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- Direct quota reset · Confirmed
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Tibo announced a reset (Day 21) at 13:21 Beijing time on Oct 26 (22:21 PDT Oct 25), without an exact landing time. Third-party trackers logged it landing around 14:10–15:00 Beijing time on Oct 26, with the first user reports around 14:00.
- Direct quota reset · Confirmed
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Day 20 / Rest and reset live. Announced by midnight PST; Tibo confirmed "It is all propagated" at https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2114237083652882932 (06:06Z = 14:06 Beijing Oct 25). Plans not specified.
- Direct quota reset · Confirmed
Reset time · Read the original post ↗
Day 17 reset live. Tibo announced by 10am PT Oct 22; user sighting ~01:17 Beijing Oct 23 (17:17Z) that Codex week refreshed. No separate Tibo confirm; Free may lag. Confirmed from user reports (e.g. IndependentEco).
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