The GPT-5 rollout wasn't as smooth as OpenAI had hoped it would be, so now it's giving paid users access to legacy models as well.

ChatGPT Plus users not only get an improved GPT-5 experience that lets you pick from a few use cases, you also get some older legacy models.

OpenAI has walked back a controversial decision from last week that removed user access to older ChatGPT models when GPT-5 became the new default. Following a surge of complaints across forums and social media, legacy models like GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o3, and o4-mini are once again available—but only for paid users who know where to look.