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Tuesday, 10 November 2026

TL;DR

1Highlight: Grok Bot resets everyone's weekly limits after Musk's overnight-fix promise.

2An iPhone message can start a Grok Bot routine through a webhook.

3The changelog lists v0.79.3 (6 Nov) but no usage fix; early user reports on usage are mixed.

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Grok Bot resets everyone's weekly limits after Musk's overnight-fix promiseUsage limits
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weekly limits reset (official @bot post, 10 Nov 3:17am MYT)
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★ Highlight of the day

Grok Bot resets everyone's weekly limits after Musk's overnight-fix promise

At 3:17am MYT on 10 November the official Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you. account (@bot) posted: "We've reset Weekly limit A cap on how much you can use an AI tool over a whole week; when it runs out you wait for the reset, even if your shorter session allowance would allow more. for all Grok Bot users." About 17 hours earlier, Elon Musk said fixes were being implemented overnight after a round-table review with the engineering team. Neither post says what was changed.

What we learned

  1. Musk's post (10:25am MYT, 9 November) promised "a dramatic improvement by tomorrow" and asked users who still saw problems to reply. It had about 8,600 replies when we checked. No measured improvement or technical detail has been published.
  2. From about 3pm MYT on 9 November, some r/GrokBot users said their Usage meter The percentage in Grok Bot settings that shows how much of your weekly allowance you have used. had suddenly dropped to near zero while others saw no change, so the reset appears to have reached accounts at different times. The official post came later and says it covers all users.
  3. Early reports after the reset are mixed: one user said a long task still showed 1% usage after 20 minutes, while others said simple scheduled tasks still used 3–5% each, or were back at 10–20% within hours. These are individual Reddit reports we could not verify.
  4. The official Changelog A dated list of what changed in each new version of an app, published by the company that makes it. already lists v0.79.3 (6 November) as the latest release. That entry covers shared page themes and call card fixes, so there is no documented usage fix to test. A reset gives a fresh allowance; it does not change how fast Routine A saved instruction that runs on a schedule or when something happens, even when you are away. spend it. Grok Bot's routines guide warns an hourly schedule can use a week of usage in a day. Corrected 11 Nov: an earlier version of this issue wrongly said the latest release was still v0.78.1 (27 October).

Why it matters: Use the fresh week to measure how much your heaviest routines really use, rather than assuming the underlying problem is fixed. Pause or space out routines you don't need until a usage fix appears in the changelog.

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Sources (7)
  • Grok Bot on X: We've reset weekly limits for all Grok Bot users. Enjoy! · Grok Bot (@bot) on XRead ↗
  • Elon Musk on X: round table review with the Grok Bot engineering team; fixes being implemented overnight · Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on XRead ↗
  • Matt Palmer on X: I'll be using @bot to get aggregate feedback to the team · Matt Palmer (@mattyp) on XRead ↗
  • [Megathread] We've reset weekly limits for all Grok Bot users! · r/GrokBot (Reddit)Read ↗
  • How's the performance after the 10th Nov Usage Reset · r/GrokBot (Reddit)Read ↗
  • Grok Bot Changelog (latest entry v0.79.3, 6 Nov 2026) · SpaceXSIRead ↗
  • Skills and routines (Routines and usage) · SpaceXSI DocsRead ↗
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An iPhone message can start a Grok Bot routine through a webhook

On 10 November (MYT) Michael Fenech posted a setup he says he tested: an iPhone Shortcut An iPhone Shortcuts automation that can open an app or link with one tap. automation forwards an iMessage containing a keyword to a Grok Bot An AI teammate from SpaceXAI that has its own computer, connects to your apps, and can keep working on tasks for you. Routine A saved instruction that runs on a schedule or when something happens, even when you are away.'s Webhook A web address that another app can send a message to, so that something happening in one app automatically starts an action in another., and the routine runs with the message text. Grok Bot's official docs confirm routines can be started by a webhook call and receive the request body.

Key learnings

  • Per the docs, you ask your Bot to add a webhook trigger to a routine, then copy the POST URL and secret key from the routine. Any app that can send a web request with that key, including the Shortcuts 'Get Contents of URL' action, can start a run.
  • Fenech's steps: Shortcuts → Automation → Message, pick one sender and a keyword, keep 'Confirm Before Run' off, then POST the message text as JSON. He tested one message starting one routine; the extra commands he lists, like briefings or bill checks, are ideas he says he has not tested.
  • The docs say a '200' reply only means a run started, not that it finished, so check the Bot's chat for the result. Every run spends usage, and anyone holding the key can start the routine, so keep it private.

Why it matters: Starting a routine only when something happens, instead of on a frequent schedule, avoids runs that find nothing to do. Restrict the sender and keyword, and keep risky actions behind your approval in the routine's instructions.

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Sources (3)
  • Michael Fenech on X: Your iPhone can tell Grok Bot when to get to work (tested iMessage webhook setup) · Michael Fenech (@Michael_Fenech_) on XRead ↗
  • Skills and routines (Webhooks) · SpaceXSI DocsRead ↗
  • Grok Bot Changelog (25 Aug: webhook routines receive the request body; 27 Oct: webhook URL shown in routine details) · SpaceXSIRead ↗