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OpenAI Adds Multi-Account Support Across Most Plugins for ChatGPT and Codex

September 18, 2026 at 12:11 EDT

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OpenAI has enabled multi-account support across most plugins, letting users build across personal, work and side-project identities without swapping a plugin connection each time. The change moves ChatGPT and Codex plugins toward a per-connection model: one plugin can hold more than one authenticated account, and each tool call can be routed through the account selected for that request.

Sep. 18, 2026 · OpenAI

One plugin, many accounts

Multi-account support lets ChatGPT and Codex route plugin calls through the right connected identity, from work to side projects, while keeping credentials and permissions scoped per connection.

The launch example expands one connection into four contexts

single connection

account contexts

The key shift is not a larger model. It is cleaner routing across identities a user already has.

How a multi-account plugin call works

Connect

Add supported accounts in plugin settings.

→

Select

The model chooses the relevant connection.

→

Invoke

Each call uses that account's credentials and permissions.

What improves

Less account switching for users who move between personal, work and project identities.

What still matters

Plugin-by-plugin support, stable profile IDs, readable labels and separate service permissions.

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