ChatGPT slows down after Astra update
10 posts across 4 communities in the last 60 days; 70% from r/ChatGPT.
“Hey everyone, I’m having a very specific and reproducible issue with the ChatGPT Windows desktop app. Whenever ChatGPT is running in the background, Windows File Explorer sometimes becomes extremely slow when I try to do anything with folders. For example: * opening a folder *…”
“EastUS region and every portal is either painfully slow or half the time not loading. Anyone else having issues?”
“Ever since Astra dropped everything seems to be extremely slow and laggy, windows fail to load, etc across desktop, browser and mobile. I am on a pro plan. Has anyone else experienced this?”
Users report significant performance slowdowns across desktop, browser, and mobile devices following the Astra update. This includes slow loading times for Windows and general laggy behavior. Some users are experiencing issues with data export from the Privacy Portal.
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“I’ve been using Astra Max since it was released. Over the last 24-48 hours responses have typically been taking twice as long to generate. The chats have also been way more prone to getting stuck at half the previous lengths, requiring new chats to be…”
“I was recommended to use Sol 6.1 for most tasks now, as it uses less compute while getting close to Astra's performance.”
“https://preview.redd.it/5j5czt5t2gth1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=680ef3f8a02d81cc8b86265e8610eb12e723c3ee For the last week, ChatGPT has gotten very very slow. They got rid of my 20x tier. Now now having issues with the above message. (Running 6.1 SOL in medium, not even Astra) submitted by /u/StealthRucker [link] [comments]”
“Hey everyone, I’m having a very specific and reproducible issue with the ChatGPT Windows desktop app. Whenever ChatGPT is running in the background, Windows File Explorer sometimes becomes extremely slow when I try to do anything with folders. For example: * opening a folder * renaming a folder * moving files or folders * deleting something * creating a new folder * changing something inside a folder * sometimes even just navigating between folders Explorer will suddenly sit there loading for a”
“100% hard agree.I used about 10 hours of Astra high-thinking compute time and it was a bad experience. Incredibly slow (prompts running for 30/40 minutes) to do simple things. As a result, Astra didn't get much done. It needs the same small implementation slices as GPT 5.5/others, but was much slower and didn't generate better results. (On a complex infra project/across a large codebase.)It was absolutely terrible on a few long running tasks (~2 hours each). It really doesn't seem to be better t”
[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.251) — Pay 20 dollars a month and is slow
“Slow, unresponsive. Switching tabs the browsers takes forever to update. Buttons literally stop working... I'm on Ubuntu. submitted by /u/fuschialantern [link] [comments]”
“EastUS region and every portal is either painfully slow or half the time not loading. Anyone else having issues? submitted by /u/Any-Fly5966 [link] [comments]”