OpenAI to Share Usage Quota Between ChatGPT and Codex in December
OpenAI announced that starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers will share a unified token-based usage quota between ChatGPT and Codex as agent capabilities are integrated. Users can track their combined remaining quota and reset times directly in the settings menu. This change simplifies how power users and developers manage their resource limits across OpenAI's core conversational and coding platforms as AI agents become more deeply integrated. It establishes a more flexible, unified resource pool for users leveraging both general chat and software engineering tools. Usage will be measured uniformly in tokens, with the consumption speed depending on the selected model and task complexity, while instant chat remains free of charge. If quotas are depleted, users can wait for a reset, upgrade their plan, or purchase additional credits.
## BACKGROUND
OpenAI Codex is a suite of AI-driven coding agents developed to automate software engineering tasks such as writing code and fixing bugs across various developer environments. Tokens are units of text processed by large language models, forming the basis for measuring computational usage and pricing in modern AI services.