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See the full story · 2 sourcesGo to the 9to5Mac home page Switch site 9to5Toys 9to5Google Logo 9to5Google Electrek Drone DJ Logo DroneDJ Space Explored About Privacy Toggle social menu Toggle dark mode Search for: Submit Toggle search form Forums Store Podcasts Apple@Work Happy Hour 9to5Mac Daily Overtime iPhone iPhone Mac Mac MacBook Pro MacBook Air iMac Mac mini Mac Studio Mac Pro iPad iPad Pro iPad Air iPad mini iPad iPadOS Watch Apple Watch Apple Watch Ultra Apple Health Apple Watch SE Vision Vision Pro visionOS Music and TV Apple Music AirPods HomePod Apple TV Guides Reviews How Tos AAPL Apple Store Apple Arcade Apple Card Apple Silicon Apple One Apple Fitness+ CarPlay Siri HomeKit Toggle dark mode ChatGPT OpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users Marcus Mendes | Aug 24 2026 - 6:47 pm PT 0 Comments Following several weeks during which ChatGPT users were subject only to a weekly usage cap, OpenAI announced today that it is restoring a five-hour limit on Codex and ChatGPT Work for Plus subscribers. Here are the details.
Thibault “Tibo” Sottiaux, OpenAI’s engineering lead for Codex and ChatGPT, announced tonight that a five-hour usage limit is returning to Codex and ChatGPT Work for Plus subscribers starting tomorrow (25).
After users reach either the five-hour or weekly limit, they can either wait for their usage to reset for the next cycle or purchase additional credits. OpenAI also occasionally resets users’ limits for free, while banked resets can be earned through certain promotions and referral offers.
Over the past few weeks, however, OpenAI temporarily lifted the five-hour usage limit for Codex and ChatGPT Work, leaving only the weekly cap in place.
During this period, the company also reset users’ weekly usage early on several occasions to celebrate milestones, including adding another million active users across the two ( now unified ) platforms.
However, as Tibo explained tonight on X :
Tomorrow we will bring back the 5h limit for Plus accounts across ChatGPT Work and Codex. I had mentioned this a while ago, but then postponed it.
This is necessary as (a) the 5h limit allows us to smoothen the load on our compute, allowing to keep the plan generous in terms of weekly usage and (b) users on the Plus plan are relatively casual and new users, but then also just accidentally eat through their whole weeks usage and then are confused, making it not a great experience.
We are for the upcoming months keeping the 5h limit not enabled for Pro $100 and Pro $200 subscriptions.
Tibo did not mention any changes for Enterprise or Edu accounts, which currently use a separate credit-based usage system .
Will you be affected by the reinstatement of the five-hour limit on ChatGPT Work and Codex? Let us know in the comments.
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He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.
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