OpenAI users are rerouting to older GPT models
16 posts across 4 communities in the last 60 days; 56% from community.openai.com.
“https://preview.redd.it/7n7x7yvta8lh1.png?width=1499&format=png&auto=webp&s=01a370cec3cb46aecfc8cae18443bb9bd4c19359 Has anyone else caught the system doing this? It feels like they are aggressively throttling resources by quietly overriding our manual model selections. What's…”
“Check these posts: https://community.openai.com/t/openai-removed-the-daily-text-chat-limit-5-6-but-i-end-up-route-to-5-5-mini-anyone-encounter-this/1390656…”
“Is anyone else seeing this? I selected GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT, but the responses indicate that the conversation is actually running on GPT-5.5-mini. It looks like users may be getting routed away from the model they selected. The model picker says Sol, but the assistant…”
Multiple OpenAI community members report that they're being unexpectedly routed to GPT 5.5 mini instead of the intended GPT-5.6, and experiencing connection issues related to this routing mismatch.
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“Have you searched for similar requests? No Is your feature request related to a problem? If so, please describe. No response Describe the solution you'd like Please add support for OpenAI's GPT 6.1 Sol model to SillyTavern's OpenAI model selection and related model capability handling.…”
GPT-5.5 Model Access Redirecting to GPT-5.3 Mini on Web
“Why is gpt-6-astra being routed to gpt-5.6-luna? How do we get the requested model back?”
Does the Latest model route to GPT-5.6 Sol?
“Regression: GPT-5.6 Sol Thinking Extended is silently routed to GPT-5.5-mini again (confirmed via HAR metadata)”
Gpt5.6 sol is AGAIN rerouting to mini instant model
“https://preview.redd.it/w99bqal9mjlh1.png?width=933&format=png&auto=webp&s=dcba4d975a27e91c847c3144822ad2d47a5e2e29 Don't say "it doesn't reliably know what model it is". I noticed it thinking for 1-2 seconds and also writing text super-fast and less accurate. Then I asked it what model it is. Saw a few posts on this. But now it's happened to me. Edit: fixed by logging in through Brave instead of Edge. Heard Chrome also works. Didn't test. submitted by”
“Is there currently a bug, or is it because I’m using a VPN? The output shows GPT-5.5-mini instead of GPT-5.6. submitted by /u/hadeshack [link] [comments]”
“https://preview.redd.it/7n7x7yvta8lh1.png?width=1499&format=png&auto=webp&s=01a370cec3cb46aecfc8cae18443bb9bd4c19359 Has anyone else caught the system doing this? It feels like they are aggressively throttling resources by quietly overriding our manual model selections. What's the point of having a model toggle if it just ignores it? submitted by /u/raysnizzard [link] [comments]”
“August 23 Update — Four days of GPT-5.6 Sol failures: new routing evidence, long-conversation changes, safety/guardrail concerns, and why local “workarounds” are no longer an adequate answer”
(maybeFIX) GPT 5.6 rerouting to 5.5 mini
Are you using a VPN or sharing your account with someone else?
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.224) — I have been a paying ChatGPT user for a long time, but the recent experience has been extremely frustrating. The app keeps routing my conversations to GPT-5.5 mini even when I explicitly select the higher-capability model. The responses are noticeably worse: less coherent, less accurate, and much less capable of handling complex writing and reasoning tasks. I understand that model routing and capacity management may be necessary, but silently switching users to”
“Check these posts: https://community.openai.com/t/openai-removed-the-daily-text-chat-limit-5-6-but-i-end-up-route-to-5-5-mini-anyone-encounter-this/1390656 https://community.openai.com/t/possible-gpt-5-6-sol-routing-mismatch-selected-gpt-5-6-but-server-metadata-shows-gpt-5-5-mini/1391818 It is not an issue of the model simply hallucinating and unreliably reporting itself. This problem has been going on for days, affecting large groups of plus and pro users. The model answers every inquiry instan”
“Is anyone else seeing this? I selected GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT, but the responses indicate that the conversation is actually running on GPT-5.5-mini. It looks like users may be getting routed away from the model they selected. The model picker says Sol, but the assistant identifies itself as 5.5-mini. If there is automatic routing or fallback happening, it should be clearly disclosed. A selected model should mean the selected model is being used. Screenshots attached showing the mismatch. Anyone”
“I noticed GPT 5.6 High being extremly dumb and it reroutes it to 5.5 Mini how do i fix it?”