TokenPost stamps the piece Oct 31, 2026, 4:42 p.m. Eastern time. The article says OpenAI will combine ChatGPT and Codex usage allowances for Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers in December, so activity in both products counts against one shared token-based limit. The standfirst also says instant chat is excluded from that shared allowance.
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The article links the change to bringing the agent features of ChatGPT Work into the main ChatGPT experience. It describes Codex as the company's coding tool for engineering work, available through ChatGPT, code editors, and the terminal. Usage will be measured in tokens, and consumption varies with the model and the task. More advanced models and more complex tasks generally use more of the allowance. OpenAI said instant chat will not draw from the allowance.
[1]Subscribers will be able to see combined remaining usage and reset times under Settings, then Usage. After a limit is reached, the options named are waiting for a reset, upgrading the plan, or buying credits for eligible features. OpenAI expects most users will not need to wait for resets more often than they do now. That line is the company's expectation. The article does not attach usage data to it.
[1]The company has not given a specific launch day inside December, and it has not published allowance amounts by plan. The article also says OpenAI previously notified subscribers at checkout about the planned change, again without a start date and without per-plan allowances.
[1]The picture is OpenAI's wordmark. The hero on the TokenPost page is a rendered mark, not a capture of the help document, and it is not used here. The article gives neither a token count for any plan nor a calendar day in December.
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