New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- OpenAI and Anthropic have announced temporary increases to usage limits on their AI coding tools, offering developers extra capacity during the holiday period.

As part of a year-end initiative, both companies are giving select users access to higher usage caps, a move aimed at developers and professionals who regularly reach existing limits during intensive work cycles.

OpenAI has reset and doubled the usual rate limits for users of Codex, its AI-powered coding agent. The enhanced limits will remain in place until 1 January 2026.

The announcement was shared on X by Thibault Sottiaux, a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, who described the change as a holiday thank you to users following months of active use and f...