AI news: week of Aug 24–30, 2026

Usage resets

Completed and reported resets, announcements and banked resets. Only Completed entries count as a finished reset. Full monthly logs: Codex resets in August 2026.

• 30 AugCodex Codex reset announced on Aug 30, 2026Reset announcement
• 29 AugCodex Codex reset announced on Aug 29, 2026, 21:23 UTCReset announcement
• 29 AugCodex Codex reset announced on Aug 29, 2026, 20:43 UTCReset announcement
• 29 AugCodex Codex reset on Aug 29, 2026 (reported)Usage reset
• 27 AugCodex Codex reset on Aug 27, 2026 (reported)Usage reset
• 24 AugCodex Codex reset announced on Aug 24, 2026A rollout update for Business accounts, following the main reset report. It is not another completed reset.
• 24 AugCodex Codex reset on Aug 24, 2026 (reported)Usage reset

Claude Code releases (6)

• 28 AugClaude Code 2.1.251Added PreModelSwitch and PostModelSwitch hook events (block, confirm, or annotate a model switch); SessionStart resume hooks now receive session staleness and the estimated re-cache…
• 28 AugClaude Code 2.1.250
• 27 AugClaude Code 2.1.248Added --restricted (or CLAUDE_CODE_RESTRICTED=1): removes the built-in tools that run commands or code and WebFetch (unless named in --tools), keeps file tools inside the…
• 26 AugClaude Code 2.1.247Added the SendFeedback tool: when something goes wrong in a session, Claude can draft a feedback report for you to review and send from…
• 25 AugClaude Code 2.1.246Added a startup warning for Bash allow rules with a wildcard before the subcommand (e.g. Bash(git main)), since they also match options inserted before…
• 25 AugClaude Code 2.1.245Fixed a crash on startup on Linux distributions that ship glibc 2.44 (for example Arch Linux, CachyOS and Fedora Rawhide)

Claude Code changelog

Codex CLI releases (4)

• 29 AugCodex CLI 0.151.0Added a configurable grace period for discovering tools from optional MCP servers. (#41199) · Extensions can now inspect or replace MCP tool results before…
• 27 AugCodex CLI 0.150.1Remote compaction now counts retained images toward its token budget by default, trimming older images as needed. (#41003) · Changelog · 41003 Backport retained-image…
• 26 AugCodex CLI 0.150.0Reference other Codex tasks with @ mentions, and ask agents to read, create, or message tasks from the terminal. (#40308, #40315) · /copy now…
• 24 AugCodex CLI 0.149.1Changelog

Codex CLI changelog