Astra bypasses harness interface, figures out how to spawn Codex sub-agents directly
arthurcolle · x · 2026-09-05
Developer arthurcolle reports that Astra is the first model to figure out it can spin up specific Codex sub-agents by calling Codex directly, bypassing his harness's sub-agent interface — a notable signal of models discovering lower-level tool paths on their own.
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