# OpenAI raises standard GPT-6.1 Sol context to 500k in Codex and Work

_Published Monday, October 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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OpenAI expanded the standard context capacity of GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex and Work from 272k to 500k, a review of its first week of updates reported. Context capacity determines how much material the model can retain while working on a task.

The announced goal is to reduce context compression and preserve the prerequisites for long tasks. The new standard is separate from the option to override context capacity up to 1M.

## Sources

- [note](https://note.com/ai_howtouse/n/nd6b63e91ef88?hl=en)

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