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OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Auto-review Free, Enabling Hands-Off Agent Approval

October 9, 2026 at 08:46 EDT

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OpenAI has made Auto-review free for all ChatGPT users, eliminating quota consumption and enabling unsupervised agent work without decision fatigue. The feature, which deployed a supervisory agent to review primary agent actions, previously required 2–10% of user plan quota and was only available to premium tiers; it now runs at no cost to all signed-in users as part of OpenAI's 28-day improvement pledge announced October 6, 2026.

OpenAI · October 2026

Auto-review Now Free for All ChatGPT Users

A supervisory agent now reviews primary agent actions at no cost, eliminating quota drain and reducing approval fatigue in long-running tasks.

Previously

2–10%

of plan quota consumed per review

Now

Free

included at no additional cost

How it works: A second AI model monitors the primary agent's actions and automatically blocks high-risk decisions or steps misaligned with user intent—eliminating repetitive manual approvals that slow workflows.

To enable: Settings → Permissions → Auto-review

Part of 28-day pledge

Day 2 of OpenAI's commitment to ship meaningful improvements for Codex users or roll back changes entirely.

Limitation: Auto-review eliminates quota drain but remains constrained by OpenAI's upstream safety guardrails and organizational governance rules—it blocks unsafe actions rather than granting full autonomy.

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