This reset rode along with a ground-up rewrite of the usage tracking and billing system; usage discrepancies during the cutover were wiped clean with a global reset.
Quick factsTHE SNAPSHOT
| Item | Data |
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| Announced | 2025-12-19 22:01 UTC (30:01 Beijing, Friday) |
| Type | Product-Launch Reset (reset_type: regular) |
| Sequence | #6 of 53 tracked resets |
| Gap before | 3 days |
| Gap after | 5 days (next reset: 2025-12-25) |
| Running average at that time | 18.8 days (mean of the prior 4 gaps) |
| Where this gap sits in history | longer than 0% of historical gaps (ranked #5 longest among the gaps recorded up to then) |
| Source | public announcement by @thsottiaux ↗, archived by codex-resets.com |
TimelineWHAT HAPPENED
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2025-12-19 22:01 UTCThe official global-reset announcement went out.
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Original announcement
“We rewrote the underlying system to track and bill usage in Codex and we have reset usage limits in the process. Backfilling is time consuming and it’s more fun to give free usage. Enjoy! https://t.co/bFwu9mb4RI”— @thsottiaux on X ↗
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EffectThe reset propagated across all paid accounts and quotas were refilled.
The era: Winter compensation eraCONTEXT
Resets in this period were mostly compensation: the November outage recovery, usage discrepancies wiped after the billing-system rewrite, and a Christmas thank-you. Resets followed events, not a schedule, while the team reworked systems underneath.
In the full sequence, this is event #5 of 6 in the "Winter compensation era"; 5 days later, the next reset landed on schedule on 2025-12-25. Announced on a Friday, 3 days after its predecessor — those numbers together are this event's coordinates on the timeline.
What it means for youTAKEAWAY
Product-node resets usually land on launch day. Think of it as a full tank at gearshift: no action needed.At 3 days, the gap was close to the historical norm — a routine move inside the rhythm.
FAQCOMMON QUESTIONS
What was the Codex global reset on December 19, 2025 (Friday)?
On December 19, 2025 (Friday), the OpenAI Codex team announced a product-launch reset — reset #6 of 53 in the archive, 3 days after the previous one, part of the "Winter compensation era". Usage across all paid plans (Plus / Pro / Business) was wiped and refilled automatically.
Do I need to do anything to get this refill?
Nothing at all. Global resets apply at the account level: quotas refill automatically once the announcement lands (this was reset #6, 3 days after the previous one, in the Winter compensation era). Banked reset credits are the only exception — those are redeemed manually.
When was the next global reset after this one?
The archive has the exact answer: the next reset landed on 2025-12-25, 5 days later. That's the unique value of these event pages — the "what happened next" that people at the time couldn't know. For the future, use the homepage radar's projection instead.