OpenAI temporarily relaxes GPT-5.6 Sol usage limits
Summary
OpenAI temporarily removed the five-hour usage limit for GPT-5.6 Sol (a powerful AI model for coding and complex tasks) on its Plus, Pro, and Business plans after demand surged. The company also made GPT-5.6 Sol more efficient so it uses fewer tokens (the basic units the model processes) per request, and reset everyone's usage counter to give users more capacity.
Solution / Mitigation
OpenAI's mitigation includes: (1) temporarily removing the 5-hour usage limit restriction for Plus, Business, and Pro plans, (2) rolling out changes to make GPT-5.6 Sol more efficient across the board, and (3) issuing a one-time usage reset that gives users significantly more room to use the model.
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Original source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-temporarily-relaxes-gpt-56-sol-usage-limits/
First tracked: July 13, 2026 at 02:00 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%