Codex raises paid-plan limits after GPT-5.5 shipping week
OpenAI reset Codex rate limits across all paid plans after a week of GPT-5.5 shipping. The temporary bump changes immediate capacity for active teams, but it was announced as a celebratory reset rather than a permanent quota change.
TL;DR
- thsottiaux's announcement said Codex rate limits were reset for all paid plans, framed as a celebration after a strong GPT-5.5 shipping week.
- thsottiaux's post presented the bump as a reset, not as a new permanent quota policy or pricing update.
- Sam Altman's reply backed the move with a terse "we love our users" message, while Altman separately argued that Codex on the $20 plan is already "a really good deal."
- Matthew Berman's response captured the immediate read from users: this looked like a quota reset event, not a routine backend adjustment.
thsottiaux's announcement made the concrete change clear, all paid plans got a Codex limit reset. Sam Altman's reply and his follow-up post added almost no policy detail, but they did show the intended framing: celebratory, generous, and tied to a productive GPT-5.5 week. Matthew Berman's quote-tweet showed how quickly users translated that into a simple operational takeaway, more room to run Codex right now.
Codex limits were reset across paid plans
The core fact is narrow but useful. thsottiaux's announcement said the reset applied to "ALL paid plans," which means the change was not limited to one tier or a small test cohort.
The same post also acknowledged the cost side. The opening line, "Don't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money," makes the reset sound discretionary rather than automatic or structural.
OpenAI tied the bump to GPT-5.5 week
OpenAI's public framing stayed vibes-first. Altman's reply reduced the explanation to "we love our users," while his second post used the moment to reinforce a product claim, that Codex access on the $20 plan is a strong value.
That pairing matters because it links the reset to the broader GPT-5.5 shipping push, not to a posted change in plan definitions, pricing, or documented service levels.
The message sounded temporary
Nobody in this evidence set described a permanent quota increase. thsottiaux's wording called it a reset "to celebrate a good week," and Matthew Berman's reply immediately read that as a one-off "quota reset party?"
That leaves the useful fact pretty specific: paid users got more Codex headroom right after GPT-5.5 week, but the public messaging treated it like a celebratory capacity bump, not a durable plan change.