{"slug": "openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed", "title": "OpenAI Pro 500 Launches — and the $200 Plan Got Nerfed", "summary": "OpenAI launched a $500 Pro plan at DevDay 2026 and quietly halved Codex usage limits on its existing $200 tier, according to byteiota. The change means developers on the $200 plan now get half the Codex usage they previously had, while the new $500 tier carries the higher allocation.", "body_md": "OpenAI launched a $500 Pro plan at DevDay 2026, but quietly halved Codex usage on the $200 tier. Here's what changed and what developers should do now.\n\nThe post \nOpenAI Pro 500 Launches — and the $200 Plan Got Nerfed\n appeared first on \nbyteiota\n.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed", "canonical_source": "https://byteiota.com/openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed/", "published_at": "2026-09-30 09:11:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-30 09:47:06.612314+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "developer-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "OpenAI Pro 500", "DevDay 2026", "byteiota"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-pro-500-launches-and-the-200-plan-got-nerfed.jsonld"}}