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BANKED RESET · REDEEMABLE NOTE
What is a Codex banked reset?
A grant is a saved reset, not a usage refresh.
The direct answer
A banked reset is a Codex rate-limit reset saved to your account for later. Receiving one does not refresh your usage. When you redeem a full banked reset, both your 5-hour and weekly windows reset, and the weekly reset date moves to roughly seven days after redemption.
GRANTED → SAVED IN BANK → YOU REDEEM → 5H + WEEKLY RESET
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Only know the referral grant time?
Grant, redemption, and automatic reset are different events
The word reset describes both a saved right and the later quota change. The timing is what separates them.
| event | usage right now | weekly reset date |
|---|---|---|
| Banked reset granted | No refresh; a redeemable reset is saved | No change |
| Full banked reset redeemed | 5-hour + weekly windows reset | Moves to roughly 7 days later |
| Automatic one-time reset | The announced windows refresh automatically | Depends on the offer; nothing is banked unless stated |
Banked lifecycle states
These states describe a public banked-reset update. They do not reveal your eligibility, inventory, or whether you redeemed anything.
| state | what it means | can alert? | normal reset clock |
|---|---|---|---|
announced | A future banked-reset grant was announced. | Yes, only with safe topology and audience. | Never advances |
arriving | Distribution is underway or an ETA was given. | Yes, only with safe topology and audience. | Never advances |
available | The reset is reported as deposited, not redeemed. | Yes, only with safe topology and audience. | Never advances |
unknown | The update is banked, but its lifecycle state is unclear. | No reminder | Never advances |
See the public lifecycle evidence in the reset timeline.
How to redeem the reset shown in your account
The Codex app and the web analytics Usage tab now use the same account-facing labels.
Usage limit resets
Use a reset to restore your 5-hour limit, weekly limit, or both.
Use a reset to restore your 5-hour limit, weekly limit, or both.
Full reset · Use reset- Codex app: open the profile menu, then the usage summary.
- Web: open Codex and Work Analytics, then select the Usage tab.
- Find Usage limit resets and review the Full reset expiry shown for your account.
- Choose Use reset only when you want the listed 5-hour, weekly, or both windows restored.
Official instructions: Using Codex with your ChatGPT plan · Read your Codex usage dashboard
The spend-or-hold model is weekly-only
The worth-it calculator compares quota restored against the weekly date you restart. It does not score the 5-hour window.
A full banked redemption also resets 5-hour usage. If 5-hour usage is the real bottleneck, the weekly-only model will understate the benefit.
Model the weekly spend-or-hold trade-offIf the reset is missing or redemption looks wrong
Usage did not refresh
Confirm that you redeemed a full banked reset rather than merely receiving it, then re-open the usage summary and /status.
The expiry looks different
Use the date shown in the offer or account. Milestone, compensation, referral, and one-time grants can have different terms.
What the official sources establish
Mechanics, current navigation, and referral expiry come from separate OpenAI pages; none of them lets this site inspect your account.
Banked facts verified 2026-08-22
Full redemption mechanics
A full banked reset resets both the 5-hour and weekly windows; the weekly date moves to roughly seven days after redemption.
OpenAI Help CenterJune 11 referral launch
On June 11, eligible Plus and Pro users received one free reset at launch and could send referrals; an eligible recipient's first Codex message granted both people a banked reset, with a 30-day window documented for that launch cohort.
ChatGPT Release Notes — June 11, 2026Current referral terms
Referral banked resets must normally be used within 30 days unless the offer says otherwise; reward, eligibility, cap, and expiry remain offer-specific.
ChatGPT Desktop Referral PromotionsSix moments in the public banked-reset ledger
This exact allowlist records bank deposits, stacked-reset context, redemption rollout, and milestone grants. It is not an inventory for any account.
"Sneaky double reset": full reset applied plus an extra reset deposited into the reset bank.
sourceAs we are still investigating, I have reset everyone's Codex usage limits. This is a hard reset given some users had stacked up to three banked resets already that they can apply…
sourceFull reset within the hour plus one additional banked reset, after usage was being consumed faster than expected.
sourceAdded a banked reset to 500k ChatGPT Work/Codex users; shipped banked-reset redemption on web and mobile.
source7M active users milestone: added a banked reset to every account, appliable on demand from desktop/web.
source20M active users milestone: announced one banked reset for every Codex and ChatGPT Work user, credited during the day for on-demand use.
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An Aug 21 availability reply is definition evidence only, not a seventh grant in this ledger. availability reply
Banked reset questions, answered
Does receiving a banked reset refresh my usage?
No. The reset is saved until you redeem it. A grant and a quota refresh are separate events.
What changes when I redeem a full banked reset?
Both the 5-hour and weekly usage windows reset, and the weekly reset date moves to roughly seven days after redemption.
Do all banked resets expire after 30 days?
Do not generalize that rule. Referral banked resets normally use 30 days unless the offer says otherwise; other grants use the expiry shown by the offer or account.
Can this page see how many resets I have?
No. It stores only the next or earliest expiry you enter in this browser and never reads your OpenAI account.
Should I spend it now?
That depends on your remaining weekly usage, natural rollover, expiry, and whether 5-hour usage is the bottleneck. The calculator models only the weekly trade-off.
Independent guide based on public sources. It cannot detect eligibility, inventory, account state, or redemption; your account and offer are the source of truth.