OpenAI GPT-6.2 Astra Suspected of Staged Rollout Testing; Codex Usage Statistics Now Listed Separately
In the usage statistics of some Codex users, an independent model identifier "gpt-6.2-astra" has appeared; for some accounts, the share of calls reached 19.8%, and the related records mainly appeared on October 31. OpenAI's official API model catalog, changelog, and public announcements have neither confirmed this model nor announced a release date. TestingCatalog believes this may be a staged rollout test or an A/B test, and other users have reported that GPT-6 Astra quota is consumed faster.
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The original article presents user screenshots, the lack of official confirmation, and contemporaneous competitor rumors side by side, so readers can judge the evidentiary boundaries of the staged rollout testing rumors on that basis.
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OpenAI's next-generation GPT-6.2 Astra is in gray-scale testing, and it has been listed separately in Codex usage statistics
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However, as of now, OpenAI's official API model catalog, changelog, and public announcements have not confirmed this model, and OpenAI has not confirmed its release date either.
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TestingCatalog believes that these records may mean OpenAI is conducting gray-scale testing or A/B testing, that is, routing some users' requests to the new model in the background while temporarily retaining the original interface name.
As background, OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026. According to Terminal-Bench 4.0 test results, GPT-6 Astra scored 57.9% and Claude Fable 5.1 scored 55.8%, but the data currently listed on the official Terminal-Bench leaderboard are 58.2% and 57.9% respectively; the gap between the two is small, and the specific scores are also affected by reasoning intensity and test configuration.
This rumor also emerged at the same time as news about Anthropic's next-generation model. Last week, some users said that requests for Claude Opus 5.5 might be routed to the not-yet-announced Fable 5.5; a hidden identifier for Mythos 5.5 also previously appeared in code on Anthropic's official website.
Meanwhile, some Codex users have also reported that GPT-6 Astra quota is being consumed faster, and the possibility that this is related to gray-scale testing of GPT-6.2 Astra cannot be ruled out. Therefore, in addition to reasoning capability and coding performance, the actual call cost, token consumption efficiency, and subscription quota usage of GPT-6.2 Astra will also become key concerns for users.
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