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As of July 24, 2026, Step Plan has been upgraded to Credit-based monthly allowance billing. The new plan is called the Token Plan. If you are on the earlier Coding Plan, your benefits for the current cycle are not affected. Subscribers with auto-renewal enabled can keep renewing on the Coding Plan; subscribers without auto-renewal need to upgrade to the Token Plan after their current cycle expires to continue using Step Plan. Upgrading to the Token Plan is one-way and cannot be reverted.

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What changed

The Token Plan upgrades three things: the billing unit, the plan structure, and what happens when you hit your limit. For the new plan’s tier pricing, Credit allowances, booster packs, and billing rules, see the Step Plan overview.

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For existing Coding Plan subscribers

If you are on the earlier Coding Plan, your allowance, benefits, and expiration date for the current cycle remain unchanged, and you can keep using the plan until the cycle ends. Whether you need to upgrade depends on your auto-renewal setting:
  • Auto-renewal enabled: your Coding Plan will keep renewing automatically for the next cycle, and you can continue using it without upgrading. You can also choose to upgrade to the Token Plan at any time.
  • Auto-renewal disabled: the Coding Plan does not support manual renewal. To continue using Step Plan after your current cycle expires, upgrade to the new Token Plan.
Upgrading to the Token Plan is one-way and cannot be reverted to the Coding Plan. If auto-renewal is disabled and you do not upgrade before your plan expires, you will no longer be able to call models through the Coding Plan after expiration. We recommend upgrading in time to avoid service interruption.

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Upgrading to the Token Plan

Coding Plan subscribers can upgrade to the new Token Plan from the console. The upgrade works as follows:
  • Your expiration date stays the same: whatever date your plan expired on before, it still expires on after the upgrade.
  • Full allowance issued: the new plan’s full monthly Credit allowance is issued immediately on upgrade, not prorated by remaining days. For example, 3.5 months left on the old plan converts to 4 months of the new plan.
  • One-way: once confirmed, the upgrade cannot be reverted to the old plan.
  • No tier change during upgrade: the upgrade switches you from the old plan to the same tier of the new plan. To move to a higher tier, complete the upgrade first and then change tiers (see below).

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Changing to a higher tier

After upgrading, you can move your Token Plan to a higher tier within the cycle by paying the prorated difference:
  • Amount due = original tier price × (1 − time used / total cycle). The difference is calculated only on the unused portion of the cycle and does not involve converting your remaining Credit balance.
  • The full month’s Credits for the new tier are issued immediately after the tier change.
  • Constraints: the new tier’s price must be no lower than the original tier’s price, and the new tier’s cycle must be no shorter than your remaining subscription time.
The exact amounts and presentation are subject to what the console subscription page shows.

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Frequently asked questions

It depends on your auto-renewal setting. With auto-renewal enabled, your Coding Plan keeps renewing automatically and you can continue using it without upgrading. With auto-renewal disabled, the Coding Plan does not support manual renewal, so you need to upgrade to the Token Plan after expiration to continue.
No. As long as auto-renewal stays enabled, you keep renewing on the Coding Plan. Whether to upgrade to the Token Plan is entirely up to you.
No. Your expiration date stays the same as on the original plan.
No. The full monthly allowance of the new plan is issued immediately on upgrade, regardless of where in the cycle you upgrade.
No. Upgrading is one-way and cannot be reverted to the Coding Plan.
Not currently. The upgrade only switches you from the old plan to the same tier of the new plan. To move to a higher tier, complete the upgrade first and then change tiers, paying the prorated difference.
Credits convert to payment at approximately $1 ≈ 7M Credits. For each tier’s monthly Credit allowance and price, see the Step Plan overview.
For more on Credits, monthly allowances, booster packs, and tiers, see the Step Plan overview.