The post joked: "Don't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money" — the self-deprecating announcement itself became the quote the community passed around.
Quick factsTHE SNAPSHOT
| Item | Data |
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| Announced | 2026-04-28 05:28 UTC (13:28 Beijing, Tuesday) |
| Type | Milestone Celebration Reset (reset_type: regular) |
| Sequence | #19 of 53 tracked resets |
| Gap before | 7 days |
| Gap after | 19 days (next reset: 2026-05-16) |
| Running average at that time | 12.4 days (mean of the prior 17 gaps) |
| Where this gap sits in history | longer than 50% of historical gaps (ranked #7 longest among the gaps recorded up to then) |
| Source | public announcement by @thsottiaux ↗, archived by codex-resets.com |
TimelineWHAT HAPPENED
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2026-04-28 05:28 UTCThe official global-reset announcement went out.
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Original announcement
“Don't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money. Don't just reset Codex rate limits for fun, it costs money. ... but the vibes are good ... I have reset Codex rate limits for ALL paid plans to celebrate a good week and allow everyone to build more with GPT-5.5. Enjoy”— @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 #7 of 7 in the "Growth era"; 19 days later, the next reset landed on schedule on 2026-05-16. Announced on a Tuesday, 7 days after its predecessor — those numbers together are this event's coordinates on the timeline.
What it means for youTAKEAWAY
Milestone resets are pure perks with no trigger conditions. Historically nearly every user-count milestone (3M → 25M) came with one.At 7 days, the gap was close to the historical norm — a routine move inside the rhythm.
FAQCOMMON QUESTIONS
What was the Codex global reset on April 28, 2026 (Tuesday)?
On April 28, 2026 (Tuesday), the OpenAI Codex team announced a milestone celebration reset — reset #19 of 53 in the archive, 7 days after the previous one, part of the "Growth 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 #19, 7 days after the previous one, in the Growth 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 2026-05-16, 19 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.