Bad news: ChatGPT Plus users have annoying limits to slow them down once again

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TL;DROpenAI is restoring five-hour usage limits on ChatGPT Work and Codex for Plus subscribers.The limits will allow OpenAI to manage its resources and continue offering generous weekly usage.The five-hour limits are currently not applicable to ChatGPT Pro users.If you’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT Work and Codex and exploring the possibilities they unlock, you might need to slow down a bit. While OpenAI had removed the five-hour limits on ChatGPT Work and Codex following the release of GPT-5.6, the company is now bringing those limits back.In a post on X, Thibault Sottiaux, OpenAI’s head of Codex and ChatGPT, announced that users with a ChatGPT Plus subscription will once again have five-hour limits across ChatGPT Work and Codex starting August 25.