10M users milestone announced together with the routine reset. From 3M in March to 10M in July — users more than tripled in four months, and compute pressure grew with it.
TimelineWHAT HAPPENED
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2026-07-21 16:47 UTCThe official global-reset announcement went out.
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Original announcement
“10M! New day, new usage reset for paid users of Codex and ChatGPT Work. Lands in the next hour. Enjoy. https://t.co/VUJ4S3vKDG”— @thsottiaux on X ↗
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EffectThe reset propagated across all paid accounts and quotas were refilled.
ContextBACKGROUND
Data tracked from public announcements by the OpenAI Codex team via codex-resets.com.
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.
FAQCOMMON QUESTIONS
What was the Codex global reset on July 21, 2026?
On July 21, 2026, the OpenAI Codex team officially announced a milestone celebration reset (reset #36, 4 days after the previous one). Usage across all paid plans (Plus / Pro / Business) was wiped and refilled automatically — nothing to claim.
Do I need to do anything to get the refill?
Nothing at all. Global resets apply at the account level: quotas refill automatically once the announcement lands. For banked-reset events, credits land in your account and must be redeemed manually before they expire.
When is the next Codex global reset?
Official announcements rarely come with much lead time. Across 53 tracked resets the average gap is about 6.9 days, with wide variance. The homepage radar projects the next window from the historical rhythm and switches to the exact time the moment it's announced.