# Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora

DevFeed: [Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beyond-rate-limits-scaling-access-to-codex-and-sora-6309.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/beyond-rate-limits>)

Published: 2026-02-13T09:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/billing.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [usage-based-billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usage-based-billing.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes a real-time access system for Codex and Sora that combines rate limits, usage tracking, and purchasable credits. The hybrid model lets users continue using the products after reaching rate limits while preserving demand smoothing, fairness, accurate credit accounting, and auditability.

## Source excerpt

How OpenAI built a real-time access system combining rate limits, usage tracking, and credits to power continuous access to Sora and Codex.