Some ChatGPT Plus subscribers are running into a previously unseen file upload restriction. Users report getting a "You've reached our limit of file uploads" error after uploading as few as five small files or images in a day - well below what they'd normally use without issues.
OpenAI hasn't announced any changes to upload limits for Plus subscribers, and the company's published usage policies don't specify a hard cap on daily file uploads. That makes it unclear whether this is an intentional policy tightening, a temporary server-side restriction during high traffic, or a bug.
For Plus users who rely heavily on file analysis - uploading spreadsheets, PDFs, images for processing - any new restriction would be a meaningful downgrade from what the $20/month plan has delivered so far. File uploads and the ability to work with documents are core selling points of the paid tier.
If you're hitting this limit, the practical workaround for now is to consolidate multiple files into fewer uploads (zip archives, combined PDFs) or spread your uploads across sessions. But paying users shouldn't need workarounds for a core feature without clear documentation of what the limits actually are.