GPT-6 Astra Fully Launched: OpenAI Grants Two Credit Resets in a Row

动察 Beating AI Flash: OpenAI has fully rolled out GPT-6 Astra to Plus, Pro, and Business users. Yesterday, Astra was still in a phased rollout, with many Pro users unable to access it; today, both Plus and Pro users can already use it in ChatGPT Work and Codex. Thibault Sottiaux, head of core products, stated that the team's system scaling capabilities exceeded expectations, allowing them to complete this full rollout much faster.

When Astra first launched, it was only available to a small number of enterprise clients. OpenAI originally expected to gradually expand access over several days. After a large number of paying users were left waiting, Sam Altman apologized for the "chaotic launch." Now, the team says system scaling has performed better than anticipated, so they've pushed out access to Plus users ahead of schedule.

The promised compensation is also being delivered as planned. Eligible existing Plus, Pro, and Business users will each receive a banked reset on September 3 and 4. This acts as a full-reset voucher for Codex that can be manually used later, refreshing both the 5-hour and weekly limits. New accounts created or plans upgraded before 11:00 Beijing time on September 5 will also qualify for this reset.

While Plus users can access Astra, their quotas are not particularly generous. OpenAI currently estimates that Plus users can run approximately 5–45 local Astra messages per 5-hour window, while GPT-5.6 Sol allows 10–100 messages. Actual usage depends on task length, reasoning intensity, and tool calls.