Until recently, the Codex team at OpenAI used to reset the weekly limits for all Codex users either to celebrate major milestones or whenever a major bug was fixed.
Everyone was happy with a rate limit reset.
Really? Everyone?
A group of users who had seriously optimized their Codex usage around their actual needs pointed out that these random gifts could actually be detrimental to their overall usage.
We reported this to the team, and they did it.
You can now reset limits when it fits your usage.
Congratulations, everyone!
Let’s build!
As if this wasn’t enough, there is a cherry on top:
Through June 24, Plus and Pro users can refer up to three friends to try Codex.
When a friend sends their first Codex message, you’ll both get another banked reset.
I recall someone on this forum dissatisfied with forced or uncontrollable rate resets. It’s really nice to know that their voice (among others I imagine) were heard.
Hi. I am a plus user. I have searched extensively and cannot see that I have my 1 reset like everyone else got. Why was I excluded? Or am I not excluded, but I cannot redeem on Linux (No Desktop Codex App) – I mean, I can’t imagine coding outside of Linux, so it does mean I am excluded?
You said “Plus users” will get this, but currently, only people who purchase Windows/MacOS, not ChatGPT Plus, will get this benefit. Being excluded doesn’t feel good. Moreover, I, as a Linux user, have currently zero incentive to refer a friend. Will this be fixed?
In fact, to me, this presents as: I must purchase Microsoft Windows, or a Mac device, or I will never be able to benefit from Codex resets again. This is like ANTI-UX.
Presumably, if the reset expires while Linux users remain unable to redeem it, then this is teetering on false marketing because OpenAI (on X) said: “We’re starting Go, Plus, Pro, and Business users with one free reset:” – which is incorrect currently for Linux users, as they are unable to access said reset. Presumably, if the reset expires while Linux users remain unable to redeem it, then this is teetering on false marketing because OpenAI (on X) said: “We’re starting Go, Plus, Pro, and Business users with one free reset:” – which is incorrect currently for Linux users, as they are unable to access said reset.
That is not entirely correct @Noah13 — at least not for the VS Code/VSCodium plugin as a fellow Linux user. Once you run out of messages, the reset option appears there.
At the risk of sounding wildly spoiled by this newfound reset prosperity, it would also be useful to see how many resets are available in total (if that is a thing).
It might be now, “to celebrate a milestone, and keep you relatively teased into staying with Codex, we added another +1 to everyone to press the button on”.
But also could be a “buy a credit block for $40 – or buy a boost” feature, awaiting payment surface.
I cannot reproduce that. Latest VSCode + extension: there is no popup or anything when my 5H limits hit 0%. Nor does it show anything in my usage, despite being a plus subscriber. Maybe they just left me out for some reason… A price war has not begun if they’re not really giving the promotion to everyone they said they did, it’s mostly just bullsh*tting.
It is also correct to say it is false marketing/advertising because they said: “We’re starting Go, Plus, Pro, and Business users with one free reset:” – yet not every Plus user got a reset, which is contradictory to what the marketing suggests.
They should have said “We have given some users across Plus, Go, Pro and Business a free reset”.
But that doesn’t sound so nice, despite being true.
They are creating a false perception that OpenAI gives out resets generously, but is not actually doing that consistently, and either randomly, or by their own unspecified discretion give it to only a limited portion of paying users.
@VeitB Thanks for looking into this, I have had similar frustrations. Do us a favor though, please consider renaming this post to smth that doesn’t use the ambiguous term “plus”. Or at least not “codex plus”. Codex plus is obviously a thing… Thanks, and keep 'em on their toes! Peace from your friendly Irish grammar-casual-observer, Paul, living in Heidelberg
I’m on Linux, cachy os and I just noticed I got this feature today, before I knew what it was which is why I’m here, so you don’t need to be a Mac or Windows user, I don’t have either. I think I just got lucky and got in on the first rollout.
Right now, I can only assume there is a large ecosystem of apps built on top of Codex through the app platform, so there may be several cases where this feature needs to be implemented by the project owners. For example, someone using a Linux wrapper may need to wait for an update.
On the other hand, the reset should also be available to Codex CLI users, but I do not see it there either, yet.
Same here. I’m a Plus subscriber too, and I still haven’t received the free Codex reset. I checked the Codex usage page, profile menu, and VS Code/Codex extension, but there is no “1 reset available” anywhere.
So it seems that not every Plus user actually received the reset, despite the announcement wording.
I did not see this until I invited my Friend to Codex, and got the reset that way. I was never given the free reset at launch for some reason – I still have not got it, but I know how to use and check if I have a reset, so I am confident in what I am claiming. They didn’t give that to every Plus member.
TLDR: I know how UIs work. The issue is not that I cannot find it, certainly. It is that I was, despite being a Plus subscriber, never given the Free Reset around June 11-12, that everyone else got.
I am a long time Codex User, about 10 months in. This is just exclusion, or I am the subject of some edge case bug.
For one paying user to see every other paying user but themselves get the benefit, for just about any product, is horrible UX.
Especially given I decided “I can use Codex more now since a reset is rolling out” , that turned out false.
Referring a friend can be done in two ways: The main way is when limit is reached, there will be options to upgrade and refer with a message.
The other method is to click the profile/account card in the Codex desktop app, located at the bottom of the sidebar. Click on it, and you will find the option there.
Title: Pro user — free banked reset never appeared, referral option is there
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▎ Same issue here. ChatGPT Pro subscriber, Windows, Codex desktop app updated to latest version.
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▎ - Referral option: Available in the sidebar account card
▎ - “1 reset available” under Settings → Usage remaining: Not showing
▎ - Popup on launch: Never appeared, even after update + restart
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▎ The referral entry point is there, so the app clearly recognizes me as a Pro user and has the banked resets feature enabled. But the free starting reset was never credited to my account.
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▎ Has anyone else on Pro had this resolved, or is this still an open issue that needs a server-side fix from OpenAI? Any workaround besides the referral path would be appreciated.
Peace from your friendly Irish grammar-casual-observer, Paul, living in Heidelberg 
