Codex rate limits reset for everyone after a brief issue wrongly blocked requests as high cyber risk.

A source-linked change to usage terms or limits.

Exact effect time unavailable. The date below is when this change was announced, not proof that every account changed at that moment. This record is classified as completed; follow its sources for the available evidence.

What happened

Provider / product: OpenAI / Codex
Plans: All applicable plans
Announced: Mar 3, 2026, 01:50 UTC
Cleared by: Exact time not established
Audience: all users · All Codex users
Model or pool: Not specified
Provider-stated reason: Outage compensation ('that's been a while')

Primary evidence and context

Follow the original posts or documentation. Announcement posts and completion evidence can say different things; check each source's claim.

Source 1: @thsottiaux ↗staff post · announces

Research notes

Rate limits were reset after a roughly 8-minute issue that blocked requests as high cyber risk.

Discovery credits

These feeds helped us find the event. The original provider sources above are the evidence used for this record.

Correction log

Sep 22, 2026, 22:17 UTCconfidence: confirmed -> reported · Only source says 'Team will reset rate limits' (future). Nothing shows it happened. | Policy (claude): a first-party announcement of an imminent reset, unretracted after 48h, is treated as completed with confidence 'reported'; only confirms_completion evidence makes it 'confirmed'.