GPT-6 Astra in Practice: Tests, Use Cases, and Feedback

Codex users report that GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol went from 30 to about 50 tokens per second, rolling out automatically, with OpenAI saying speeds are nearing Opus 5.5.

Prinz has used GPT-6 Astra to decipher two more Catholic League letters from 1593, according to a poster who met him at OpenAI Dev Day.

OpenAI says the two models are about 50% faster without changing how plan limits are consumed, and the poster says they want to test it.

A leak says OpenAI raised the default speed of Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol from 30 to 50 TPS across subscriptions, rolling out within about two hours with a more efficient tokenizer.

On day one of the 28-day plan, GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol subscriptions get roughly 50% faster by default, from about 30 to 50 TPS, across ChatGPT and services like OpenCode and Devin, taking effect within about two hours.

OpenAI's Tibo says default speed rises from 30 to 50 TPS, and services that use Sign in with ChatGPT, such as OpenCode, Pi, Amp and Devin, benefit automatically with no user settings change.

A post with an image says Astra and Sol are 50% faster than before, and the poster asks who will run benchmarks, framing it as a big deal if true.

A developer used Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra to finish the Ent Lord boss unit, a garrison and a temple in a little over a day, saying most of the time now goes into decisions rather than building.

TestingCatalog says GPT-6 Astra and 6.1 Sol are expected to be 50% faster, and asks whether users would prefer that or a banked reset.

Redis creator antirez had Astra rework the safety argument for the original RedLock algorithm, assuming clients finish work before the lock auto-expires and clocks are imprecise but error-bounded, calling it an interesting start.

The author argues Astra is unusually sensitive to stale rules in skills and AGENTS.md, that constraints written for weaker models overconstrain it and burn context, and that input above 272K tokens is repriced at 2x.

Tibo announced that GPT-6 Astra and 6.1 Sol on ChatGPT subscriptions get a default speed boost from 30 to 50 tokens per second, effective within two hours and also covering third-party tools that sign in with ChatGPT.