ChatGPT · Free Tier UX
ChatGPT Long-Paste Lands on Free Users
Pasting more than 10,000 characters now creates a file attachment instead of flooding the chat context — rolling out to Free and Go plans. Quiet, but real for daily users.
The 10,000-Character Wall Becomes a File Attachment
Pasting more than 10,000 characters now creates a file attachment instead of expanding into the chat context — rolling out to Free and Go plans. Until now this had been a Plus/Pro-only protection.
When a large text block floods the context window, the model's effective "working memory" for the conversation shrinks. Pasting a big code file and then asking a follow-up question often felt like the AI "forgot" earlier parts of the conversation — that's the mechanism this fix addresses.
What Changed, by the Numbers
Who Actually Notices This
Daily free users who paste long documents, source code, or error logs into ChatGPT get a real improvement here. Context stays clean, and switching between multiple topics in the same conversation becomes smoother.
Light users who chat a few times a month won't notice the difference. If your pastes are shorter than a paragraph, this change is noise.