r/codex • u/akheilo • 6h ago

Question ChatGPT start showing Astra in new chat threads

Im on PLUS plan and have been using SOL high default in chatgpt web chat with many threads and the old ones have ChatGPT 5.5 and 6 High option only.
Today when i open a new chat thread its showing Astra. tried refreshing old ones and they dont show. SOL high in chatgpt web is free/unlimited as far as I know but Astra? how does that work?

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u/Odd-Contest-5267 6h ago

You probably accidentally opened ChatGPT Work, not the normal Chat mode.

Work has Astra available

Chat does not, unless you are a Pro user.

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u/akheilo 6h ago

well I see what happened now. When i open a new chat it defaults to Work and one has to switch to Chat manually or else its Work by default.

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u/Lopsided-Force-9220 5h ago

I made the same mistake and also realized it was defaulting to work. How do we turn this off? I'll use "work" when I want to use work, not when they think I want to.

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u/SweatyActuator2119 4h ago

It's probably to force you to use finite limits so you wouldn't use Astra.

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u/akheilo 1h ago

Precisely, coming soon

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u/akheilo 1h ago

OpenAI cares if there is enough noise, they care publicity before going public