Restoring the Context They Cut, Nearly Doubled──OpenAI Expands Codex's Default Context from 272K to 500K and Drops Long-Context Surcharges for Subscribers
OpenAI expands Codex's default context from 272K to 500K—up to 1M, with no long-context surcharge on subscription usage. It effectively rolls back a number it had quietly cut itself weeks earlier, though concerns about quota consumption and retrieval accuracy remain.