Codex Reset Tracker: When Does Usage Reset?
OpenAI issued a confirmed global Codex usage reset on October 2, 2026 at 21:18 UTC, fully refreshing usage for paid ChatGPT accounts (Plus, Pro, and Business). If you are looking for your routine allowance recovery instead, personal quotas reset across two automatic clocks: a rolling 5-hour window triggered by your first prompt and an account-anchored weekly window. Check /status in the CLI or your account Usage settings for your current account balance.
Latest Global Codex Reset: October 2, 2026
Applied to Plus, Pro, and Business / Work tiers. Free tier and pay-as-you-go API credits were excluded.
Refreshed active limits automatically without consuming saved promotional banked resets.
OpenAI deployed this global refill directly on the server for eligible paid subscriptions, automatically refreshing active allowances. You did not need to perform any manual action, and saved promotional banked resets (if you hold any) were not consumed. OpenAI has not documented whether a global refill reanchors an account's recurring 7-day weekly reset schedule—check your account status to confirm your next scheduled window.
Did Codex Reset Today?
The latest confirmed global Codex reset occurred on October 2, 2026 at 21:18 UTC for paid ChatGPT subscriptions (Plus, Pro, and Business). If you are checking whether Codex reset today, compare that timestamp against your current date and time. If your account shows depleted quota despite an active reset, run /status in the CLI or reopen Settings > Usage in the desktop app or web interface to pull your updated session balance.
Will Codex Reset Soon? Is There a Schedule?
OpenAI does not publish a schedule or calendar for discretionary global resets, and future resets are not guaranteed. Several third-party trackers display probability percentages or countdown forecasts, but those models are speculative. OpenAI support agents cannot manually reset quotas on request. Regular usage replenishment depends entirely on your personal rolling 5-hour and account weekly windows.
How to Tell the Three Types of Codex Resets Apart
Codex limit recovery divides into three completely separate mechanisms. Confusing a global refill with your personal quota window is the most common reason users wonder why their allowance did or didn't refresh.
| Reset Type | Who Initiates It | When It Happens | Weekly Schedule Impact | Action Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Reset | OpenAI Engineering | Discretionary engineering action (not on a published schedule). | Undocumented; does not reliably alter your weekly anchor. Check /status. | None. Automatic backend push to paid accounts. |
| Automatic Personal Windows | Automatic Account Clock | 5-hour rolling window after idle; weekly quota exactly 7 days from anchor. | Preserves your recurring 7-day account anchor date. | Wait for your cooldown timer to expire. |
| Banked & Paid Resets | You (Manual Action) | Whenever you redeem a promotional reset or buy an instant reset. | Reanchors your 7-day weekly schedule from the exact moment of redemption. | Click Redeem in Settings > Usage or complete checkout; see banked resets and instant resets. |
How Automatic Personal Reset Windows Work
Rolling 5-Hour Schedule
OpenAI documents a 5-hour window starting with the first message after the previous window ends. It is not continuous per-token replenishment or a daily midnight reset. For trigger rules and model estimates, see our Codex 5-hour limit guide. Always check /status in the CLI or your account Usage settings for your account-specific reset timing.
Account-Specific Anchor
The weekly window resets on a schedule tied to your account. You can check your specific anchor at any time by running /status in the CLI. For details on how paid refills reanchor your 7-day schedule, see our Codex weekly limit guide.
If you cannot wait for the weekly window, eligible personal Plus or Pro accounts may have a separate paid Codex instant reset that pulls the normal allowance forward; availability varies, and it is not the standard automatic reset.
Why Did Your Codex Weekly Reset Date Change?
Known intentional reset actions can legitimately change your weekly reset date: purchasing an instant reset or applying a promotional banked reset both reset your schedule. If your date changed without one of those actions, current public evidence does not establish why your specific account changed. Multiple independent users have reported unexplained reset-date movements, including dates moving later by several days, shifting earlier and subsequently reverting, or moving alongside unexpected usage percentage changes. These reports establish that the behavior occurs in practice, but they do not establish the underlying mechanism.
| Scenario | Documentation Status | Weekly Reset Date Behavior | What to Check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchased Instant Reset | Documented by OpenAI | Restores applicable 5-hour and weekly usage. The new weekly period begins with your first Work or Codex request after the reset is applied, and the next automatic reset is scheduled 7 days after that request. | Check your reset purchase receipt in Settings > Usage & Billing on desktop or Settings > Billing on web; see instant resets and weekly limits. |
| Promotional Banked Reset | Documented by OpenAI | Using a full banked reset refreshes eligible 5-hour and weekly windows and changes your weekly reset date. OpenAI notes that usage information can take a short time to update. | Check Settings > Usage for your available reset balance and updated reset time; see our banked resets guide. |
| Global Reset Refill | Observed behavior | Refreshes active usage allowances for paid tiers. OpenAI has not documented whether global refills reanchor recurring weekly reset dates or preserve existing anchors. | Check /status to verify your updated weekly countdown timestamp. |
| Unexplained Movement (No Reset Used) | Observed reports (undocumented) | Reset timestamp shifts forward or backward without user action. Users have reported dates moving later, shifting earlier and reverting, or moving alongside usage percentage changes. | Check /status or Settings > Usage for the reset time currently reported for your account. If usage also dropped abnormally, see usage draining fast. |
OpenAI recorded an incident involving unexpected usage-limit resets on September 9, 2026, and subsequently marked it recovered. However, independent user reports of shifting weekly reset dates exist both before and after that event. Current evidence does not establish that the September 9 incident caused every unexplained date movement, nor has OpenAI confirmed an ongoing mechanism for unexplained schedule shifts.
Run /status inside any Codex session, or check the official ChatGPT usage page. Both are authoritative for your current window state—this page explains the mechanics and tracks global events, not your private real-time numbers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Codex reset today?
The latest confirmed global Codex reset occurred on October 2, 2026 at 21:18 UTC for paid ChatGPT subscriptions (Plus, Pro, and Business). To determine if Codex reset today, compare that timestamp with your current date and time. Individual account allowances also refresh automatically on personal rolling 5-hour and 7-day weekly windows.
When was the latest global Codex reset?
The latest confirmed global reset occurred on October 2, 2026 at 21:18 UTC. OpenAI Codex lead Tibo Sottiaux announced the reset for paid accounts and confirmed completion with "Reset all propagated. Enjoy."
Will OpenAI reset Codex limits again soon?
OpenAI does not publish a schedule or calendar for discretionary global resets, and future resets are not guaranteed. Discretionary global resets are ad-hoc engineering actions rather than recurring calendar events. Support agents cannot manually reset or increase usage limits on request.
How does a global reset differ from a 5-hour or weekly reset?
A global reset is an unannounced backend refill pushed by OpenAI to all paid subscribers simultaneously. In contrast, your 5-hour rolling window and 7-day weekly quota are automatic, account-specific clocks that count down based on your individual prompt activity.
Does a global reset consume my banked resets?
No. Global resets are applied automatically by OpenAI to everyone on eligible tiers. They do not consume or subtract from any promotional banked resets saved in your account.
Can OpenAI support reset my usage limit on request?
No. OpenAI documentation confirms that support agents cannot manually reset or increase ChatGPT or Codex usage limits for individual accounts.
- Codex weekly limit guide — the 7-day quota lifecycle, instant reset reanchoring mechanics, and dual-window interaction.
- Codex 5-hour limit guide — why it isn't 5 hours of coding time, how a window initiates, and model message estimates.
- how Codex banked resets work — which windows a promotional grant refreshes, and how applying one changes your weekly reset date.
- paid instant resets — how personal Plus and Pro accounts can pull weekly quota forward.
- Codex credits, paid instant resets, and API billing — how to keep coding without a saved reset.
- Codex limit change ledger — full chronological record of quota changes, global resets, and policy updates.
- Codex Luna Reserve — fallback GPT-5.6 Luna allowances and their separate reserve reset timing, which is what
gpt-reservein/statusrefers to.
- Astra usage limits and reset options — usage varies with your task, input and output size, reasoning settings, and Fast mode.
- Codex usage limits table — what is officially documented for your plan tier, and what isn't.