OpenAI and Anthropic Double AI Usage Limits in Holiday Boost for Developers: All You Need to Know

OpenAI and Anthropic double AI usage limits in holiday boost for developers: All you need to know

OpenAI and Anthropic are offering temporary boosts to their AI coding tools this holiday season, doubling usage limits for Codex and Claude users to support developers during high-demand workloads. Here's all you need to know about the plans.

OpenAI, Anthropic Offer Double the Usage Limit to Select Users Till the New Year

OpenAI has reset and doubled usage limits for its Codex tool until January 1, 2026, as a holiday promotion. Anthropic has also released a similar promotion for its Claude Pro and Max subscribers, who will receive double usage limits from December 25–31 on Claude services. Both adjustments are temporary and revert to normal levels once the period ends.

OpenAI and Anthropic roll out holiday usage boosts for AI developers

Here’s something you don’t see every day: two bitter rivals making the exact same move almost on the same day.Before December 25th, Anthropic announced it would double usage limits for Claude Pro and Max subscribers through December 31st. Hours later, OpenAI followed with its own announcement—Codex users would get increased usage limits through January 1st, complete with a festive twist: GPT-5.2-Codex-XMas, a special holiday version of their cod…