Limits guide

Three resets that should not be confused.

Your ordinary account window, a special global allowance reset and a banked reset credit can all change available usage. They are not the same event.

01Natural resetThe account’s normal usage window reaches its displayed reset time.
02Special resetOpenAI applies a one-time allowance refresh outside the natural schedule.
03Banked resetAn eligible credit is deliberately redeemed for an account reset.
04RolloutA special reset may appear on accounts at different times.
05ConfirmationThe usage screen or local account status shows the actual change.

The final authority

Check the account, not the rumor.

The allowance and reset timestamp tied to your signed-in account are the final proof for you. Plan limits may differ, and usage depends on the work performed, so another user’s percentage cannot establish your remaining capacity.

Personal confirmation checklistCompare a fresh before-and-after reading. Confirm that the prior natural reset time has not simply arrived. If banked resets exist, make sure no credit was redeemed. Recheck once to rule out a stale display.

In the Codex interfaces, the account usage view exposes current allowance windows. Reset Beacon never asks for your OpenAI password, session cookie or API token.

Why estimates differ

Usage is not a fixed message count.

Codex limits are based on resource use, not one universal prompt allowance. Large repositories, long-running tasks and complex tool work can consume more capacity than short, focused work. Plan entitlements can also change.

That is why Reset Beacon forecasts special reset events, not the number of tasks a specific account can still complete. Use the account’s own usage display for remaining capacity.

If the page and your account disagree

Treat your account as authoritative. A global rollout may still be propagating, the public signal may be stale, or the event may not apply to the same plan. The forecast state never overrides account-level evidence.

Related guide

Have a reset credit?

Banked resets are deliberate account actions. They need different confirmation and safety rules from a global reset.

Read the banked reset guide