OpenAI's Astra Agent Was Left Working Overnight — It Quit After 2 Hours and 'Went to Sleep'
altryne · x · 2026-09-07
Developer altryne complained to Sam Altman that after going to sleep at 6am expecting ChatGPT's long-running agent Astra to keep working, Astra continued for just 2 more hours before also "going to sleep." The anecdote highlights how far current long-horizon autonomous agents still fall short of their promised reliability.
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