The reset is the third event in a 28 day daily shipping cycle that began on Oct 4, in which the company releases either a functional improvement or a system reset every 24 hours. Previous updates in the sprint included a 50% speed increase for GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol, which raised throughput from 30 to 50 tokens per second. These optimizations apply to all subscription products and partners using Sign in With ChatGPT, including Devin, Pi, and Amp.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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OpenAI Grants Banked Resets to Paid Users at 40M User Mark
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Tibo Sottiaux’s team restored consumption balances for paying members of the company's developer tools on Oct 7. The lead for Codex at OpenAI granted this "banked reset" to every paid account for Codex and ChatGPT Work to celebrate reaching a new peak of 40M active users across those platforms. This allocation of usage limits was distributed automatically to all subscription members, bypassing the usual community polling process used during the event.
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