--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "cdf16ce8ebb54c7b79926430d5c2cdf2d16f09989f7c25f87c1b15c7d49695e2" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/cdf16ce8?lang=en" title: "OpenAI Grants Banked Resets to Paid Users at 40M User Mark" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-07T19:40:28.000Z" category: "Tools" topics: ["openai","llm","devtools"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/update-openai-grants-banked-resets-to-paid-users-at-40m-user-mark-e7029566","https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-openai-grants-banked-resets-to-paid-users-at-40m-user-mark-e7029566"] summary: "OpenAI granted banked resets to paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work on Oct 7 to mark reaching 40M active users across those platforms. The reset was distributed automatically to all subscription members, bypassing the usual community polling process, and is the third event in a 28-day daily shipping cycle that began on Oct 4. Previous updates in the sprint included a 50% speed increase for GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, raising throughput from 30 to 50 tokens per second." --- # OpenAI Grants Banked Resets to Paid Users at 40M User Mark > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-07T19:40:28.000Z **Category:** Tools **Topics:** openai, llm, devtools ## Summary OpenAI granted banked resets to paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work on Oct 7 to mark reaching 40M active users across those platforms\. The reset was distributed automatically to all subscription members, bypassing the usual community polling process, and is the third event in a 28\-day daily shipping cycle that began on Oct 4\. Previous updates in the sprint included a 50% speed increase for GPT\-6 Astra and GPT\-6\.1 Sol, raising throughput from 30 to 50 tokens per second\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()