{"slug": "openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users", "title": "OpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users", "summary": "OpenAI announced that starting tomorrow, it will restore a five-hour usage limit for Codex and ChatGPT Work for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, after temporarily lifting the cap for several weeks. Thibault Sottiaux, OpenAI's engineering lead for Codex and ChatGPT, said the limit helps smooth compute load and prevents casual users from exhausting their weekly usage, while Pro $100 and Pro $200 subscriptions will not have the five-hour limit for the upcoming months.", "body_md": "Following several weeks during which ChatGPT users were subject only to a weekly usage cap, OpenAI announced today that it is restoring a five-hour limit on Codex and ChatGPT Work for Plus subscribers. Here are the details.\n\n## Five-hour cap returns to ChatGPT Plus subscribers\n\nThibault “Tibo” Sottiaux, OpenAI’s engineering lead for Codex and ChatGPT, [announced tonight](https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2092058556707344708) that a five-hour usage limit is returning to Codex and ChatGPT Work for Plus subscribers starting tomorrow (25).\n\nAfter users reach either the five-hour or weekly limit, they can either wait for their usage to reset for the next cycle or purchase additional credits. OpenAI also occasionally resets users’ limits for free, while banked resets can be earned through certain promotions and referral offers.\n\nOver the past few weeks, however, OpenAI temporarily lifted the five-hour usage limit for Codex and ChatGPT Work, leaving only the weekly cap in place.\n\nDuring this period, the company also reset users’ weekly usage early on several occasions to celebrate milestones, including adding another million active users across the two ([now unified](https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/17/openai-fixes-chat-access-in-the-chatgpt-app-for-mac/)) platforms.\n\nHowever, as Tibo [explained tonight on X](https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2092058556707344708):\n\nTomorrow we will bring back the 5h limit for Plus accounts across ChatGPT Work and Codex. I had mentioned this a while ago, but then postponed it.\n\nThis is necessary as (a) the 5h limit allows us to smoothen the load on our compute, allowing to keep the plan generous in terms of weekly usage and (b) users on the Plus plan are relatively casual and new users, but then also just accidentally eat through their whole weeks usage and then are confused, making it not a great experience.\n\nWe are for the upcoming months keeping the 5h limit not enabled for Pro $100 and Pro $200 subscriptions.\n\nTibo did not mention any changes for Enterprise or Edu accounts, which currently use a [separate credit-based usage system](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001001-manage-usage-limits-and-overages-in-chatgpt-enterprise-and-edu#:~:text=Manage%20requests%20to%20increase%20limits).\n\nWill you be affected by the reinstatement of the five-hour limit on ChatGPT Work and Codex? Let us know in the comments.\n\n#### Worth checking out on Amazon\n\n[Geoffrey Cain – ‘Steve Jobs in Exile’](https://amzn.to/4v3CS5Q)[David Pogue – ’Apple: The First 50 Years’](https://amzn.to/46Y3nQj)[MacBook Neo](https://amzn.to/47vJmkn)[Logitech MX Master 4](https://amzn.to/3KmIQN7)[AirPods Pro 3](https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cancellation-Translation-Headphones-High-Fidelity/dp/B0FQFB8FMG?tag=marcmendes-20)[AirTag (2nd Generation) – 4 Pack](https://amzn.to/4sewc3a)[Apple Watch Series 11](https://amzn.to/46VomDB)[Wireless CarPlay adapter](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F6T6N2B1?tag=marcmendes-20)\n\n*FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.* [More.](https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate)\n\n[our homepage](http://9to5mac.com/)for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on\n\n[exclusive stories](https://9to5mac.com/feature/exclusive/),\n\n[reviews](https://9to5mac.com/guides/review/),\n\n[how-tos](https://9to5mac.com/guides/how-to/), and\n\n[subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/9to5mac)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/24/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users/", "published_at": "2026-08-25 01:47:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-25 02:12:45.325337+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "ChatGPT Work", "ChatGPT Plus", "Thibault Sottiaux"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-restores-5-hour-codex-and-work-limits-for-chatgpt-plus-users.jsonld"}}