According to multiple Reddit and blog posts, OpenAI has discontinued Codex, its last "assistant-like" coding model, and users report quality degradation even for paid tiers. The retirement removes a standalone coding-focused model from OpenAI's product line, shifting developers toward GPT-4 integration. Posts archived on r/codex document developer frustration with reduced output quality.
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- Press[Read article](https://www.vincentschmalbach.com/gpt-5-5-retirement-codex/)
- Social[Reddit thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wkwdfl/the_end_of_the_codex_era_ive_completely_lost/)
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