ChatGPT and Codex will share one usage allowance from December
Sorted AI2 NovOpenAI's help centre says that starting in December, Plus, Pro and Business plans will have one usage allowance shared across ChatGPT and Codex, as it brings the agentic features of Work into the main ChatGPT app. Usage will be counted in tokens, so heavier models and longer tasks use more, while Instant chat will not count against it. OpenAI says it expects most people won't hit resets more often than today, and you will see combined usage and reset times under Settings, then Usage; at the limit you can wait, upgrade or buy credits. The page does not say how many tokens each plan gets. On Hacker News (36 top-level comments when we read it) most comments were critical, chiefly that running out of Codex could now also block everyday chat, while a few said it was expected or that they would wait to see the real limits; there is no consensus on how much it will bite. Sorted take: if your team uses Codex heavily on the same accounts it chats on, plan for that now.
Why it matters: If people on your team use one ChatGPT seat for both coding agents and daily questions, check Settings, then Usage in December and consider separating heavy Codex work onto its own seat or budget so routine chat isn't cut off mid-week.
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From December, ChatGPT and Codex share one usage allowance on Plus, Pro and Business. Quick one: do you use the same ChatGPT account for coding and for everyday chat? Yes or no.