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    OpenAI Resets ChatGPT Work and Codex Usage Limits

    OpenAI reset limits after GPT-5.6 Sol consumed Codex faster than expected.

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    Tibo Sottiaux announced a full reset of usage limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex subscribers after users reported GPT-5.6 Sol consuming tokens faster than intended. Engineers identified that the model works longer, calls more tools, and coordinates subagents on difficult tasks. Several improvements were shipped to increase typical token efficiency. The five-hour rate limit returns tomorrow. No subscription plans saw reduced quotas. Power users noted heavy consumption during complex workflows, prompting the adjustments and reset.

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    @thsottiauxHello people of Sol! I've reset usage limits for all ChatGPT Work and Codex users. Together with that, a quick update on GPT-5.6 Sol usage limits. Over the past few weeks, many of you have told us that Sol was using your Codex limits faster than expected. To be clear, we have not reduced usage on any subscription plans. We’ve been digging into what was happening and have landed several improvements. As a result, we expect your usage to last around 18% longer during typical use of Sol. Some of you should already see significantly larger improvements from today. Tomorrow, we’ll also restore the five-hour limit that we temporarily paused while investigating. Here’s what we found: - GPT-5.6 Sol is much more willing to work for longer, make additional tool calls, and coordinate complex workflows across tools and subagents. That makes it better at solving hard problems, but some tasks were using far more than we intended. - Sol also works harder at the same reasoning effort than previous models. High on Sol can use more tokens than High did on GPT-5.5. - Programmatic tool calling, also referred to as code mode, gives Sol much more flexibility to run tool calls in parallel or continue working while waiting. But it also led to more responses per turn, more cached input tokens, and higher usage than expected. - This was particularly noticeable when Sol was waiting for tool calls to finish or running many web searches. We’ve improved how we handle both cases and are continuing to make code mode more efficient. - The impact was also very uneven. The median user actually found Sol quite token efficient, while some power users working on harder tasks saw their usage drain much faster. We were very focused on average and median usage before launch and missed some cases where the long tail could use significantly more usage. Sol is a significant step forward in what Codex can do, but capability and efficiency do not always improve at the same pace, and some issues only become clear once people are using the model at real-world scale. We should have recognized this sooner and been more upfront about it. You keep pushing the frontier and we’ll keep improving efficiency and sharing updates as we go.
    @MatthewBermanYessss so grateful I don’t have to wait for the actual reset
    @reach_vbHola! quick usage update on usage patterns for Sol: We’ve shipped several improvements that should make typical Sol usage last ~18% longer, with significantly larger gains for some power users. The five-hour limit will also return tomorrow. The reason: Sol works longer, calls more tools and pushes harder - even at the same reasoning effort. That makes it much better at difficult tasks, but some tool-heavy workflows were consuming far more usage than intended. We’ve improved this, especially around tool waits and large web searches, and will keep making Sol more efficient. We’ve reset usage limits for everyone on ChatGPT Work and Codex. Thank you for pushing Sol hard and helping us improve it!
    @kimmonismusAnother reset and a fix that should make GPT-5.6 18% more token efficient. Both are very welcome. The effort OpenAI is currently putting into Codex and its model is impressive. (I’d like to know how much money the repeated resets cost OpenAI. But surely millions.)
    @MLStreetTalk@thsottiaux Please don’t go back to 5 hour limit! I can easily use a 1 week pro limit in about 8-9 hours. Multiple accounts and switching is already a nightmare without this. Give us the option to stay weekly, and also create a 1000 and 2000 dollar subscription level.
    @rohanpaul_aiSo now GPT-5.6 Sol usage should last 18% longer in Codex. Till now Sol was working longer, calling more tools, and coordinating subagents, so difficult tasks consumed more than OpenAI intended. Power users running difficult workflows occupied a long tail and lot more tokens.
    @furonghI was just worried about hitting token limit last night.. 😅 Thanks for the reset! We’ve gone from saving battery to saving tokens..The next generation of AI systems may optimize for token efficiency as aggressively as FLOPs.
    @EMostaqueWho on earth came up with 5 hour limits? The day is 24 hours long. While do our limit times shift by an hour each day. Pls if you are going to have limits 4 or 6 hours.

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    @thsottiauxHello people of Sol! I've reset usage limits for all ChatGPT Work and Codex users. Together with that, a quick update on GPT-5.6 Sol usage limits. Over the past few weeks, many of you have told us that Sol was using your Codex limits faster than expected. To be clear, we have not reduced usage on any subscription plans. We’ve been digging into what was happening and have landed several improvements. As a result, we expect your usage to last around 18% longer during typical use of Sol. Some of you should already see significantly larger improvements from today. Tomorrow, we’ll also restore the five-hour limit that we temporarily paused while investigating. Here’s what we found: - GPT-5.6 Sol is much more willing to work for longer, make additional tool calls, and coordinate complex workflows across tools and subagents. That makes it better at solving hard problems, but some tasks were using far more than we intended. - Sol also works harder at the same reasoning effort than previous models. High on Sol can use more tokens than High did on GPT-5.5. - Programmatic tool calling, also referred to as code mode, gives Sol much more flexibility to run tool calls in parallel or continue working while waiting. But it also led to more responses per turn, more cached input tokens, and higher usage than expected. - This was particularly noticeable when Sol was waiting for tool calls to finish or running many web searches. We’ve improved how we handle both cases and are continuing to make code mode more efficient. - The impact was also very uneven. The median user actually found Sol quite token efficient, while some power users working on harder tasks saw their usage drain much faster. We were very focused on average and median usage before launch and missed some cases where the long tail could use significantly more usage. Sol is a significant step forward in what Codex can do, but capability and efficiency do not always improve at the same pace, and some issues only become clear once people are using the model at real-world scale. We should have recognized this sooner and been more upfront about it. You keep pushing the frontier and we’ll keep improving efficiency and sharing updates as we go.
    @MatthewBermanYessss so grateful I don’t have to wait for the actual reset
    @reach_vbHola! quick usage update on usage patterns for Sol: We’ve shipped several improvements that should make typical Sol usage last ~18% longer, with significantly larger gains for some power users. The five-hour limit will also return tomorrow. The reason: Sol works longer, calls more tools and pushes harder - even at the same reasoning effort. That makes it much better at difficult tasks, but some tool-heavy workflows were consuming far more usage than intended. We’ve improved this, especially around tool waits and large web searches, and will keep making Sol more efficient. We’ve reset usage limits for everyone on ChatGPT Work and Codex. Thank you for pushing Sol hard and helping us improve it!
    @kimmonismusAnother reset and a fix that should make GPT-5.6 18% more token efficient. Both are very welcome. The effort OpenAI is currently putting into Codex and its model is impressive. (I’d like to know how much money the repeated resets cost OpenAI. But surely millions.)
    @MLStreetTalk@thsottiaux Please don’t go back to 5 hour limit! I can easily use a 1 week pro limit in about 8-9 hours. Multiple accounts and switching is already a nightmare without this. Give us the option to stay weekly, and also create a 1000 and 2000 dollar subscription level.
    @rohanpaul_aiSo now GPT-5.6 Sol usage should last 18% longer in Codex. Till now Sol was working longer, calling more tools, and coordinating subagents, so difficult tasks consumed more than OpenAI intended. Power users running difficult workflows occupied a long tail and lot more tokens.
    @furonghI was just worried about hitting token limit last night.. 😅 Thanks for the reset! We’ve gone from saving battery to saving tokens..The next generation of AI systems may optimize for token efficiency as aggressively as FLOPs.
    @EMostaqueWho on earth came up with 5 hour limits? The day is 24 hours long. While do our limit times shift by an hour each day. Pls if you are going to have limits 4 or 6 hours.