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Codex rule change — October 21, 2026

POLICY Rule change 2026-10-21 2026-10-21 @thsottiaux

$ Codex changed its usage limit rules on October 21, 2026.

Day 16/ You can now cache for 12h in the API and for logged in users across Codex & Work we keep cache forever and you don’t have any penalty for coming back to an old conversation or resuming after a few hours and are now guaranteed to hit the cache.
source ↗ https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2112712984644784534

A change to the limit rules themselves, affecting your allowance going forward.

// CONTEXT

  • Most recent Codex record: 2026-10-26
  • Average gap 5.9d · longest 67.7d · 26% of past waits were shorter than this one

// NOTIFY ME

Email me when Codex resets

One email per official reset. No digest, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe. Prefer X? Reset alerts are also posted at @XIAOMIAO_26 · RSS

All Codex records →

The OpenAI Codex team periodically wipes usage for all paying users, announced only on @thsottiaux's X account. Every one of them is logged here.

// WHERE TO CHECK

Codex CLI
Type /status in a session, or /usage to see banked resets and when they expire
ChatGPT desktop
Sidebar → avatar → Usage shows both windows and lets you redeem a banked reset
Web
Settings → Billing shows usage and billing history

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