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Hacker News·spwa4·Sep 7, 2026, 4:40 PM

OpenAI Reportedly Reinstates 5-Hour Usage Limit for Plus and Business Standard Tiers

Original title:Tell HN: OpenAI brings back 5 hour limit for plus and business standard users

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OpenAI appears to have reinstated a rolling 5-hour usage limit for ChatGPT Plus and Business Standard subscribers, according to discussions on Hacker News. Users hitting the request threshold again face temporary cooldowns. The restriction underscores the compute constraints behind advanced models.

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For power users reliant on ChatGPT for workflows, this directly impacts task throughput and reveals infrastructure constraints behind frontier models.

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