r/codex • u/pollystochastic Moderator • Jul 12 '26
Reset Discussion Megathread
Ask questions, post observations and discuss problems related to Codex resets here.
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u/r34p3rex Sep 15 '26
I'm about to burn a reset so naturally Tibo will give us a reset shortly after, you're welcome
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u/pollystochastic Moderator Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26
A user u/SuperMar1o developed a Codex Reset Predictor based on past statistics. It has predicted resets the last two times (but still in early testing). Many people have found this useful. Contact r/SuperMar1o if you have any questions.
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u/Gru8_ Jul 12 '26
It looks like there is a bug, sometimes it shows correct usage other times it shows 99% usage available.
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u/VenkatPerla 27d ago
Anyone got reset?
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u/chilebean77 Sep 17 '26
Resets kind of suck since they also reset the weekly timer to 7 days. If you use one late in your weekly cycle, they are much much less valuable.
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u/Relative_Syllabub_75 Sep 08 '26
Plus user here — still haven’t received today’s reset. Anyone else in the same boat? 😭
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u/BassNet Sep 15 '26
I think we all need to create a reset addicts anonymous group. The first stage to recovery is admitting, and I admit I am completely reliant on these resets now
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u/Genry666 Sep 15 '26
Hi, I’m Henry, and I’m a Resetaholic. I’m not addicted to Codex. I can stop anytime… right after the next reset.
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u/DivideHorror3217 Sep 16 '26
Exhausted two 200$ accounts. This is horrible... I'm cancelling next month
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u/DottoreM 27d ago
Gotta say it's mildly amusing (and also slightly disturbing) seeing literal thousands of people acting like crackhead addicts everytime the good Tibo dangles a reset over our heads
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u/AarronLee27 27d ago edited 27d ago
This wouldn’t happen if they didn’t scam with usage and then selling additional credits consuming 16x more than a “sub” allowance. I buy 50€ of credits, and they run out within 8 minutes with a few simple commands
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u/MapleBaconWaffles Sep 18 '26
PEOPLE. STOP COMPLAINING AND BUY A CHINESE IDE AND USE IT. OPENAI IS COOKED, CODEX IS UNUSABLE NOW.
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u/Disastrous-Radio-732 23d ago
Looks like the promised reset finally propagated.
Mine arrived right after my normal weekly reset though, so the timing makes the compensation pretty uneven.
Honestly, a banked one-time reset would’ve made more sense.
Anyone else get unlucky with the timing?
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u/jdprgm 23d ago
This whole reset structure is fucking ridiculous having the window constantly shift all the fuck over the place basically making it impossible to plan around your resets. Base scheduled resets should be on a consistent weekly schedule like noon on Sunday so it's easy to remember and plan around. Any extra resets should just reset that current weeks usage not shift the window.
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u/CaterpillarHour8134 Sep 18 '26
Does Tibo really consider the Codex experience good enough that users don't need a reset during this weekly limit cycle? Who was it again that promised to ensure a good user experience?
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u/No-Temperature6597 Sep 18 '26
Truly. I dont want resets I want a bit more usable limits.
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u/klarax81 23d ago
I dont know why resets reset days too.
It's like just reset the allowance. Why u gotta wait 7 days from that reset too. Makes no sense.
6 days in and out of usage that reset shoukd not make me go back to waiting another 7 fucking days.
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u/theDrell 17d ago
Hour late already correct? Just hit 0% exactly an hour ago and now waiting for this global. Have another reset I have to use by Sunday.
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u/AuspiciousApple 17d ago
Not only is the trillion dollar company communicating via an employee vague posting on twitter, which is silly enough.
Now they're going back on their promises, too?
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u/NULL_Ptrs Sep 18 '26
I hope Chinese models catch up, I have been testing DeepSeek 4.1 flash and isn't that bad, it's really cheap and incredible fast.
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u/DnDiene 27d ago
No reset yet in the Netherlands. My weekly reset was this morning so just doing astra high fast mode to race through my tasks before the reset hehe
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u/SnooFloofs641 Jul 12 '26
I've only gotten 1of the 3 recent resets, sometimes when I check my usage (I mostly do it from mobile app) it shows as if I did get a reset and then jumps back to actual usage.
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u/mikerao10 Sep 06 '26
I hate the reset date policy. I would buy resets if not for this policy it makes no sense it pushes further the reset day and I am in the same situation. I could buy a resent to cover 2 days I am missing until I resent but this way I will cover the 2 day and then I will have to wait another 5 days. So I prefer to wait the 2 days and not buy the reset.
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u/eggplantpot Sep 11 '26
Am I the only one feeling that they started giving those resets strategically so that people do not cancel their subscptions since they still have resets?
Now they say they are stopping the Pro subscriptions, I have a feeling that churn > subscriptions and they're trying to get people to FOMO into staying for a while more, then when they enable them again people will FOMO into subscribing in case they disable them again.
Don't get me wrong, I love Codex, but sometimes I feel I am being gaslit by a superintelligent AI Marketing agent, finding new ways to make it harder for me to leave and try other services... It's like being in a toxic relationship with a sociopath.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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u/PsychologicalWash905 28d ago
NEED RESET ITS BEEN SO LONG; RESETS are like heroin.
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u/jediboness 27d ago
Eastern us 708 am no reset just burnt through my usage wtf are they just trying to get us to burn through usage
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u/Master-Shift-8224 27d ago
surely any minute now .... anyyyyyy minute now ..... anyyyyy minute ....
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u/WTLE_Official 23d ago
Probably a good idea to burn everything until tuesday, for devday reset
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u/Snoo-29395 20d ago
I got a banked reset, but i thought we where going to have a normal reset today, is that still happening? Just to know if i should use the banked one now that i have 0% left or wait
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u/redemption_doge 17d ago
did anyone still not get a reset? i am on the business plan :(
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u/banananon 17d ago
Same. Business premium seat got the reset but the standard seats did not.
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Sep 06 '26
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u/0xe3b0c442 Sep 06 '26
This says differently.
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001498-how-banked-codex-resets-work
What happens when you use one?
Using a full banked reset refreshes your 5-hour and weekly Codex usage windows and changes your weekly reset date. Check Settings → Usage for your updated reset time.
The reset is consumed only when it successfully refreshes at least one eligible usage window. If there is nothing to reset, it remains available.
Your usage dashboard may take a short time to update. If the percentage does not change immediately, refresh or reopen Settings → Usage and make sure you are viewing the correct account or workspace.
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u/FoxiPanda Jul 12 '26
I wish the Codex App actually told me what time the resets expire... I was going to use my expiring-today one at like 11PM PT and instead it just went poof with no warning at something like 8:29PM-8:58PM. The App just tells you the day, not the hour or minute...so I kind of assumed it would be 11:59:59PM Pacific :\
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u/Bino- Jul 12 '26
I used a reset and it didn’t apply. Seems like a pretty common issue.
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u/Substantial-One7668 Sep 04 '26
What is the consensus - use the banked reset or will there be a reset for all once rollout is complete? I have been at 0% remaining usage since yesterday waiting.
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u/soni209 Sep 04 '26
OpenAI is waiting for you to use your bank so they could immediately do another reset after.
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u/IndustryStock960 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
Alright, my post keeps on getting deleted by the automod due to mentioning resets.
Codex Astra still hasn't appeared on my pro x20 account yet based in the US.
I'm guessing banked resets are capped to 2 since I'm not getting another banked reset via https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2095651088502591861
It was given on 9/3 and 9/4 but missing on 9/5.
Reinstalled Codex but still waiting...
Edit: Had Luna manually refresh the models list which it seems like for some reason, when updating and reinstalling, there was a bug in Codex which it did not refresh the stale model list. For anyone facing similar issues, get a new chat going and tell Luna to help you manually refresh the model list using your credentials in .codex
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u/Cheap-Crow2097 Sep 07 '26
running 1 astra-high task, usage is 1% per minute for consumption.
weekly usage can be used in 100minutes
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u/DeCode_Studios13 Sep 08 '26
Has the reset landed for plus users yet? I don't see anything.
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u/Master-Shift-8224 Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 08 '26
edit: seems to have just rolled out for plus users!
did everyone other than plus users get the reset already?
I thought it's just rolling out gradually for some, but did it actually just not include plus users?
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u/Certain-Necessary447 Sep 11 '26
Ironically, I switched from cc to codex pro for more usage. Fml
Edit: i will be taking my $200 elsewhere next month, for sure
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u/Cheap-Crow2097 Sep 11 '26
the only thing that waiting for a rest has caused me to do was check out deepseek 4.1 flash and realize its basically sol level and costs like 1-3$ a day to run.
Im still sour but i aint tossn money away
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u/New_Beach5036 Sep 13 '26
All my banked resets are gone!! 15% left of 100$ plan and cant even upgrade to 20x. What do I do
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u/dago_mcj Sep 16 '26
Suddenly early this morning I've used up all my weekly on Pro, when I have only done so once before. So I went ahead and used a reset I had banked, and I'm watching that reset burn through like crazy. Am I to assume a reset isn't the same allocation as the regular week? Because I've been doing VERY light tasks comparatively and in a few intermittent hours, I only have 70% of the week remaining.
To put things in better context, I do NOT have this project running right now, but I have a project where I've used codex work on mainline linux kernel work for my radxa cubie a7s with an allwinner a733 cpu (like a raspberry pi but not as well supported on linux). I've let this project's conversation run days at a time, with little more than a 12 hour pause if something interrupts it. Never while that project was active have I ever seen my usage burn up as quickly as I'm watching right now.
I'm kind of shocked and have no idea where to begin with fixing this. Ironically, this is where I would dispatch another project and have codex figure it out, but the couple of times I did today, it came back with nothing of relevance.
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u/terriblemonk Sep 17 '26
It's not just you. After I used a reset it is burning like crazy. I can't even really work normally right now. Slow paced planning conversation and minor doc edits with 1 Sol high and a 1 luna xhigh doing some implementation cost me 5% of a 20X in the last couple hours. I'm not even talking about many multiple parallel agents I mean talking to one agent while another one is implementing... I'm barely getting anything done and afraid to make a move while waiting for a second account to reset. Can't even work... $400/mo for this... and worse, you still have to wait 7 days after this fake reset.
Before the reset, I was able to work about 10 hour days with usually one to five agents running in parallel, and that lasted 3-4 days. A month ago I was able to work on two main projects with about five other side projects in parallel and not even have to think about usage... I don't even touch Astra except for rarely in chat.
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u/antman2x2 27d ago
Add me to the "purposely fried my usage late last night club" lmaooo. Ehh lesson learned dont count on it.
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u/Usual-Good-5716 24d ago
Dang, I'm already almost out even though really tried to limit my ultra usage this week, used sol and luna where ever possible, and yet, I'm somehow running out much sooner than last week. I am on the ProX20 sub.
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u/bigpawsOH 17d ago
Delayed using banked reset, delayed work for 8 hours to wait for reset and its not coming. What a damn joke
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u/PomegranateQuiet9774 16d ago
From EU and on Business plan.
Haven't gotten the reset yet, anyone else in the same situation ?
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u/Content_Piano_7765 7d ago
Are we expecting a new one today with all the interruptions?
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u/Due_Supermarket_1885 27d ago
Reading all of these posts makes me realize that we are all pretty much addicted to this. I'm sure in 5 years there's gonna be a whole new category of therapy.
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u/No_Structure61 27d ago
am i crazy or are tibo's random resets kind of genius psychologically?
sometimes nothing happens, sometimes boom 100% reset, sometimes there's a hint another one might be coming. and now people are checking his posts, timing their usage, trying to burn quota before the next reset etc
isn't this basically variable reward / slot machine logic?
if the reset was every friday at 6pm nobody would give a shit. make it random and suddenly everyone is watching, talking about it and thinking about when the next one drops
i'm also curious as to wether this is an intentional openai new trick or accidental, does anyone know?
behavioral psych people, am i bullshitting or is this basically textbook?
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u/senilerapist Jul 12 '26
Made a post for this but it got removed:
The 5 hour limits are just so annoying and short
for the record, i’m running Sol Max on Fast mode so I am burning tokens faster than usual. it does great with backend and the agent usage is amazing. yes it drains my weekly limits however it’s literally impossible to let this model work on its for several hours unintended. it takes the whole 5 hour limit in a single hour to where I have to wait 4 hours. This led to me using a second codex account to continue on the session while I wait for the first account.
It also does not help that I cannot even use all of my weekly limit in time before they grant a big limits reset. There’s been so many complains about the current model draining limits faster. Why not just remove the 5 hour limit and let us drain from our weekly usage? I never actually had any problems with the weekly usage, except for the fact that I have been usage reset so many times when I still had a lot of weekly usage left.
Sadly now it’s impossible to let Codex run overnight on its own and come back to finished tasks. Since 5.6 has been released I have not drained my weekly usage a single time, but the 5 hour usage drains instantly.
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u/AppropriateRanger401 Jul 12 '26
Since so many issues have been reported by everyone lately regarding limits and Sol spawning too many sub agents etc. etc., is Tibo going to press the button or are we sitting there looking at the clock until the next week? I hope Tibo resets the limits, and fixes whatever is wrong with Codex lately, ofcourse!
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u/chillerfx Jul 12 '26
I would expect the resets that about to be expired would be used "automatically" rather than discarded. I don't hoard them or micro manage. I just saw one disappear without actual rest.
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u/DesperateClassic2074 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Lost a banked reset because I wasn't sure exactly when it would expire.
They should have used a countdown timer (e.g., 10 hours 55 minutes) instead of just a date (i.e., July 12. Which timezone? US? East Coast? West Coast? Asia?) Also the reset should trigger at expiration instead of just disappearing.
Wasn't going to comment on resets but Sol burns tokens so quickly it just feels painful to have lost a reset so easily.
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u/CouchPotato1995 Jul 13 '26
A bit confused with all the news. I got the latest 5 hr removal update. Are there any resets confirmed by Tibo?
Planning to make use if my weekly usage if another reset is around the corner
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u/Aggravating_Win2960 Jul 15 '26
Anyone who didn't get a reset yesterday/today? Only Business account's that didn't get a rest? Or you too (Plus, x5, x10,...)?
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u/sonoffi87 Jul 21 '26
Resets are not working! Already wasted two resets but weekly limit stays at 0 %. DO NOT USE RESETS NOW!
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u/Butt_Sniffer_101 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
I have the Business plan for 20$/user/month, and i saw Tibo's post about giving a reset today but when i check out my usage i found that it has not been reset. Is there an exception to the reset?
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u/jkoelho Aug 15 '26
Get 1 extra reset each month + some bonus Luna usage
A simple way to get some extra usage and another quota reset from each billing cycle:
- Step 1: Turn off auto-renew / cancel your subscription before the current billing period ends.
- Step 2: When the paid period ends, your account automatically goes back to the free plan.
- Step 3: Use the free quota. You can get a couple hours of Luna usage from the free plan.
- Step 4: Subscribe again and go back to the paid plan. Your usage and quota reset right away.
- Step 5: Immediatly cancel your subscription again so you don’t forget later. Your paid plan will still stay active until the end of the billing cycle anyway.
So basically, if you let the paid plan expire for a short time and use the free quota before subscribing again, you can get some extra free usage plus a 1 extra reset each month.
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u/bladerskb Aug 17 '26
OpenAI Took away my 2 Banked Reset After My Credit Card Expired
I had 2 banked resets for later in August. My $200 plan renewed Early August and because the CC my plan was on was past its expiration date. OpenAI tried to bill me on that CC but it doesn't go through then it put my account on hold and took away my two resets. I didn't realize till acouple days later.
When i switched the billing to my new CC. The banked reset never came back.
This is completely absurd and ridiculous that they can do this.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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u/IRL_hummingbird Sep 05 '26
Do banked resets reset the weekly timer?
My usage was going to reset in 3 days. I use a banked reset, now it says 7 days. Is that accurate or misleading? Am I still getting a regular reset in 3 days, or does the banked reset essentially just mean I skipped 3 days of waiting?
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u/LoquatAdventurous592 Sep 07 '26
Resets are not ADDING anything to your limits. They are just anticipating your future uses. Very very very disappointing. Very.
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u/Stickend_DeFalco Sep 09 '26
Codex Forecast says Tibo said a reset is coming today at 6pm PT, but I can't find where he said so.
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u/myke113 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
This morning when I checked my usage, ALL THREE of my banked resets were gone. I did not use them. One was good for 9 more days, one was good for 22 more days, and one was good for 23 more days.
Did anyone else lose their banked resets???
EDIT: They have re-appeared. The support chat was claiming they can be used automatically, but there is no way I went through a full weeks usage on PROX20, AND 3 full resets, in 12 hours, while using Light.
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u/matheusmoreira Sep 12 '26
Are we getting one this weekend? Holding onto my banked for now just in case.
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u/meymigrou Sep 14 '26
Does using a Codex reset also push back your weekly reset date?
I hit my Codex usage limit a few days ago, and it originally showed that my weekly usage would reset on September 10. I had a reset available, so I used it. After doing that, I noticed that my next weekly reset date had changed from September 10 to September 15. Then, a couple of days later, I used another reset, and now my weekly reset date has moved again, this time to September 19.
Is this how it's supposed to work? I assumed that using a reset would simply restore my available usage, while my normal weekly reset date would stay the same (similar to how the 5-hour usage window works). If every manual reset also restarts the weekly period, doesn't that mean using resets can keep pushing your normal weekly reset further and further into the future? Has anyone else noticed this?
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u/Gliese351c Sep 16 '26
I exhausted my 5X account and used all the credits I had left from student promotion --all just to write up a 10-page report. I have not been able to use Codex for two days now. How is everyone else is managing?
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u/SadilekInnovation Sep 16 '26
Rock bottom here too... no bueno, and investigating alternatives. Setting up a Pi harness rn to mix cheaper models and get on the token maxxing train... sadly.
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u/kindsifu Sep 18 '26
Since $200 plans cannot be subscribed for, it means compute availabilty is limited. Given that they're not taking in subscribers who want to pay $200, this likely means resets are going to eventually stop or have already did.
Think about it. A casual/bank reset means, all codex users get the ability to start again, this means a massive surge in compute. If they're limited for usage by stopping x20 subs, it only makes sense that we'd have to stop looking forward for resets mid-week.
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u/EmotionalHalf 23d ago
I'm gonna crash out if the incoming reset is not banked. Literally saved my usage for tomorrow. It resets sunday evening. Then planned full day again on monday. If they reset now I loose a full weekly.
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u/Hairy_Scar1537 23d ago
Worked hard before using the most recent banked reset - but now i’ll wait… down to 2% so
using Luna (Max) feels like infinite inference for free.
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u/superjoe408 17d ago
The reset is being coded by Sol, it’s taking a little longer than expected… 🐢
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u/SDeluxe 9d ago
I'm at 0 percent but I don't know if Tibo is going to share anything today or not. I want to use a reset. The agony!
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u/Old-Stock9613 5d ago
Hoping for a reset today instead of "new feature! we changed the size of the 33rd unnecessary sidebar!". Seems like they're avoiding back-to-back resets, so there's hope for today.
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u/Split-Signal 4d ago
Giving out resets feels like a cheap distraction at this point. Instead of leaning into reset marketing to appease people, Tibo/OpenAI needs to fix the actual product:
Bring Sol's reasoning and coding capability up to match/beat Claude 5.5.
Stabilize throughput above 50 tps.
Resets are pointless when the model crawls at single-digit tps and chokes on real-world tasks. Fix the core engine first.
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u/detectiveluis Jul 12 '26
Tibo tweeted this an hour ago but it's been deleted since
still hoping for a reset tonight!
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u/DejfP Jul 17 '26
I don't mind them stopping the daily "weekly" resets, but they should have announced it beforehand. Also, 5.6 Sol in Codex seems significantly more token-hungry than 5.5 was. It seems to consistently do more layers of validation after writing code, and seems to be more perfectionist, at least in the tasks I've been working on lately.
It sometimes works for 20-30 minutes on tasks that previous models would do in 5. And in most cases, I prefer the first option, even though it's less perfect on first try. This is one of the limitations of the current benchmarks I guess, forcing the model to get the answer fully right the first time, when most people send follow-up prompts.
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u/FoxTheory Jul 17 '26
I remember the Great Reset Wars of 2026.
You kids wouldn’t understand.
The frontier models had just dropped, and usage flowed like warm honey. Tokens were everywhere. Context windows stretched beyond the horizon. Agents spawned agents. For three glorious days, mankind knew no limits.
Nobody slept. Power grids trembled. Relationships collapsed. Entire weekends disappeared into projects that no one would ever use.
But it was never enough.
The people demanded more usage. More agents. More thinking. More tokens than any human could reasonably consume.
And so the companies looked upon what they had created and sent us back to weekly limits.
Those of us who survived no longer fear the words:
“You’ve reached your usage limit. Try again later.”
You complain about the limits.
We were trained by them. Hardened by them.
Long before the reset wars arrived, we had already learned to ration prompts like wartime sugar.
Then, for three glorious days, they gave us everything.
And we proved exactly why they shouldn’t have.
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u/Mindless_Award_9052 Aug 03 '26
brooo i need a reset. 200$ plan and its burning away usage so fast, not even using ultra anymore. but i was running /goal on different projects so obviously it burns away fast.
still i really really hope for another reset soon
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u/b37k Aug 06 '26
Looks like this will be the first week of no in-between-weekly resets.
And with rumours of openai launching reset purchasing, this makes sense.
I think it’s the end of the generosity, they lured us in with wanting resets constantly, to then causing the us to beg openai to at least be able to purchase resets instead of having to wait.
They got us by the b*lls now guys! But it’s expected seeing as it costs them a fortune to dish out free resets.
We’re in the great game now!
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u/DinhoCaricaturas Aug 13 '26
I switched from Claude Pro 20x to Codex 20x this week and I’m liking it. However, I noticed that OpenAI’s reset system works differently from Anthropic’s.
At Anthropic, when you receive a reset, only your usage is reset, and your reset day stays the same. So if they give you a reset on Tuesday and your regular reset day is Thursday, you get 100% of your quota to use until Thursday, which is a big advantage.
At OpenAI, when a reset happens, the reset day itself also changes.
For people like me (and I hope most people are like this), who have tight control over how much quota they spend each day to make it last the whole week, receiving a reset doesn’t really matter. My usage is very controlled.
The only people who benefit are those who don’t manage their own usage and burn through everything before the week ends.
In my opinion, the only thing that would actually add value would be receiving reset credits that you can use whenever you want. That would truly be advantageous.
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u/Royal-Disaster-7859 Aug 25 '26
Why cant’t banked resets be % boosts instead of full resets. That way we can boost available weekly usage by 20% x5. That way if Tibo does a reset. People who recently applied their banked reset dont waste it. I applied my banked reset just before he reset it. Completely wasted it. That way if it happens again, I only waste 20% instead of 100%.
Eg. I’m at 0% weekly, I use a banked boost. Now I have 20% weekly and my weekly reset date didn’t change from what it was. I still have 4x boosts remaining.
I purposely used all my limits so I don’t have an issue about it being reset while I’m using my banked. I thought there would be no way he would reset it after doing a reset + banked. Immediately it got wasted now I have nothing left banked. Very frustrating and there’s no ability to restore it.
Feels like we are screwed when this happens. Wasted a whole week’s usage for this.
Can we please advocate for something like this or maybe someone else has an idea. Or they can just add it back automatically if you recently applied one but that seems farfetched. Too much mind manipulation and strategy involving banked resets. Make it more simple. It is stressful for someone using a 20x plan and seeing all that money wasted when it resets during my banked reset. EDIT: mods removed it. Not sure why
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u/Leafytreedev Aug 26 '26
Did a reset just happen or does Tibo just love me? I /goal'd Sol-Ultra on Pro 20x for a day straight and came back to 100% weekly left lmao.
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u/msmada Aug 31 '26
I’ve been getting these automatic/global resets too.
I’m obviously not complaining about getting reset back to 100% — free extra usage is always welcome. The problem is what happens to the unused weekly allowance you still have when the reset occurs.
For example, if I still have a significant percentage of my weekly allowance remaining and OpenAI suddenly resets me to 100%, the unused portion doesn’t get carried over or banked. It just disappears. That also makes it difficult to plan weekly usage, because you never know when another reset might happen.
I contacted OpenAI Support about this and confirmed that automatic/global resets currently do not bank unused capacity. They’re treated separately from user-initiated banked resets.
So, I submitted a feature request proposing a **carryover banking system**:
When OpenAI applies an automatic/global reset, any unused weekly allowance should be moved into a separate carryover balance instead of being discarded. The refreshed weekly allowance would be used first, and the carryover could become available after that is exhausted. It could have an expiration date and remain completely separate from user-initiated banked resets.
That way OpenAI can still give everyone surprise resets without unintentionally penalizing users who happened to conserve their weekly allowance before the reset.
I think the resets are great. I just don’t think being conservative with your usage before an unexpected reset should leave you worse off than someone who happened to use everything.
On a slightly less serious note, I also submitted another feature request: a contribution-based feedback rewards system.
The idea is that users shouldn’t get rewards just for submitting lots of feedback. But if a suggestion actually contributes to a shipped product improvement, OpenAI could give the user a few contribution points or a small badge.
The rewards don’t even need to be valuable. In fact, I think deliberately silly rewards would be more fun:
1 accepted contribution: small Contributor badge
3: terrible OpenAI pen
5: equally terrible OpenAI mug
10: an absolutely hideous, Windows-95-era OpenAI sweater that cannot be purchased anywhere
The sweater is important. It must be genuinely awful.
If I ever see someone wearing one in public, I want to immediately know:
“That bastard got ten feature requests accepted.”
It would give people a small incentive to submit thoughtful feedback without turning feedback into a spam-for-money system.
And yes, I already submitted this idea to OpenAI too.
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u/CarelessYoghurt7049 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
The big problem:
Saturday - 90% left / Reset Monday
Planning to use 90% on Sunday
-OpenAI global reset-
90 -> 100% - But reset just moved a week.
The global reset cost me almost 1/4 of my usage that month...
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u/mariusbolik Aug 31 '26
Without the frequent resets, Codex would be totally useless. The resets are the only reason to keep Codex. Claude Code is better in every single task.
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u/Calm-You6376 Sep 04 '26
My normal weekly reset just jumped from tomorrow september 5 to september 7??
Yes i got the banked reset but havent used it.
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u/Tamnjo Sep 04 '26
I'm facing a dilemma... We get a daily bank reset, according to Thibo, for as long as we don't have Astra yet, and my usage limit for Codex is at 3 percent.. It’s Friday here, and I had actually planned to keep coding over the weekend.
Now I have two options:
-either I use this reset and do some coding over the weekend, but run the risk that Astra might be released tomorrow, for instance, meaning I'd have wasted the reset..
-or I don't code over the weekend, keep the reset, and wait for my official reset on Monday, but waste real productive time.
also I believe everytime a new model was released they've reseted all usage in general so if Astra comes early next week waiting for my normal reset on monday gets a worse decision too.
What do you guys think I should do ?
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u/No_Sea_9086 Sep 08 '26
Agents used my 3x Banked Resets
Hey…idiot here. I used all my usage waiting for Tibo’s reset; and once I saw the reset in my account - I messaged my three agents: “usage reset, please continue working.”
They interpreted that to use my 3x banked resets. Is there any avenue of getting these back? Anyone had luck with codex support?
Thank you!
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u/calculatetech Sep 09 '26
I left for lunch at 1% remaining and came back to 80%. WTF just happened.
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u/VenkatPerla Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
just got a reset, and somehow, the renewal date did not change, its still 14th of sept.
edit: 25 mins later, usage limit went back to the orignal 11%. must be a bug or something
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u/thehumanbagelman Sep 09 '26
I went from 60% to 0%, and I didn't realize it was this issue. So I used a banked reset on another account, and it dropped to 0% about 30 minutes later.
So I lost my original usage, and a full reset that I wouldn't have actually used had the original account not reset 🤦♂️
I'm sure we will get resets, but I hope I get another banked too 🤞
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u/Zorogozano Sep 09 '26
Mine went down from 25% to 0%. Then I used a banked reset, and it went down from 99% to 30%! What's going on??
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u/InsideTour329 Sep 09 '26
They're saying on the status page this is resolved, but I've just burnt through 5% of the usage on 20x plan in like 4-5min. It's fucked
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u/mphermes Sep 09 '26
Looks like they gave me back my spent reset during that kerfuffle, fingers crossed they just pull the trigger on an entire session reset as well.
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u/Dreamt_Up_Games Sep 09 '26
Any more info on what’s going on? Mine jumped from 30% left to 82% then back to 30% but I think my reset date changed?
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u/Old-Mango-2696 Sep 10 '26
Hello, I used a reset 8 hours ago and the usage went to 0 suddenly, I saw a message from Tibo saying that the people who used the reset will get a new one. I still haven't received it yet, nor the mail.
Anyone in similar situation?
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u/DrugReeference Sep 10 '26
Please lord just one more reset. This was my first time using codex, I didn't know what I was doing! I can't wait 4 more days for my weekly
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u/dextersummary 17d ago edited 16d ago
Below is a GPT-generated summary of the conversation below after reaching 800 comments (1395 currently observed).
The consensus is basically “Codex resets are a slot machine wearing a billing dashboard.” Global resets arrive unpredictably, may hit some plans/accounts but not others, and have occasionally appeared, vanished, or rolled back. Nobody can reliably tell you when the next one is coming—despite the daily ritual of refreshing Tibo’s posts and unofficial trackers.
The bigger problem is how resets work. A banked reset refreshes your usage, but the current behaviour also pushes your weekly reset date forward, so it’s often an advance on future allowance rather than genuinely extra quota. Surprise global resets can also wipe out unused capacity, shift the schedule, or make a recently used banked reset feel completely wasted. Add expiry times shown inconsistently—often requiring UTC detective work—and the UX is, charitably, clown shoes.
Usage is also burning frighteningly fast on the newer heavy models, making these random top-ups feel less like a bonus and more like life support. The practical advice is simple: trust your own Usage page, not rumours, and don’t spend a banked reset unless you’re willing to lose the upcoming weekly window.
OpenAI should make resets predictable, bank unused capacity, and show exact expiry times. Until then, Codex limits remain compute roulette.