{"slug": "codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really", "title": "Codex Just Became Unlimited! Also GPT 5.6 Is Actually Really…", "summary": "OpenAI removed the five-hour Codex usage cap, replacing it with a weekly limit for some accounts, and released GPT-5.6 alongside three lower-cost models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—that offer competitive performance at reduced prices.", "body_md": "Member-only story\n\n# Codex Just Became Unlimited! Also GPT 5.6 Is Actually Really…\n\nAmazing. Well, it depends on who you ask. In my opinion, GPT-5.6 is my favorite release yet.\n\nOpenAI also changed the part that makes these models usable for serious coding work. At the time of writing, the five-hour Codex cap has disappeared for my account. I see a weekly limit instead. I can run hard coding sessions until that weekly reset rather than watching a short five-hour clock disappear halfway through a job.\n\nThat does not mean every plan has unlimited Codex usage. It is an account-level observation, and limits can change. But it is a big practical change for me. The five-hour wall was the annoying part of using Codex heavily. Weekly limits are still limits, but they fit long coding work far better, espically with the free resets OpenAI gives, I had 4, so there is a lot of coding to do :D.\n\nI am not excited about this because OpenAI added one more expensive flagship. I am excited because Sol, Terra, and Luna give you three serious ways to spend less than the GPT-5.5 era while improving the family’s public performance story. Sol reaches 59 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, one point behind Claude Fable 5. Terra reaches 55 while cutting GPT-5.5’s published token rates in half. Luna reaches 51 at $1 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really", "canonical_source": "https://pub.towardsai.net/codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really-a42655a6921d?source=rss----98111c9905da---4", "published_at": "2026-07-14 18:01:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-14 18:23:52.120876+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "GPT-5.6", "Sol", "Terra", "Luna", "Claude Fable 5", "Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/codex-just-became-unlimited-also-gpt-5-6-is-actually-really.jsonld"}}