This reset shipped together with the launch of the $100 plan — billed as the sweet spot. A plan launch plus a global reset is a classic combo in the release rhythm.
Quick factsTHE SNAPSHOT
| Item | Data |
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| Announced | 2026-04-09 17:51 UTC (25:51 Beijing, Thursday) |
| Type | Product-Launch Reset (reset_type: regular) |
| Sequence | #16 of 53 tracked resets |
| Gap before | 2 days |
| Gap after | 7 days (next reset: 2026-04-17) |
| Running average at that time | 13.7 days (mean of the prior 14 gaps) |
| Where this gap sits in history | longer than 7% of historical gaps (ranked #12 longest among the gaps recorded up to then) |
| Source | public announcement by @thsottiaux ↗, archived by codex-resets.com |
TimelineWHAT HAPPENED
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2026-04-09 17:51 UTCThe official global-reset announcement went out.
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Original announcement
“We did it, say hi to the $100 plan! It should be the sweet spot for a ton of you. It comes with a ton of codex usage. And yes we are resetting the limits again too as I mentioned yesterday. Let’s keep building! https://t.co/eX25QBuWqV”— @thsottiaux on X ↗
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EffectThe reset propagated across all paid accounts and quotas were refilled.
The era: Growth eraCONTEXT
User milestones first became official reset reasons: 3M weekly users, the $100 plan launch, Codex's first anniversary. Resets expanded from compensation tooling to growth celebrations, and the community's "wait for the reset" expectation was born.
In the full sequence, this is event #4 of 7 in the "Growth era"; 7 days later, the next reset landed on schedule on 2026-04-17. Announced on a Thursday, 2 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.With a very short gap, this sits squarely in a streak — burning quota in such periods had the highest odds of being refilled in the whole archive.
FAQCOMMON QUESTIONS
What was the Codex global reset on April 9, 2026 (Thursday)?
On April 9, 2026 (Thursday), the OpenAI Codex team announced a product-launch reset — reset #16 of 53 in the archive, 2 days after the previous one, part of the "Growth era". Usage across all paid plans (Plus / Pro / Business) was wiped and refilled automatically.
Only 2 days after the previous one — are back-to-back resets normal?
Yes. The archive shows several such streaks (this event's era, the "Growth era", alone holds 7 events), typically tied to milestones, launch weeks or incident wrap-ups. Streak periods are also when the radar's SEND-IT advice appears most often.
When was the next global reset after this one?
The archive has the exact answer: the next reset landed on 2026-04-17, 7 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.