OpenAI reportedly launches large-scale account ban wave targeting API resellers and shared accounts
Reports on November 7, 2026 indicate OpenAI has begun a large-scale account ban wave affecting API resellers, shared/team accounts, reverse-proxy users (e.g., codex2api), low-price-region accounts, and student-verified accounts. The bans reportedly occur without notice emails, with some Pro-tier and long-standing accounts also affected. Possible triggers include new device/payment card limits (around November 2), upcoming Usage Policies effective November 20, and prior actions against model distillation.
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什么？OpenAI 也开始大规模封号了？ 今天中午前后，社交媒体炸锅了，一堆人在喊 OpenAI/ChatGPT 大规模封号。很多帖子说得挺邪门：号直接没了，连封号邮件都没收到，登录就显示删号或者登不上。 现在有哪些账号被封？从反馈来看，重灾区比较集中，包括： 卖过 / 拆过 API 免费额度的号； 拼车、多人共享、Team 席位的号； 反代的，尤其是 codex2api 这类把 Codex 逆向转成 API 分发的； 低价区号（土耳其、菲律宾、埃及等）； 学生认证号； 甚至有些老资历、Pro 高档位的也中招。 有人说纯自用、没反代、没卖额度的也有被波及的，哪怕只是用免费版看看文献。但也有博主反馈自己好几个自用号还活着。总体来看，有「违规操作前科」的更容易被扫到。 关于这波封号的原因，圈里目前流传着几种说法，大致可以分成两类：有据可查的政策收紧，和一些时间上的巧合联想。 先说比较靠谱的几个方向。其一，OpenAI 可能在打击 API 额度转售、反代和模型蒸馏行为。此前 OpenAI 发布过一篇《阻断一场协同进行的模型蒸馏行动》，提到发现并阻断了大规模提取模型推理内容的行为，封禁了一批相关账号，这波封号很自然就被很多人联想到了那里。 其二，设备和支付卡的新限制刚刚落地。大约 11 月 2 日前后，OpenAI 开始限制同一设备、同一张支付卡不能绑定过多付费账号（Go、Plus、Pro 都受影响），触发后会显示「Device limit reached」，不少人认为这是在收紧多号操作，而封号正是后续动作。 其三，11 月 20 日新的 Usage Policies 即将生效，其中明确限制使用 OpenAI 的模型和输出去训练替代模型，还要求模型访问中介必须经过审批 —— 新规生效前先清一波违规账号，逻辑上也说得通。 再说两个可能不那么靠谱的说法。一个是时间上的巧合：Cat Wu（前 Anthropic Claude Code 产品负责人）大概 11 月 5 日入职 OpenAI 负责 Core Products，结果今天就开始大规模封号，于是一堆人开玩笑说她把 Anthropic 的「祖传封号手艺」带过来了。另一个则是老规矩：每逢新模型上线前，官方习惯性扫一波号来缓解算力压力；当然也可能是垃圾节点或频繁切换 IP 触发了风控。 需要说明的是，目前还没有看到 OpenAI
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