

May 232026
Public reset Announcement verified

Cache-hit fix reset

Reports an all-account reset after rolling back a cache-hit-rate regression.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Some 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. Enjoy the weekend.”
Who does this apply to?

all accounts

May 162026
Public reset Announcement verified

Weekend paid-plan reset

Reports a reset across all paid plans.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Codex usage limits have now been reset across all paid plans. Enjoy the weekend!”
Who does this apply to?

all paid plans

Apr 282026
Public reset Announcement verified

GPT-5.5 good-week reset

Reports a paid-plan reset to celebrate a good week and enable more GPT-5.5 building.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Don't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money. Don't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money. ... but the vibes are good ... I have reset Codex rate limits for ALL paid plans to celebrate a good week and allow everyone to build more with GPT-5.5. Enjoy”
Who does this apply to?

all paid plans

Apr 172026
Public reset Announcement verified

Codex anniversary reset

Reports an all-plan reset for Codex’s one-year anniversary.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Hi! To celebrate its 1-year anniversary, I have allowed Codex to reset its own rate limits across all plans. Enjoy all the new features.”
Who does this apply to?

all plans

Apr 92026
Public reset Announcement verified

$100 plan reset announcement

Announces another reset alongside the $100 plan launch.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We did it, say hi to the $100 plan! It should be the sweet spot for a ton of you. It comes with a ton of codex usage. And yes we are resetting the limits again too as I mentioned yesterday. Let’s keep building!”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Apr 72026
Public reset Announcement verified

3M weekly-user reset announcement

Announces a rate-limit reset for the 3M weekly-user milestone.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Three million people are now using Codex weekly - up from two million a little under a month ago. Incredible to see the growth. Thank you to all of you and to the ecosystem we’re part of. To celebrate, we’re resetting rate limits so you can keep building, and we’ll reset them…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Apr 12026
Public reset Announcement verified

Rate-limit pressure reset

Reports an all-plan reset after increased rate-limit hits.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Our 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. Enjoy. I also wanted to celebrate us finding a pocket of fraudulent accounts that…”
Who does this apply to?

all plans

Mar 272026
Public reset Announcement verified

Plugins launch reset

Reports an all-plan reset to let users experiment with newly launched plugins.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Hello. 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! You can just build unlimited things with Codex. Have fun!”
Who does this apply to?

all plans

Mar 112026
Public reset Announcement verified

Post-incident reset button

Reports that the reset button was pressed after Codex stabilized.

Tibo@thsottiaux“OK, Codex is back and stable and we should be good for a while. Reset button pressed, should see it in a bit”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Mar 82026
Public reset Announcement verified

Plus and Pro drain-report reset

Reports a Plus and Pro rate-limit reset amid usage-drain reports.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We 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.”
Who does this apply to?

plus & pro subscriptions

Mar 42026
Public reset Announcement verified

2X promotion bug compensation reset

Reports a Plus and Pro reset after fixing a missed promotional increase.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We 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. Apologies and thank you for the…”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Dec 252025
Public reset Announcement verified

Holiday reset with temporary 2X limits

Reports a Codex reset and temporary twofold usage limits through January 1.

Tibo@thsottiaux“For 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**. Wish you all a merry holiday and lots of coding!! Spread the word 👀”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Dec 192025
Public reset Announcement verified

Usage-accounting migration reset

Reports a reset during a rewritten Codex usage-tracking and billing system.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We rewrote the underlying system to track and bill usage in Codex and we have reset usage limits in the process. Backfilling is time consuming and it’s more fun to give free usage. Enjoy!”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Dec 172025
Public reset Announcement verified

Disruption apology reset

Reports everyone’s usage limits reset with an apology for disruption.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Didn’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.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Dec 22025
Public reset Announcement verified

Issue-mitigation global reset

Reports an all-user Codex reset to mitigate an ongoing issue.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We 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. This should propagate to all users over the next 10 mins, enjoy and apologies for the confusion!”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Nov 222025
Public reset Announcement verified

High-latency compensation reset

Reports a reset for all Codex users after unusually high latency.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We have reset rate limits for all Codex users to compensate for the unusual high latencies in or near the US in the previous hours. Grateful for the team working hard behind the scenes to keep Codex running 24/7. I do recommend trying out GPT-5.1-Codex-Max too if you haven’t!”
Who does this apply to?

all Codex users

Nov 52025
Public reset Announcement verified

Outage-resolved rate-limit reset

Reports rate limits reset after a resolved global Codex outage.

Tibo@thsottiaux“Codex 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. Please let me know if you still see issues.”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Sep 172025
Public reset Announcement verified

gpt-5-codex capacity reset

Reports a gpt-5-codex limit reset after slowdown and GPU provisioning.

Tibo@thsottiaux“We 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. We'll continue to add capacity throughout the week to maintain the speed. Enjoy!”
Who does this apply to?

Not further segmented in the original post.

Source review: September 13, 2026. A verified announcement does not confirm that every account received a reset.

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