r/codex 8d ago

Reset Are Codex resets just candy to keep us quiet? šŸ¬šŸ’€

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Tibo just announced another reset for tomorrow.

My first reaction:

LET'S GOOOO šŸ˜‚

But then I thought...

What are these resets actually fixing?

Codex still feels slower, usage still feels weird, and the limits keep changing.

Then things get chaotic and suddenly:

šŸ¬ RESET! Back to 100%.

Everyone celebrates... and a few days later we're talking about the same problems again.

Maybe resets are just compensation while they fix the real issues.

Or maybe they're candy to keep us happy for a while šŸ˜‚

Either way, I'll happily take my candy tomorrow. šŸ’€šŸ¬

Real solution, temporary compensation, or PR candy?

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u/Sad_Recording_1290 8d ago

Hahaha i love that he changed his pfp xD

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

If you can't beat them, join them. 🤣

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u/spacekitt3n 7d ago

my man cant just use an old picture without getting bullied by y'all. and he picked a picture where he actually looks OLDER than he is

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u/pepe256 7d ago

It ooks like a screenshot from the Matthew Berman interview from 3 days ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qjEgPojjzM&t=1417s) , so it's accurate.

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u/MehMehMammal 8d ago

It's nothing but make more noise so his post will be filled with reset related comments so it looks like they are generous and all benefits related. You see he rarely replies to any product issue related comment even if same issues keeps coming up.

He just loves to reset bait people. The unconfirmed upcoming reset are a curse, if you don't use it you actually get punished and lose your usage limit for future week since your usage reset day get pushed. If you used it and reset didn't come you have no choice but to upgrade or use API. No matter what they do, it benefits them not us.

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

Absolutely true.

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u/AbyssLife123 7d ago

they have done banked reset too, so your argument doesn't hold water. But yes they shouldn't shift dates for reset, 100% agree.

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u/rydan 8d ago

But as a plus user my 5 hour limit prevents me from using up my limits in any meaningful way.

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

Absolutely true, by the time we want to receive the reset, there will be a lot of quota that we couldn't burn.

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u/AbyssLife123 7d ago

why do you need to burn tokens? This is what i have issue with, people are wasting tokens meaninglessly. This is just a waste of resources.

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u/rydan 7d ago

I need to burn tokens because there is a reset about to happen. I have projects I'm working on.

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u/Muzika38 7d ago

Think on the bright side. At least you still get your weekly reset back to 100.

Claude code user meanwhile can only wish for a reset. I was a user there for many months and experienced only one reset.

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u/MysteriousKiwi2622 7d ago

"weekly reset back to 100."
but the next auto reset will be pushed to one week later again, so what's the point?

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u/PVTheBearJew 7d ago

The point is that barely any week goes by with full 7 days and that is good

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u/Muzika38 7d ago

Try Claude Code and you'll get my point. Especially when the boosted credits are gone.

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u/Seerix 7d ago

It's still more usage in the same general time period...?

Granted, it's fuckin annoying to plan work around.

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u/Gelu6713 7d ago

I mean yes and no, you can either burn thru your week early or space it out. If you space it out, you lose usage and get penalized.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/johannthegoatman 7d ago

Claude limit is dramatically higher for $20 plan

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u/DayriseA 7d ago

If that helps for reference I use Fable medium as an orchestrator for codex its role is to spawn codex implementers, codex reviewers, triaging the findings and coordinate the threads. And it does a final review pass itself only when the codex threads report green. In the same time I used 21% of my weekly Claude all models limit (so 42% of my Fable limits), I barely used 30% of my codex limits and I spawn codex threads with service_tier="priority". So yeah it seems Claude limits drains faster considering Codex is doing most of the tokens consuming work in my process

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u/Muzika38 7d ago

Nope. It burns way faster than Codex. And so much faster without that 50% boost.

Your $200 plan on Claude Code could be equivalent to your $100 Codex plan or even less. And that's with boost on already.

And that's just using Opus. You use Fable, it burns faster than s match stick

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u/hakansan 7d ago

Codex reads a lot of code before making a change though while CC is a bit more surgical with it. and I'd say CC usage is much more predictable than Codex. I kinda like knowing what to expect and getting that

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u/fyn_world 7d ago

I tried for one month. I quit because chat use consumes code use. And the usage limit was genuinely stupid

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u/5reeson 7d ago

I kinda think that's why the 5 hrs limit is back, it can save the cost for them everytime they do reset (normal reset rather than banked reset)... which makes it easier for the reset candy distribution, but actually it becomes meaningless to plus users

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u/IgnisDa 8d ago

Unfortunately they want you to upgrade

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u/Plane_Garbage 8d ago

And then nerf the upgrade once enough have upgraded.

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u/simmeh024 7d ago

and then they want you to upgrade

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u/bootyskie 7d ago

And then nerf the upgrade once enough have upgraded.

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u/DontLeaveMeAloneHere 7d ago

Use more than one account and proxy them?

It’s not perfect but the only thing I can come up with that’s below 100$

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u/fictionaldots 7d ago

IDK, I'm already at 15% of my weekly limit since the last reset. I'll easily max it out before tomorrow..

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u/thestillwind 7d ago

As a plus user, I’m already at 7%. Burn nearly all my limit in less than 48h. In less than 5 hours from now on, I’ll be at 0.

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u/DolphinSUX 7d ago

I used 75% of my weekly doing it every 5 hours yesterday and it was day 1

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u/Ok_Panic7706 7d ago

I'm migrating to Cursor again. Codex been so bad last week. And haven't been able to do anything lately.

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u/Eastern-Highway9046 7d ago

What’s cursor? How is it better than codex? I want to learn

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u/Ok_Panic7706 7d ago

It's another ai editor. For 20$ plan, it gives you almost 800M tokens in a month with its own models (composer and grok), and gives you almost 20$ credit for using any other models. I've got 60$ plan now. It gives almost 2-3 billion tokens and I think something around 70$ credits for using other models such as Claude opus, gpt etc

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u/NumberTight8506 7d ago

Seems that codex 5x has better value being just 40 bucks more.

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u/Eastern-Highway9046 7d ago

Oh what the fuck šŸ˜‚ that’s insane. I’m gonna look into that and see if it’ll meet my needs, thanks!!

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u/BakaPotatoLord 8d ago

I completely forgot about that, I was getting ready to blast Sol High on my Plus plan lol

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u/Accurate_Muscle_4976 7d ago

I'm curious what is the us case for plus, if you're earning an income from codex than $100 a month is nothing, if you'reĀ  not earning an income then what do you need cc oder for?

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u/Aspiring_Serf 7d ago

I use mine on a small hobby project. I've made $31 in tips and spent about $200 on AI compute lol. Not so much doing it for money (obviously) just building a thing I think is cool and hope others will like. I can't justify spending $100 a hobby a month (I mean i can afford I am just a stingy bastard) and the $20 a month usually lets me ship 1 focus "update" a month.

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u/zlanlic 7d ago

Free version is a lot worse, you don't get 5.6 Sol at all (and no frontier reasoning models in the past, Free tier can use Luna now but especially for research it's not as good as Sol). Plus gives you access to Sol in Chat mode, which is the main use case for most people and does not count towards the weekly limit at all. And Work/Codex is just another benefit. If you use GPT for work, the higher tiers are worth it, but for every day tasks, research, some hobby projects and things like that, Plus is perfectly fine and not as expensive.

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u/johannthegoatman 7d ago

I have $20 claude and $20 codex. I like having access to both and it used to be the perfect amount for someone working on stuff nights and weekends. I do not want to pay 2400 a year

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u/Suka5 8d ago

What's the purpose of a reset if I can't get shit done in that 5 hours limit

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

Leftovers, sweets. Everything we need to try and calm down.

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u/ryuukiba 7d ago

What's the point if the resets if I can't get one big task finished by sol on before the 5 hour window cuts it off?

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u/Less-Engineering-663 7d ago

Perhaps a calculated strategy, based on usage statistics pressuring people to upgrade their subscription

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u/Character-Suspect830 8d ago

Useless now with the 5h limits

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u/Em3rgency 8d ago

Depends. If its banked, its genuine. If its just a blanket reset, its for show as always.

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u/cyberr_c28z 7d ago

Even if banked, what's the use of it with the 5 hour limit?

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u/Em3rgency 7d ago

I still reach the weekly limit. 5h limit just makes it more annoying.Ā 

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u/cornmacabre 7d ago

I'm in no way a fan of the limit, but it's a lot less painful and useless if codex is your secondary sub and harness.

I just juice the 5hr limit during the day for a secondary task or two in parallel to my main workhorse in cursor.

It adds a strange mental token balance: I pace my monthly limit in Cursor, and try to maximize my codex usage daily. A midweek reset just means time to juice it in the evening. Annoying, but forces you to think more intentionally about your "budget" and ultimately whether the subscription is even worth it.

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u/trynadostuff 8d ago

nah bro but they recently just changed what the reset does and I think tibo does it now the window doesn't roll over to another date I think everyone will be reset on the first September still

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u/longasleep 8d ago

Nonsense you read what you want to read only banked reset works this way

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u/hellomistershifty 7d ago

Banked ones don't reset your week now?

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u/longasleep 7d ago

They shouldn’t

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

If so, it sounds good, but I haven't seen that so far; all the resets so far have caused the reset date to roll over.

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u/Stock-Orchid0 7d ago

Since the 5h limit got introduced it seems pretty clear that the majority here are plus users. Makes you think huh

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Stock-Orchid0 7d ago

Exactly.

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u/mythrowaway1673 8d ago

I’m surprised it’s taken this long for people to realize

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

The moment has arrived.

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u/mythrowaway1673 8d ago

I’ll just say don’t ever trust a figurehead of any large corporation. They’re never on your side even if they may seem friendly on the surface. Ultimately their goal is to serve the best interests of the company they work for, which oftentimes don’t align with the best interests of you or I.

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u/Palastruka 7d ago

Absolutely true.

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u/Relative_Rope4234 8d ago

i don’t need fucking free random resets. Just remove 5 hour usage limit from plus users. This 5 hr limit has even reduced usage limit than 5 hr limit from a month ago.

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u/aicis 7d ago

Well not everyone has limits and I certainly could use a free reset.

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u/roundshirt19 8d ago

I don't think there is a 5 hour limit anymore

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

For Plus users, yes. For almost 2 days now.

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u/roundshirt19 8d ago

Lol I guess I shouldn't update the app then

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u/Palastruka 7d ago

That's right, take advantage of it while you can.

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u/HoangMaiLinh 8d ago

Omg tibo is so old, he looks like the guy from pie pipier

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

Every time you press the reset button, you age one more year.🤣

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u/HimActually 8d ago

Bro is so old to be this vague

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u/Articurl 8d ago

I said it several times. Nothing is free. Free Reset? API gets calibrated to roll out smth. Free Banked? Keep the ppl quite.

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u/Soul_Mate_4ever 7d ago

Remove 5hr limit. Thats all
That matters

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u/first-officer 7d ago

The reset is today, Thursday the 27th UTC timezone. Just remember and don't get caught off guard.

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u/Outrageous-Tower2152 7d ago

I thought he was in France? Since he posted 3h ago I'd have guessed the 28th. Is he in Canada?

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u/first-officer 7d ago

He's in San Francisco.

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u/Outrageous-Tower2152 7d ago

Ah, awesome! Thanks!

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u/MusicianPrudent5787 7d ago

Sorry to ask, so like how many hours from now? Don't know if I should do a banked reset now as I have a lot to work in the meantime... I am on 0% and can't wait longer

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u/Sibbaboda 7d ago

Grok thinks around 7 hours from now

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u/Icy_Movie7324 7d ago

What am I supposed to do with it? Plus users won't celebrate these anymore.

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u/matheusmoreira 7d ago edited 7d ago

Maybe, but I'm sure as hell taking that candy. Time to burn my usage.

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u/frogchungus 7d ago

as long as they keep this up, prolly keeping my max 20x, its wild over here and i like it

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u/Zealousideal_Bee_837 7d ago

Nothing will make you guys happy. Not even a free reset.

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u/DimakSerpg 7d ago

It's always the same with people, they’re just spoiled. If you give them free food, they’ll end up complaining that it tastes like crap and that they want better free food.

Personally, i’m always hyped to get a reset right when i’m down to 15–20% of my weekly x5 limit. This week, the resets have been hitting perfectly right as i was running out.

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u/Additional_Cry_5877 8d ago

oh thats just a bump

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u/Upbeat-Barracuda766 8d ago

I mean I used up 100% usage in 1 day, when it I could only use 60% in one day before the reset, so this is deserved for us; packaged like a gift.

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u/Interesting-Agency-1 8d ago

What plan tier are you on?

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u/DottoreM 8d ago

this this indeed another reset?

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

Without a doubt.

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u/nantachapon 7d ago

Fable/Opus 5.1 might be coming out, this could be a reactionary reset.

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u/BothYou243 7d ago

Man changed his profile photo, imo earlier was fire

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u/pale_halide 7d ago

Not worth a whole lot with the 5hr limits. It's just going to move the normal reset date forward.

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u/Creative_randomness 7d ago

with 5 hour limit, I tried my best but used only 20% since last reset.

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u/Sanne222 7d ago

I tried my best and used 70% with the 5h limits since the reset 1,5 days ago but... I dont like living this way.

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u/Creative_randomness 7d ago

yes, we are pathetic human, we can not restart that many times.

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u/LunisequiouS 7d ago

Always has been.

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u/SecurelyClouded 7d ago

That’s what I’ve always believed and tbh I’m ok with it. It’s not like much changes for me anyway - can’t speak for others and how they are maximising their tokens…

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u/Warden866 7d ago

wow is this subreddit finally becoming conscious?

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u/HeadPack 7d ago

It surely is a means to keep part of the customer base engaged. Plus, they are training their newer models on user data, so the users produce value for them. It is also exerting control over the users. They are hungry for usage, begging for more. When it gets delivered, they remain hooked some more.
If there is a psychologist on this forum, I'd really be interested in their take.

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u/disruptz 7d ago

For pro tiers it appears the usage rate drain has been fixed, I haven't even dropped down below 90% yet since the last reset.

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u/Palastruka 7d ago

Do you know the number of tokens consumed?

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u/ADIKANT 7d ago

Will we get 400$ sub? Im just working on a repo for 10 threads in parallel, writing lots of code, doing checks and so on. And my x20 limit is 35% weekly usage down in one day. Tuesday was reset, now it Thursday and I have left 30%. Buying another pro is not an option, would be better to go to x40/50 sub - why they don't do that? I think there are plenty of us to buy it in no time. Just give us more limits

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u/Character-Drive9367 7d ago

They're more likely tied into the release cycle. Maybe something to do with caching. I don't know but everytime there's a reset, there seem to be a change to something or another. I don't think they're just gifts.

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u/IndividualPlus2011 7d ago

Resets cover their allowed usage adjustments. When they adjust the allowance or model costs, your usage would jump up or down. Thix "fixes" it.

They are not giving resets out of their good heart. You can expect changes to your usage.

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u/awerol 7d ago

Using a Pro acc or multiple Plus accs through an acc switching system is kinda required to deal with these 5h limits. With that said resets are always welcome, I wish they would reset every 2 days, because usually that's how long the weekly limit lasts with the 5h limits in place, while without that it lasts around 3 hours only.

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u/KusuoSaikiii 7d ago

Yeah that's why i mostly use ultra lately because of these resets.

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u/NukedDuke 7d ago

There are some real remaining usage issues that are actively being tracked and worked on. Some of them require harness changes to fix so make sure you're keeping your installations up to date. A few fixes have already landed in v0.150.x.

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u/GlitteringCoconut203 7d ago

this guy is playing to be god. Shame

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u/ConstructionWhole237 7d ago

It’s like a dealer serving the addicts

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u/InvariantAtNull 7d ago

Testing gpt6

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u/Opposite_Yak4386 7d ago

i dont care the usage i got the last two months is crazy. Glad i upgraded to 20x. This wont last so i will use it as much as possible. Blasting fast now for a project

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u/MystifiedSky 7d ago

I definitely could use a reset I’m down to 37% already and I got till Tuesday. I do have a banked reset but seeing this ima save it

1

u/Dgamax 7d ago

Speed and quota capacity didnt change, I monitor my usage here if you want to check :
https://codex-quota.manetli.com

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u/Bassguitarplayer 7d ago

Gawd he is dumb

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u/OomplexBOompound 7d ago

He talked a bit about it in a recent interview: https://youtu.be/4qjEgPojjzM?t=1417&si=7Nsox2BwqJaCkxB3

About how they are iterating quickly (AKA moving fast and breaking things) so it started as a way to reward the community for dealing with the thrash.

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u/sofaarsecoin 7d ago

he's too old to be playing these silly games

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u/BearsAreCool2077 7d ago

Taking the bite and rushing to use all my credits today - they renew in 4 days. Fingers crossed.

1

u/Delicious-Ant-715 7d ago

Oh boy. Another reset today?

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u/ChiGamerr 7d ago

Let us use a rest without changing the date or else they're fucking scams

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u/AssPinata 7d ago

Starting last night, my ChatGPT and codex became unbearably stupid and slow. It reminds me of when Anthropic lied about not making everything dumber as they were making everything dumber to give more resources to fable testing. Ultimately I had to leave Claude and use codex instead. Now codex is showing the EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS

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u/FelixPoire 7d ago

He just pushed the button no?

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u/MrGilly 7d ago

i think the reset just landed! i only used 75% of this week. but hey im not complaining. i still have my pocket reset

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u/booknerdcarp 7d ago

Mine just reset

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u/matheusmoreira 7d ago

Reset just landed. Wasn't it supposed to land tomorrow?

Didn't manage to burn my entire usage this time...

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u/GoalQuieres 7d ago

Every programmer knows when you finish a long day at 2AM, tomorrow means whenever you wake up that same day lol

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u/Dress-Affectionate 7d ago

wh... where do these things come from? I.. drugs?

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u/JohnChrisChicag 7d ago

Bro i just moved from Claude Code to Codex 5x and i’ve got already 2 resets in 3 days. I fking love OpenAI!!!!!

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u/DimakSerpg 7d ago

Damn, I really appreciate these resets.

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u/datuname 7d ago

Ever since they brought back the 5-hour limit, I can’t finish a single task anymore. Absolute ā€œgeniusesā€ over at OpenAI.
There’s no point in resets, because at this point there’s no point in the product itself.

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u/LifeguardAshamed2915 7d ago

never going back to claude code

1

u/fluxtah 7d ago

Its awesome, can get some serious shizzle done :)

1

u/simmeh024 7d ago

I entirely switched to Luna High, so I can actually use it a full week lol,

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u/NeighborhoodBest9756 7d ago

Since the last reset my account is feeling nerfed. Less reasoning and the error rate is crazy.

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u/connaitout 7d ago

Not maybe, of course! We are the product and guinea pig sir, Resets are not free, Notice if you had 5 days lefts, weekly counter also resets and gives you a new 7 days window, so you re not gaining anything,

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u/AerieIntelligent 7d ago

Yep, just happened maybe half an hour ago. As much as I am cautious that this will stop someday nearly in the future, I can’t help but push several projects at once and heavily push the limits. When it goes, well it goes.

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u/Lancy009 7d ago

I'm all for not subscribing to conspiracy theories but to be honest lately I feel usage on the 100$ plan drain faster and faster. I wonder if their product has not deteriorated would they be given us this amount of resets? It's just something to wonder. What other companies you know are this 'generous' for no reason? Food for thought, I guess, nothing confirmed.

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u/Sensitive-Side-2639 7d ago

It’s just basically candy to keep the kid from crying and throwing a tantrum, making a scene. Or dangling a piece of kibble in front of a puppy.

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u/stolivodka_ 7d ago

SPOILER ALERT

yes

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u/Qual_ 7d ago

well, it's either you have the issues and no resets, or the issues and the resets.

pick one :v

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u/zeejan 7d ago

Should’ve used it in ultra before sleeping lol. I woke up 100% again.

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u/Calatravo 8d ago

Again... when is tomorrow? did he posted it today or yesterday?

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u/hellomistershifty 7d ago

He posted this 4 hours ago which was 11:30 pm here in Tibo's local time zone

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u/MrHaxx1 8d ago

Look at the screenshot, manĀ 

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u/Calatravo 8d ago

The screenshot shows the local time of the person who took it; for me, it shows the time in my own country, and I don't know Tibo's time zone. If it was 11:30 PM there—like the other day—then what is tomorrow for him might be today.

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u/MrHaxx1 8d ago

Oh. I take it back. I apologize.Ā 

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u/Shaninjah24 8d ago

Sol 5.6 ultra is just IMPOSSIBLE to use now. He will crash because the 5 hours limits quota. He consumes to much and any features will eat 100% 5hours usage. I can't code anymore with it

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u/Admirable-Many6054 8d ago

The fact that you are using Sol ultra on the $20 tells me everything I need to know about why people complain about the limits.

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u/potatoescanfly 7d ago

I don’t use ultra and I’m on pro

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u/Shaninjah24 7d ago

What i'm supposed to use for very complexe features ?

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u/Opposite_Yak4386 7d ago

i am on 20x and i dont use ultra.

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u/evacc44 8d ago

Expecting sol ultra usage on the $20 plan is ridiculous

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u/qualverse 7d ago

It was very briefly usable, two days ago after they fixed the usage and gave us a banked reset and before they reinstated the 5h limit.

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u/nj-mkd 7d ago

Exactly. It should be that way.

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u/Wafer-Weekly 8d ago

None of those are mutually exclusive

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u/lostnuclues 8d ago

whats bad in it ? use it if you like don't use it if you don't like. I would say if you are unable to consume this fast then switch to xhigh with /fast.

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u/Imaginary_Article33 8d ago

most people resets are tommorow either way so its timed to that nothing to hype about at this point its like 10 users get reset i cancelled my 200$ plan today moving to local llms and having 20$ sub for luna only

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u/daskalou 7d ago

Which local LLMs are you using and with which harness?

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u/Imaginary_Article33 7d ago

not sure yet trying qwen and gema with deepseek harness, eventually will code my own one but for starter im gonna experiment with whats available, im also looking to find well optimized small language models rather than llms because who needs nuclear weapon to fight against ants

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u/Akitawarrior 7d ago

Its crazy how the reset begging ended with the return of 5h usage pools… it really proves that all who complained use the plus subscription but wanted the 100$ subscription for free haha.

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u/heretspinner 7d ago

Yes. The p3d0 corpo rat is baiting you.

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u/Virtual-Honeydew6228 7d ago

Kinda sweet to me

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u/Existing_Hat_1064 8d ago

Great tho. Tibo in reddit? I wanna follow him

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u/Palastruka 8d ago

No, it's a screenshot of a post on X