On Christmas Day the team reset everyone's limits "to thank you all for the fun we've had over the year" — holiday-greeting resets have appeared several times in the archive.
Quick factsTHE SNAPSHOT
| Item | Data |
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| Announced | 2025-12-25 08:01 UTC (Beijing 2025-12-25 16:01, Thursday) |
| Type | Global Usage Reset (reset_type: regular) |
| Sequence | #7 of 70 tracked resets |
| Gap before | 5 days |
| Gap after | 68 days (next reset: 2026-03-03) |
| Running average at that time | 16.5 days (mean of the prior 5 gaps) |
| Where this gap sits in history | longer than 17% 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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2025-12-25 08:01 UTCThe Codex team posted a reset-related announcement; scope follows the source.
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Original announcement
“For Codex users, to thank you all for the fun we've had over the last months, our first gift is that we have **reset rate limits and are lifting the usage limits to 2X the usual limits until the 1st of Jan**. Wish you all a merry holiday and lots of coding!! Spread the word 👀 https://t.co/uKAZLhpp7r https://t.co/eN919zx84y”— @thsottiaux on X ↗
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EffectThe event applied to the scope named by the announcement; verify it in your Usage Dashboard.
The era: Winter compensation eraCONTEXT
Announcements in this period cited a November outage recovery, usage discrepancies after a billing-system rewrite, and a Christmas thank-you. The recorded causes differ and do not establish a fixed schedule.
In the full sequence, this is event #6 of 6 in the "Winter compensation era"; 68 days later, the next reset landed on schedule on 2026-03-03. Announced on a Thursday, 5 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 5 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 25, 2025 (Thursday)?
On December 25, 2025 (Thursday), the Codex team posted a global usage reset announcement — event #7 of 70 in the archive, 5 days after the previous one, part of the "Winter compensation era". the source does not state account scope; eligibility and required action follow the linked source and Usage Dashboard.
Do I need to do anything for this event?
Read the linked announcement and your Usage Dashboard. Automatic resets and redeemable banked resets are different; this event's source determines the required action.
When was the next global reset after this one?
The archive has the historical answer: the next record landed on 2026-03-03, 68 days later. That is hindsight, not a forecast that was available at the time.