This was a routine global reset: the team proactively wiped and refilled Codex usage for all paid subscriptions (Plus / Pro / Business). It applies automatically once announced — nothing to claim.
The announcement: “The Codex usage limits have been reset for all paid ChatGPT subscriptions. You s…”
Reading the announcement: gratitude and celebration set the tone of these 33 words, posted in the evening — wrapping a reset as community goodwill is the team's consistent register.
Quick factsTHE SNAPSHOT
| Item | Data |
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| Announced | 2026-05-31 15:25 UTC (23:25 Beijing, Sunday) |
| Type | Global Usage Reset (reset_type: regular) |
| Sequence | #22 of 53 tracked resets |
| Gap before | 8 days |
| Gap after | 3 days (next reset: 2026-06-04) |
| Running average at that time | 12.2 days (mean of the prior 20 gaps) |
| Where this gap sits in history | longer than 62% of historical gaps (ranked #8 longest among the gaps recorded up to then) |
| Source | public announcement by @thsottiaux ↗, archived by codex-resets.com |
TimelineWHAT HAPPENED
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2026-05-31 15:25 UTCThe official global-reset announcement went out.
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Original announcement
“The Codex usage limits have been reset for all paid ChatGPT subscriptions. You should be back to 100% weekly and 100% hourly limits. Let the tokens do incredible things today and have fun. https://t.co/e7iJcJ1iHy”— @thsottiaux on X ↗
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EffectThe reset propagated across all paid accounts and quotas were refilled.
The era: Spring tuning eraCONTEXT
The cadence slowed while the causes got finer: an accounting bug draining limits, three stacked incidents, two "sneaky" double resets. The team was calibrating when to compensate and how much.
In the full sequence, this is event #3 of 8 in the "Spring tuning era"; 3 days later, the next reset landed on schedule on 2026-06-04. Announced on a Sunday, 8 days after its predecessor — those numbers together are this event's coordinates on the timeline.
What it means for youTAKEAWAY
Routine resets historically average about 6.9 days apart, but the spread is wide — back-to-back days to two-week gaps. Watching the radar beats counting days.At 8 days, the gap was close to the historical norm — a routine move inside the rhythm.
FAQCOMMON QUESTIONS
What was the Codex global reset on May 31, 2026 (Sunday)?
On May 31, 2026 (Sunday), the OpenAI Codex team announced a global usage reset — reset #22 of 53 in the archive, 8 days after the previous one, part of the "Spring tuning 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 #22, 8 days after the previous one, in the Spring tuning 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 2026-06-04, 3 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.