OpenAI Temporarily Lifts Codex 5-Hour Limits and Boosts Quotas

Over the past 48 hours, OpenAI has made several consecutive adjustments to quotas and product strategies for Codex and ChatGPT Work. Most notably, the company temporarily removed the 5-hour usage limits for Plus, Business, and Pro plans, with users noticing the disappearance of the "5h" UI prompt and a weekly quota reset to 100%. These changes directly improve the continuous availability of coding agents and have sparked significant community discussion.

Key Details and Optimizations

According to widely shared updates, Codex has reached 6 million active users. The OpenAI team optimized inference costs and passed the savings back to subscriptions, increasing GPT-5.6 Sol availability by approximately 10%. Additionally, the team reverted a previous change that had temporarily raised the context limit from 272k to 372k.

User Reactions and Discussions

Multiple users view this relaxation as a major signal of improved product practicality. User @Independent-Spirit36 noted that removing the limit eliminates 5-hour cooldowns, allowing for faster iteration and making the "banking-style" reset more practical. Users like @ExodusGreen took the opportunity to call out competitor Anthropic. However, all available materials emphasize that lifting the 5-hour limit is a "temporary" measure, and whether it will become permanent remains unknown.

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