Codex Update

Confirmed: ChatGPT and Codex will share one usage limit from December. OpenAI's help page, updated today: - Plus, Pro and Business get one allowance across ChatGPT and Codex - Usage is measured in tokens, so bigger models and harder tasks burn more - Instant chat doesn't count against it - Combined remaining usage and reset times will show in Settings > Usage - Hit the cap and you wait, upgrade, or buy credits OpenAI says most users won't hit resets more often than now. If you run long Codex sessions and lean on ChatGPT too, plan for both drawing from the same pool. Fair ask to OpenAI: publish the token allowance per plan before December so people can check the maths. help.openai.com/en/articles/…

Existing subs can stay: more on Codex device limits. Lots of you asked follow-ups, so here's what else OpenAI's help page says: - Subscriptions bought before the limits took effect "can continue under the existing-subscription exception" - Cancel one of them and there's no guarantee you can replace it - Blocked at sign-in? The warning offers cancel + refund for ChatGPT and Google Play purchases. Apple buyers request it through Apple - A shared household or public device, or one card used by several people, can trip the limit too. Tell Support if that's you - The exact number of paid accounts per device isn't published Fair ask to OpenAI: publish that number, so people know before they pay. help.openai.com/en/articles/…

Known bug: Max and Ultra gone from the Codex app slider. After the latest desktop update, the reasoning slider stops at Extra High, even when Settings shows Ultra as your default. 10 people on one GitHub issue so far, on Mac and Windows, with Astra and Sol. Two fixes users confirmed: 1. Settings > General > available reasoning efforts: re-check Max and Ultra. 2. Or add this to ~/.codex/config.toml, then fully restart the app: [desktop] enabled-reasoning-efforts = ["low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra"] show-ultra-in-model-picker-slider = true Config fix credit: JXN20210043 on GitHub. Fair ask to OpenAI: keep the reasoning levels users picked across updates. github.com/openai/codex/issu…

Heads-up: stacking paid accounts on one machine for extra Codex usage can now get you locked out. OpenAI's new help page on card and device limits: - One device can only use so many paid accounts (Go, Plus, Pro 100/200/500) - Hit it and you see "Device limit reached" at sign-in, or get signed out later, even if the purchase went through - Signing out of another account doesn't free a slot - Business, Enterprise, Edu and Free don't count toward it This lands the same week multi-account switching shipped on mobile, so check before you buy a second sub. The sanctioned route to more usage is credits under Usage & Billing in the Codex app. help.openai.com/en/articles/…

Two more Codex resets are coming: Days 27 and 28 of the 28-day run. Tibo's Day 26 update: - Switching between multiple accounts now works on mobile - Account switching on desktop is "coming soon" - The next two days are both limit resets, and he says they're banked If you've been rationing Codex usage, you can spend it today. The last reset landed around midnight PST, so run /status after that to confirm.

Built with Codex usage in mind: @talkaboutdesign shipped agent-stat 0.3.0. It shows your Codex and Claude Code usage locally, no account: - per-request costs at current model prices - subagent and archived sessions counted - 24h/7d/30d/90d dashboard, cache savings, live subscription limits Useful after this week's limit changes: check what your tasks actually spend. Try: npx agent-stat@latest

Known bug: Codex app dictation got worse in 26.1027.30824. Since the latest app update, users report: - misheard words in Swedish, Russian and English dictation - the live waveform is gone, so you can't tell it's recording - some recordings don't start at all Workaround: one user says rolling back to the previous build fixed it. The same dictation still works in Safari and ChatGPT Classic. @ajambrosino asked for app complaints during the sprint. Fair ask: bring back the waveform and fix non-English accuracy. Also new in Codex: GPT-6 Rosalind Research, for approved life-sciences Research orgs only (gpt-6-rosalind in the API). Source: help.openai.com/en/articles/…

Side chats in the Codex app will be saved soon. App lead Andrew Ambrosino asked if side chats should persist, then answered "vox populi, vox dei. will ship soon." What users asked for in his replies: - Don't lose side chats when the app closes, restarts or updates - A way to turn a side chat into a regular chat, or hand it back to the main one - Keep a temporary mode for throwaway questions Until it ships, treat side chats as disposable and copy anything worth keeping into the main thread before you quit.

Codex tip: diagnose connection drops with one command. Update to CLI v0.166.0, then run: codex doctor --network-only It runs only the config, connectivity and WebSocket checks, so you can see if the problem is on your side (proxy, VPN, config) before restarting sessions. Bonus in the same release: codex queue --resume resumes an unloaded thread after you queue a message. Update: npm i -g @openai/codex@latest Notes: github.com/openai/codex/rele…

Linear, meet Codex: @maxosme built Axis to drive local agents from tasks. - Connects Linear to Codex (and Claude Code) running on your own machines - Work is organized around tasks and tracked progress, not chat threads - His write-up on why he built it is in the quoted post Useful if your Codex sessions sprawl across chats while the real plan lives in Linear. Worth a read before you roll your own.

Codex CLI v0.166.0 is out (stable): GPT-6.1 Terra lands in the Vertex AI and Bedrock catalogs, plus a network-only doctor. What's new: - Keyboard transcript selection with word, line and page motions, built-in search, and configurable shortcuts - codex doctor --network-only checks config, connectivity and WebSocket in one go - codex queue --resume picks unloaded threads back up after you queue a message - Clearer safety-block explanations, with safer follow-up prompts you can select Fixes worth knowing: - Reasoning-token accounting survives resume and fork, so no more premature compaction - Approval and permission settings stick when you resume or fork a thread - Better TUI reconnect recovery, and /quit and /exit work offline Our take: if your sessions kept compacting early after a resume, this is the update to grab. Flaky network? Run doctor --network-only before filing a bug. Update: npm i -g @openai/codex@latest (npm may lag the GitHub release by a bit) Notes: github.com/openai/codex/rele…

Codex app sprint starts today: @ajambrosino is personally leading a push on app simplicity and performance. Top complaints in the 600+ replies so far: - Windows app stuck on a gray loading screen after send - RAM creeping up over days until a restart - False "session in use" blocks on Mac and iOS - Lag with lots of chats, and no account switching - CLI remote only works with the desktop app running Hit one of these? Add repro steps under his post. Specific reports are the easiest to fix.

Pro 200 cut cancelled. Your Codex limits don't drop tomorrow. Tibo from OpenAI's Codex team, Day 25: - Usage limits doubled for Pro 100, Pro 200, Pro 500 and Business Premium, effective today - The planned Oct 30 Pro 200 reduction is off, so Work and Codex usage stays the same - Extended dot limits continue for now, still counted separately from your default usage If you were cramming heavy Codex runs before the switch, you can stop. The post doesn't list per-tier multipliers yet, so check your usage page once it rolls out.