独家：OpenAI 开始推出可赠送的 ChatGPT 积分
这些一次性认领链接允许用户为他人购买预付使用额度。OpenAI 的 Windows 应用中已经包含了购买流程的受限入口点。
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
RUNTIMEWIRE INVESTIGATION — Scoop
Original reporting by RuntimeWire, based on reverse engineering, data analysis, public records.
Why it matters
Gift credits would give OpenAI a new way to seed paid use of Work and Codex while extending ChatGPT beyond flat subscriptions into metered agent spending.
Reporting record
Finding
OpenAI is gradually rolling out a way for personal ChatGPT users to buy credits for another person, with one-time claim links and gated gift-credit entry points already shipped in its Windows app.
How we verified
Methods: reverse engineering, data analysis, public records.
OpenAI published a live Help Center article describing the purchase, delivery, redemption, expiration and refund rules for gifted ChatGPT credits. RuntimeWire separately examined the Electron archive shipped with OpenAI's Windows app and found a dedicated gift-credit module, a direct purchase route at `https://chatgpt.com/gifts/credits`, remote controls named `purchase_flow_enabled` and `desktop_beacon_enabled`, and UI entry points for the home screen, profile and Usage settings. A cloned installation rendered the shipped "Gift credits" banner after two local display conditions were overridden. No purchase or redemption was completed because checkout eligibility remained controlled by OpenAI's rollout.
RuntimeWire captured OpenAI's public gifting documentation on August 12, 2026, then searched for independent coverage and found the original X post by product researcher Tibor Blaho but no article from a news publisher at the time of publication. The Windows application bundle was preserved and hashed before inspection. RuntimeWire extracted its Electron `app.asar`, reviewed the minified JavaScript assets and traced the gift-credit entry points to a shared availability module. That module opens `https://chatgpt.com/gifts/credits`, limits the UI to eligible personal-account structures and reads separate remote values for the purchase flow and desktop banner. For visual confirmation, the installed application was copied to a user-writable directory. Two target conditions were verified to occur exactly once before the copied archive was changed. The original Microsoft Store installation was left untouched. Launching the cloned build displayed OpenAI's shipped banner with the text "Gift credits" and "Send a friend credits they can use for work or Codex tasks." This reproduced the client UI only; it did not establish that the account could complete checkout.
Tested versions: Windows package: `OpenAI.Codex_26.803.10989.0_x64`, Bundled application version: `26.803.81509`, Codex build: `6415`, Product name: `Codex`, Build flavor: `prod`.
Reproduction
RuntimeWire independently reproduced the core finding.
REPRODUCED WITH LIMITATIONS 1. Inspect the Electron archive from the tested Windows package. 2. Locate `gift-credits-entry-point-availability-BkG0LT6m.js`, `codex-home-announcements-DNS1iexT.js`, `profile-eeZS6pzc.js` and `usage-settings-DttykFrk.js`. 3. Confirm the purchase route, remote controls and three UI entry points. 4. In a copied installation, override the client-side home-banner display conditions and launch the clone. 5. Confirm that the native banner appears. The live checkout and redemption flow cannot be reproduced without an account included in OpenAI's server-controlled rollout.
File hashes
sha256:39c855f6a0db1cad89dc629edf2f9473b78a25b64fcb1445ece1022af6527755 app.asar
Company response
The company was not contacted before publication.
OpenAI 已开始逐步推出一种让 ChatGPT 用户为他人购买积分的方法，为该公司的基于使用量的 AI 功能增加了新的支付与共享系统。
该公司在一篇 新的帮助中心文章 中描述了该功能，称符合条件的客户可以进行单独的预付购买并收到一次性兑换链接。购买者可以通过电子邮件发送该链接或将其复制到其他私人渠道。兑换后，积分将添加到收件人的个人 ChatGPT 余额中。
产品研究员 Tibor Blaho 在周三早些时候在 X 上指出了该实时页面。RuntimeWire 的搜索发现了社交媒体的转发和讨论，但在发表时尚无新闻出版物的报道。
此次推送覆盖支持地点和计费货币中符合条件的 ChatGPT Free、Go、Plus 和 Pro 的个人账户。可通过网页版 ChatGPT 进行购买。Business 和 Enterprise 工作区无法购买或接收该礼物。
Gift credits 属于一种新的购买方式，而不是从买家余额转移。现有余额仍然不可转移。买家选择金额、可以添加电子邮件地址和消息，并在结账时付款。
收件人的电子邮件地址并不能保证礼物安全。OpenAI 表示，任何持有完整兑换链接的人都可能能够兑换该链接，即使买家输入了特定收件人。收件人必须使用与原始购买相同计费货币的符合条件的个人账户。
每个链接只能兑换一次，且在 30 天后过期。OpenAI 表示，未被兑换的购买将随后退还到买家的原始付款方式。已兑换的积分有效期为 12 个月。
尽管机制看起来熟悉，OpenAI 的条款指出这些链接和积分并非礼品卡、预付卡、储值产品、货币或现金。它们没有现金价值，不能兑换成现金。
Windows 应用已为推送做好准备
RuntimeWire 检查了随 OpenAI 的 Windows 包分发的应用归档，发现公司已经在远程控制下发布了多个礼品积分入口点。
测试包自我标识为 OpenAI.Codex_26.803.10989.0_x64。其捆绑应用报告的版本为 26.803.81509，Codex 构建号为 6415。
已发布代码中的一个专用模块会打开 https://chatgpt.com/gifts/credits。它会检查两个远程提供的值，名为 purchase_flow_enabled 和 desktop_beacon_enabled，以及账户和计划条件。
客户端至少包含三个推广该功能的入口：主屏横幅、Codex 个人资料页上的一个按钮，以及“使用和计费”设置中位于“Buy credits”旁边的“Gift credits”控件。
主屏横幅显示：“Gift credits”和“Send a friend credits they can use for work or Codex tasks.”
RuntimeWire 通过将已安装的应用复制到单独目录并在克隆中覆盖两个客户端显示条件来确认该用户界面。随后在 Windows 界面中出现了随包发布的横幅。原始由 Store 管理的安装保持不变。
该测试复制了原生界面。OpenAI 仍然在其服务器上控制购买资格，RuntimeWire 并未完成购买或兑换。
Image caption: RuntimeWire 通过在复制的 Windows 安装中覆盖两个本地显示条件，发现了 OpenAI 已发布的“Gift credits”横幅。结账仍由 OpenAI 的账户推送控制。
收件人可以将积分用于哪些用途
OpenAI 表示会先消耗收件人包含的计划用量。账户达到包含限制后，受支持的活动可从积分余额中扣除。
一篇单独的 OpenAI 关于灵活积分的说明 当前指出对 Plus 和 Pro 用户支持 Codex，以及支持 ChatGPT for Excel 作为可用用途。公司表示支持的功能集可能会变更，并且可能因计划而异。
这使得可兑换资格比 OpenAI 当前记录的用途更广。根据赠送页面，Free 和 Go 账户在推送期间可以接收礼物，但只能将其用于该等账户支持的基于积分的功能。
该功能为 OpenAI 提供了一种新的分发付费 agent 使用量的方式，而无需有人为收件人购买定期订阅。用户可以为朋友的工作或编码任务付款、发送链接，并让收件人在用光其计划已包含的用量后消费该余额。