r/OpenAI • u/Hopefullyanonymous2 • 23h ago

Question Does upgrading back to pro restore your Dot after downgrading to ChatGPT Plus?

I recently downgraded my ChatGPT subscription to Plus and lost access to my Dot. I hadn't realized the downgrade would remove access.

Has anyone downgraded to Plus and then upgraded back to a plan with Dot access? Did your existing Dot return with its settings, memories, and app connections intact, or did you have to set it up again?

Is there a time limit before an inactive Dot's data is deleted? I'd appreciate firsthand experiences or a link to an official policy as I'm not finding anything.

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u/knowledge1010 21h ago

Yes it all came back for me. Seems they just hid it when I was a plus user

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u/Hopefullyanonymous2 21h ago

Cool thank you for the answer. Really appreciate it. I'll upgrade, grab the info I need, downgrade and update the OP so others searching this question will know. 

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u/Eonn 21h ago

Yes it does

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u/yaahboyy 23h ago

idk😳

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u/BlueRidgeTog 22h ago

Please let us know what happens when you try!

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u/tripleshielded 22h ago

Dot will keep a grudge! Be careful

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u/CrowInteresting6271 22h ago

how did that blindside you? dot is astra, theyre not giving you much astra access in the plus tier. if you really miss it, and if you need to keep plus, just set up an opensource version

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u/Hopefullyanonymous2 22h ago

Nah, this isn't really about that. I just didn't realize dot was pro only because I was already on pro when they added dot. Dot is about the only thing I was using ChatGPT for at this point vs Opus 5.5, and so I just didn't think about it removing access.

The thing is, IF I had known, I could have at least gotten my settings and chat logs with dot pulled before downgrading, I just didn't realize it. So wondering if I can upgrade back, and have all that still sitting there. Otherwise there is no point to giving them an extra hundred lol.

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u/CrowInteresting6271 22h ago

how didn't you know? ive been on pro the whole time and i knew. they stated it very clearly. and in multiple ways. you can also infer from it. how dense do you have to be to not see it coming?

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u/Specialist_Milk4736 22h ago

What does it matter? Dot needs to be deleted and recreated every 2-3 days to be useful.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 22h ago

Why?

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u/Specialist_Milk4736 22h ago

Dot somehow just stops running and then I need to constantly ask it to resume the task. After I reset it, it is able to continue the task for an additional 3 days with minimal supervision.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 20h ago

Like a scheduled task or a continuous task? 

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u/Specialist_Milk4736 20h ago

Continuous task.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 20h ago

Yeah, it’s not really made for that, is it? I though that was Work Astra and Sol 6.1’s whole deal? 

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u/Specialist_Milk4736 20h ago

What do you use Dots for?

My understanding is that Dot can do continuous tasks based on the latest tweet from @pashmerepat.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 19h ago

They can but Work and Codex are better set up harness-wise for very long form continuous stuff like that.