OpenAI is handing out Codex limit resets 2.5x faster than it did last year. I logged all 32
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OpenAI is distributing Codex limit resets at a significantly increased pace, with 32 resets occurring over 347 days since September 2025. The frequency has accelerated, with 16 resets in the last 90 days (one every 5.6 days) and seven in the last 30 days (one every 4.3 days). This contrasts sharply with only seven resets in all of 2025, indicating a 2.5x faster distribution rate in 2026. A full record of these publicly announced extra resets is available at https://resetbeacon.com.
I keep a record of every shared Codex limit reset OpenAI has handed out since September 2025. These aren’t the standard five-hour or weekly refills included with your plan. They’re the extra resets publicly announced for everyone. Another one landed today at 1:43 p.m. PT.
The pace has changed significantly, and it doesn’t seem to be common knowledge. There have been 32 resets in 347 days, an average of one every 10.8 days. But there were 16 in the last 90 days, or one every 5.6 days, and seven in the last 30 days, or one every 4.3 days. There were only seven resets in all of 2025, compared with 25 so far in 2026.
That means resets are currently happening about 2.5 times faster than the long-term average.
Across the full record, seven resets came within one or two days of the previous reset, five came after three to five days, seven after six to nine days, nine after 10 to 20 days, and three after more than 21 days. The median gap is seven days. The longest drought was 72 days, from January through March.
There’s no strong day-of-week pattern either: seven happened on Saturday, six on Tuesday, five on Thursday, four each on Wednesday and Friday, and three each on Monday and Sunday. So the theory that resets always happen on Fridays doesn’t hold up.
At the recent pace, the rough chance of a new reset within any 48-hour period is about one in three, and about one in six within 24 hours. That’s high enough to keep in mind, but nowhere near high enough to burn through your weekly quota based on a hunch.
The full record, including the source announcement behind every reset and live odds for the next one, is at https://resetbeacon.com.