OpenAI will pause $200 Pro subscriptions as Astra strains capacity
Existing subscribers keep access, while OpenAI leaves its other plans and metered API open as it adds compute.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
OpenAI is using admission control to protect Astra capacity just one week after launch, exposing the tension between compute-heavy agents and fixed-price subscriptions.
OpenAI will pause new subscriptions to its $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro plan after heavy use of GPT-6 Astra put more pressure on its systems than other subscription tiers, according to Thibault "Tibo" Sottiaux (@thsottiaux), the OpenAI executive who leads Codex.…
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