GPT-5.3 Codex Now Available

OpenAI's code-specialized GPT-5.3 Codex model is now available on Venice, optimized for code generation, refactoring, and debugging tasks. Here's everything else we shipped.

New Models

The following models have been added to Venice:

Text Models

• GPT-5.3 Codex — OpenAI's code-specialized text model optimized for code generation, refactoring, and debugging tasks. Available to all users.

Image & Video Models

• Seedream V5 Lite — ByteDance image generation model for text-to-image synthesis. Available to all users

App

New Features

• Batch Image Deletion — Added the ability to select and delete multiple images at once in

• Image-Transition Video on Mobile — Image-transition video models are now available in the mobile app.

• Image Storage Policy — Updated image storage and retention policy.

• Inline Model Selector — Moved the model selector to an inline position within the generation UI.

• Direct Image Generation — Images can now be generated directly from the current context without additional navigation.

• Image Info Button — Added an info button on generated images to view metadata and details.

• Clear Image History — Added option to clear image generation history.

• Image Settings Sync — Image generation settings now sync across sessions and devices.

• Prompt Character Limits — Prompt input fields now display and enforce character limits.

• Prompt Enhancer Info — Added informational tooltip explaining the prompt enhancer feature.

• Rate Limit Display — Added a widget showing current API rate limit usage and remaining quota.

• Enhance Prompt Button — Added a button to automatically enhance/rewrite prompts before generation.

• Pinned Model Selectors — Model selectors now stay pinned to the top of the panel when scrolling.

• Counter Animation — Added smooth animated transitions to numerical counters (e.g., credits, counts).

• Unified Combine UI — Unified the combine feature interface across image and video modes.

Wallet and Payments

• PPU Credit Alert — New dialog warns users about credit costs before regenerating responses from pay-per-use models

• Clickable Credit Elements — Credit indicators in the UI are now clickable

• Credit Balance Display — Credit balance is now visible in the UI

Mobile App

• Mobile Update Dialog — New dialog prompts users to update the app when a newer version is available

API

• Web Scrape & Reasoning — Added web scraping and reasoning capabilities to the API.

• Free Tier Limits Removed — Removed rate limits for the free tier.

• Single Prompt Support — Added support for single-prompt requests (non-chat completions).

• Character-Specific Sampling — LLM sampling parameters now vary per character/persona.

• Negative Prompts Disabled — Negative prompt parameter has been disabled.

• Qwen Image Model — Added Qwen Image model to the v3 inference router.

• Prompt Limit Increase — Maximum prompt length increased to 4,096 tokens.

• Murano API Endpoints — Added new API endpoints for the Murano product.

Fixes and Improvements

• Updated error message text displayed on mobile devices

• Updated image hover action buttons to a circular shape

• Fixed header and footer not appearing when scrolling to the top of the page

• Improved removed the 4:5 aspect ratio from available options

• Improved removed the 4:3 aspect ratio from available options

• Improved the metadata panel shown during variant generation

• Updated the color of the favorite/star icon

• Improved hidden the Variants button when auto mode is active to avoid conflicts

• Improved incompatible video models are now automatically deselected when switching settings

• Fixed settings modal not adjusting its height to fit content

• Improved removed the redundant "New Session" button from the interface

• Improved removed wallet connect button from the video landing page

• Updated default model parameters for Venice models

• Updated default minP sampling parameter for model inference

• Improved handling and response behavior when web search fails

• Improved wallet-based users are now excluded from promotional credit grants

• Fixed image generation prompt not being applied correctly

• Fixed image action buttons not responding to clicks

• Fixed aspect ratio button not functioning correctly in image generation

• Fixed web search and resolution quoting not working correctly

• Improved error handling during backup restore operations

• Fixed style picker and variant selection issues in image generation

• Fixed bugs and improved model selector behavior

• Fixed time-to-first-token timer reporting incorrect values

• Improved document processing reliability

• Improved API to support Anthropic structured output