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Special AI service limit resets

We track resets outside the usual five-hour and weekly windows. We distinguish completed resets, announcements alone and reset credits that users activate themselves.

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OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI team announces extraordinary reset of limits (October 28)

A member of the OpenAI team, Tibo, announced another extraordinary reset in a post labeled as day 23. In a direct reply, he stated a planned deadline of midnight in the time zone identified by the source as PST; this did not confirm the exact moment of execution. He did not specify the reset mechanism, the affected plans, or the counters involved. A separate confirmation of completion is not documented in the attached materials.

Scope
The source did not specify the reset mechanism, the affected plans, or the counters involved.
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI team announced an extraordinary limit reset (26 October)

OpenAI team member Tibo announced in a post labeled as day 21 another extraordinary reset. The reset mechanism, affected plans, and counters were not specified. A separate confirmation of completion is not documented in the attached materials.

Scope
The source did not specify the reset mechanism, affected plans, or counters.
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI team announces extraordinary reset of limits (25 October)

An OpenAI team member, Tibo, announced in a post labeled as day 20 another extraordinary reset. In a direct reply, he stated a planned timing by midnight in the timezone identified by the source as PST; this did not confirm the exact moment of execution. He did not specify the reset mechanism, the affected plans, or the counters involved. A separate confirmation of completion is not documented in the attached materials.

Scope
The source did not specify the reset mechanism, the affected plans, or the counters involved.
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI team announced an extra reset of limits (23 October)

OpenAI team member Tibo announced another extra reset in a post labeled day 18. In a direct reply, he stated the plan was for the following day, 24 October, before 10:00 in the time zone identified by the source as PST, alongside a minor release. He did not specify the mechanism, affected plans or counters; this does not confirm that the reset has taken place.

Scope
The source did not specify the reset mechanism, affected plans or counters.
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI team announced a special limit reset (22 October)

OpenAI team member Tibo announced another special reset in a post labeled day 17. In a direct reply, he clarified that it was planned for the following day, 23 October, before 10:00 in the time zone identified by the source as PST. He did not specify the mechanism, affected plans or counters; completion is not confirmed in the accompanying materials.

Scope
The source did not specify the reset mechanism, affected plans or counters.
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI team announced a special limit reset (20 October)

OpenAI team member Tibo announced another special reset in a post labeled day 15. The post does not specify the exact mechanism, affected plans or counters. The accompanying materials do not provide separate confirmation that the reset was completed.

Scope
The source did not specify the reset mechanism, affected plans or counters.
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

The OpenAI team announced a special reset of limits

The source announced a future reset. Scope: the source did not specify the exact scope. Without subsequent confirmation, we do not treat it as completed.

Scope
the source did not specify the exact scope
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

The OpenAI team announced a special limit reset

The source announced an upcoming reset. Scope: the source did not specify the exact scope. Without subsequent confirmation, we do not record it as completed.

Scope
the source did not specify the exact scope
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

The OpenAI team confirmed an unscheduled limit reset

The source confirmed that the reset took place outside the usual reset windows. Scope: the source did not specify the exact scope.

Scope
the source did not specify the exact scope
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

The OpenAI team confirmed an unscheduled limit reset

The source confirmed that the reset was carried out outside the regular reset windows. Scope: the source did not specify the exact scope.

Scope
the source did not specify the exact scope
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset credit

The OpenAI team announced a reset credit

Users will receive a credit they can activate themselves. Scope: all paid accounts. This is not an immediate bulk reset of counters.

Scope
all paid accounts
Limits
not detailed by the source
Products
ChatGPT Work, Codex

OpenAI Reset type not specified

The OpenAI team confirmed an unscheduled limit reset

The source confirmed that the reset took place outside the regular reset windows. Scope: the source did not specify the exact scope.

Scope
the source did not specify the exact scope
Limits
not detailed by the source

OpenAI Reset type not specified

The OpenAI team confirmed a special reset of usage limits

On 2 October, the source confirmed that the reset had propagated. Following that confirmation, on 3 October the source reported that Pro 500 accounts had reportedly not received the reset and said it was investigating the issue. The source did not confirm a fix in that post.

Scope
Announced for all paid ChatGPT accounts; exceptions were subsequently reported for Pro 500. The source did not specify the exact time of the reset or the counters.
Limits
not detailed by the source
Products
ChatGPT

OpenAI Reset type not specified

OpenAI initiated another reset at DevDay

OpenAI initiated a reset at the end of DevDay on 29 September and stated that it applied worldwide. The broadcast does not specify the affected products, plans or counters, and does not distinguish an automatic reset from a credit users can activate themselves.

Scope
worldwide; the source did not specify products, plans or counters
Limits
not detailed by the source

Announcement at the end of OpenAI DevDay. The date is based on the release of the official video; the exact time accounts were changed is not documented.

OpenAI Done

The OpenAI team confirmed a special reset of limits

The source confirmed that the reset took place outside the usual reset windows. Scope: the source did not specify the exact scope.

Scope
The source did not specify the scope. The post does not directly link to the announcement from 26 September; a connection between them has not been established.
Limits
not detailed by the source

The source confirmed completion but did not specify the exact time of the reset.

OpenAI Announced

The OpenAI team announced an exceptional limit reset

The source announced a future reset. Scope: all paid accounts. Without subsequent confirmation, we do not record it as completed.

Scope
all paid accounts
Limits
not detailed by the source
Products
ChatGPT Work, Codex

OpenAI Reset credit

The OpenAI team announced a reset credit

Users will receive a credit that they activate themselves. Scope: Plus, Pro and Business plans. This is not an immediate bulk reset of counters.

Scope
Plus, Pro and Business plans
Limits
not detailed by the source

Anthropic Reset credit

The Anthropic team has made a reset credit available

The credit is available for users to activate themselves. Scope: Pro, Max and Team plans. This is not an immediate reset of all counters. It can be used until 22 October 2026; the source does not specify the cutoff time or time zone.

Scope
Pro, Max and Team plans
Limits
not detailed by the source
Products
Claude

OpenAI Done

OpenAI team confirmed an unscheduled limit reset

The source confirmed that the reset was carried out outside the regular reset windows. Scope: users of the Astra model; plans not specified.

Scope
users of the Astra model; plans not specified
Limits
not detailed by the source

The source confirmed completion but did not specify the exact time of the reset.

OpenAI Reset credit

The OpenAI team announced a reset credit

Affected users will receive a replacement credit for a reset that was not fully applied. Users activate the credit themselves; this is not a reset of all accounts.

Scope
affected users
Limits
not detailed by the source
Products
ChatGPT Work, Codex

OpenAI Done

The OpenAI team confirmed an unscheduled limit reset

The source confirmed that the reset was carried out outside the regular reset windows for all users.

Scope
all users
Limits
not detailed by the source

The source confirmed completion but did not specify the exact time of the reset.

OpenAI Done

OpenAI team confirms usage limit reset for paying Codex and ChatGPT Work users

The OpenAI product team confirmed that usage limits for all paid Codex and ChatGPT Work subscriptions have been reset. The confirmation follows the reset announcement on 29 August

Scope
all paying users
Limits
usage limits
Products
ChatGPT Work, Codex

The source confirmed completion but did not specify the exact time of the reset.

It accompanies fixes for bugs that caused usage allowances to be consumed faster than intended (image compression, background memory processes, duplicate tool results).

OpenAI Done

The OpenAI team confirmed an unscheduled reset of limits

The source confirmed a reset of Codex limits for all paid accounts. The confirmation directly quotes the original announcement.

Scope
all paid accounts
Limits
not detailed by the source
Products
Codex

The source confirmed completion but did not specify the exact time of the reset.

OpenAI Reset credit

The OpenAI team announced a reset credit for Codex and ChatGPT Work

Users are to receive a banked reset credit that they can activate themselves. This is not an immediate reset of counters for all users.

Scope
every user of Codex and ChatGPT Work
Limits
banked reset
Products
ChatGPT Work, Codex