What OpenAI changed
thecontinuitylayer.com/changes/openai10 changes to OpenAI's AI products caught so far: prices, limits, models and data policies, each dated with the published source that confirms it. Latest 2 November 2026.
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- NotableUnclear
From December 2026, ChatGPT and Codex draw from one shared usage allowance on Plus, Pro and Business plans, measured in tokens; Instant chat does not count against it. People who hit the limit wait for the reset, upgrade, or buy credits. No token figures are published.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI Help Center, Understanding ChatGPT and Codex usage limits; the page returned a client error from here on 3 November 2026, so its wording was checked across three reports of 2 November 2026. Checked on 3 November 2026.
- MajorAnnounced
Existing $200 ChatGPT Pro subscribers move to the lower usage allowance that new Pro 200 subscriptions get, at the same $200 price, after keeping the old allowance through October 29. A new Pro 500 plan has the highest included usage; see OpenAI's pricing page.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI Help Center, About ChatGPT Pro tiers, on the allowance kept through October 29, 2026. Checked on 24 October 2026.
- MinorAnnounced
ChatGPT removed the fixed cap on how many Sites Plus and Pro users can create. Usage and storage limits still apply.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes, entry dated October 15, 2026. Checked on 24 October 2026.
- NotableAnnounced
OpenAI retired GPT-5.5 from Codex for users signed in with ChatGPT, at noon Pacific on October 14. The API and Codex sessions signed in with an API key were not affected.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI's ChatGPT & Codex changelog entry for October 14, 2026. Checked on 24 October 2026.
- Notable
OpenAI launched Pro 500 at $500 a month with the highest included usage, and opened Pro 200 to new subscribers again at $200 with a lower included usage allowance. $200 subscribers active between September 22 and 29 keep their old allowance through October 29.
Confirmed by provider. ChatGPT release notes, entries dated September 29, 2026, and OpenAI Help Center, About ChatGPT Pro tiers. Checked on 24 October 2026.
- Notable
After users reported GPT-6 Astra as faster but lower quality, OpenAI published a postmortem naming three defects: legacy skills overtriggering, a context-management experiment reaching about 4,000 to 5,000 users, and misconfigured engines serving tail traffic. A usage reset came with it.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI postmortem.
- MajorAnnounced
OpenAI announced that its Atlas browser would stop working on August 9, 2026, and that Atlas bookmarks, open tabs and history would not transfer automatically. The same day it stopped new group chats, conversions and invite-link joins on web, iOS and Android, leaving existing group chats usable for now. Pulse had been sunset on June 17 (Pro users kept it 14 days), and the official DALL-E GPT was scheduled for retirement on August 30.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes, entries dated June 17, July 9 and July 31, 2026.
- NotableAnnounced
ChatGPT memories began updating automatically instead of only when saved, starting with Plus and Pro users in the US, and Plus and Pro got twice the memory capacity. Users can switch back to the older system under Settings > Memory > Saved memories. The same day OpenAI began showing ads to Free and Go users in the UK, after Australia, New Zealand and Canada on April 16; Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education stayed ad-free.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes, entries dated June 4, 2026.
- NotableAnnounced
ChatGPT introduced storage caps per plan: 500 MB on Free, 4 GB on Go, 20 GB on Plus and Business, 100 GB on Pro.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes, entry dated May 14, 2026.
- NotableAnnounced
OpenAI introduced a $100 a month Pro tier below the $200 Pro plan. It also rebalanced Plus Codex usage toward more sessions spread across the week instead of long single-day sessions as a temporary Plus promotion ended, and set the $100 Pro plan at up to 10x Plus Codex usage; the $200 plan's allowance was stated separately, so the new tier sits between Plus and the $200 plan. GPT-5.3 Instant Mini replaced GPT-5 Instant Mini as the fallback model after rate limits.
Confirmed by provider. OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes, entry dated April 9, 2026.
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