"Why did you nerf Astra?" Users report model degraded days after launch
Significant-Ad6970 · reddit · 2026-09-12
Reddit users complain that Astra was the best model in a long time for its first two or three days — executing tasks exactly as instructed — before a noticeable quality drop that they describe as drastic. The poster claims the whole Twitter is up in arms over the degradation and demands an explanation, echoing the recurring 'great at launch, nerfed soon after' pattern.
Related event: Users suspect GPT-6 Astra was silently nerfed days after launch(7 posts)→
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