I often intentionally work across many ChatGPT conversations at once. During these sessions, I repeatedly receive:
“Too many requests. We’ve temporarily limited access to your conversations to protect your data.”
The protection makes sense as a default, but there is currently no quick way to confirm that the activity is intentional.
Please add a temporary Trusted High-Activity Mode.
The user could verify with one of several quick methods:
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an optional separate ChatGPT PIN;
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device biometrics or device PIN;
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a passkey;
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approval from another trusted device.
A separate PIN would be useful when someone has access to an already unlocked, signed-in computer but should not be able to authorize intensive account activity.
Once verified, the user could authorize heavier conversation activity for a limited period, such as 30 or 60 minutes. The mode should be visibly active, cancellable, and expire automatically.
This should not bypass hard plan, capacity, or infrastructure limits. Instead:
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If the restriction is caused by suspected unauthorized activity, verification could allow a higher conversation-access threshold for that session.
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If it is actually a system rate limit, ChatGPT should say that plainly and provide an estimated retry time rather than describing it as data protection.
I am not requesting unlimited usage or removal of security protections. I am asking for a controlled way for the account owner to confirm:
“Yes, this unusually high activity is intentional, and it is coming from me.”
This would preserve protection by default while giving users reasonable control over legitimate high-volume workflows.
