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title: "OpenAI Resets Paid Codex Quotas, Correcting Bug That Spiked Usage Rates"
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summary: "Paid subscribers to the Codex platform will see a complete restoration of usage limits at 2 p.m. PST tomorrow. OpenAI identified inefficiencies in the product's image handling during long sessions, high p95+ usage for Computer History, and a conversation-title generation feature that consumed more credits than intended. A technical team is shipping fixes for these issues tomorrow, and a novel efficiency improvement is scheduled for implementation next week. Some users have reported that credits are currently being consumed 2x faster than normal."
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# OpenAI Resets Paid Codex Quotas, Correcting Bug That Spiked Usage Rates

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**Published:** 2026-08-23T11:36:29.000Z
**Category:** Products
**Topics:** openai, codex, inference, llm

## Summary

Paid subscribers to the Codex platform will see a complete restoration of usage limits at 2 p\.m\. PST tomorrow\. OpenAI identified inefficiencies in the product's image handling during long sessions, high p95\+ usage for Computer History, and a conversation\-title generation feature that consumed more credits than intended\. A technical team is shipping fixes for these issues tomorrow, and a novel efficiency improvement is scheduled for implementation next week\. Some users have reported that credits are currently being consumed 2x faster than normal\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-openai-resets-paid-codex-quotas-correcting-bug-that-spiked-usage-228f3a42>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2091407991736332689>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2091412393368945027>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2091413240337326588>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/vikhyatk/status/2091436259826921956>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/TheZachMueller/status/2091690317258875323>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/buildwithrajath/status/2091420028641956003>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/nicdunz/status/2091686571385016652>)