OpenAI starts 28-day Codex improvement pledge with daily fixes
Tibo Sottiaux, head of ChatGPT and Codex, made a public 28-day pledge: the team will ship an improvement every day, or usage limits will be reset. By his own account, he broke a production environment on his third day in the role.
Who is affected and how
- tech lead
- Codex can expect rapid improvement and speedups, but tracking changes and version control matter.
- senior developer
- Daily updates may change Codex's behavior, so critical workflows should be checked.
Sources
- OpenAI begins 28-day Codex improvement pledge with model speedups · DevFeeddevfeed.tech · Oct 5, 2026
- OpenAI Resets Codex Limits in 28-Day Improvement Push - WinCentralthewincentral.com · Oct 7, 2026
- OpenAI Exec Issues 28-Day Improvement Ultimatum, Admits Crashing Production Environment Three Days Into the Job — BigGo Financefinance.biggo.com · Oct 5, 2026
- OpenAI「Codex」を28日間毎日改善へ 改善できない日は利用枠をフルリセット | わたげーニュースnews.watagee.com · Oct 5, 2026
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