ChatGPT Pro 20x Returns After 8-Day Halt, but Only as One-Time Offer for Lapsed Users
新智元 · wechat · 2026-09-19
Eight days after sales were halted, users spotted the Pro 20x ($200 tier) upgrade button back in the Codex desktop app, and some successfully paid. But it's not a full reopening: OpenAI quietly updated its help center with a "One-time return" mechanism limited to users who held the tier on the Sept 10 cutoff or lost access within the prior 30 days. It must be used within 30 days of losing access, only once during the halt — cancel again and you're locked out.\n\nThe original halt came from Codex lead Tibo on Sept 10: GPT-6 Astra's launch drove massive compute consumption. One developer measured the $200 tier yielding $7,000 of tokens per month via API pricing — a 35x leverage. During the halt, accounts were being sublet for $2,000/month. App Store subscribers could see the button but couldn't pay, and OpenAI never posted an announcement — users reverse-engineered the rules themselves. Many bet on a full reopening before the Sept 29 DevDay.
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