The weekly limit is where most quota confusion lives — partly because it's a rolling window, partly because a second, shorter window keeps moving underneath it. Here's how the weekly reset really behaves, why it can look like it resets early, and what your options are when it's spent.
It's a rolling window, not a Sunday-morning refill§
The weekly allowance replenishes continuously: usage from seven days ago frees up as it ages out of the window. There is no global reset minute where every account refills at once. Your available quota at any moment roughly equals the weekly ceiling minus everything you used in the last seven days.
This is why the answer to "when does my weekly limit reset" is personal: for a heavy Monday, the equivalent quota returns the following Monday; spread the same work across three days and each day's slice returns a week later.
Why it seems to reset early — or keep resetting§
Two other mechanisms masquerade as an early weekly reset. The 5-hour rolling window refills first and is the one you usually feel; seeing quota reappear after a coffee break reads like a weekly reset that came early. And global resets — the team's surprise refills for everyone — land roughly every 6.9 days on average and genuinely do reset everything mid-cycle.
So if your limit "keeps resetting", you're most likely seeing the short window breathe, or you've been lucky enough to work through one of the 53 tracked global resets (see the reset history).
How to check what's left§
Inside the Codex CLI, the /status command reports current session and rate-limit information; the IDE extensions surface the same status near the agent panel. That's the authoritative view of your own account.
For the layer you can't see locally — whether a global reset is brewing — the live radar shows days since the last global reset against the historical average, plus any official announcement already in flight.
Legitimate ways to get more quota§
When the weekly window is genuinely spent, your options are: wait for the rolling refill (it's guaranteed), redeem a banked reset credit if you hold one, switch to lighter models for routine tasks so the heavy allowance covers the hard work, or upgrade the plan for a higher ceiling.
What there is no legitimate answer for: circumventing the limits. Multi-accounting and automation to dodge caps violate OpenAI's terms and put your account at risk — everything on this site stays on the "understand the rules and plan around them" side of that line.
FAQFAQ
What time does the Codex weekly limit reset?
There's no fixed reset hour — it's a rolling seven-day window, so usage frees up on the same weekday it was spent. Global resets are the only event-style refills, and they land when announced.
Why did my weekly limit reset early?
Almost certainly the 5-hour rolling window refilled, or a surprise global reset landed. The weekly window itself doesn't move off its rolling schedule.
Can I check my weekly usage remaining?
Yes — run /status in the Codex CLI or check the status display in the IDE extension for your account's current rate-limit state.
Does upgrading reset my limit immediately?
Plan changes adjust your ceilings, but there's no guaranteed instant refill from upgrading; the rolling windows continue from your existing usage history.