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Recorded lineage, creator by creator Nesting shows a recorded predecessor Model PassportCreator OpenAI Creator of the GPT-4.1 API family and the GPT-5 line (GPT-5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, and the current GPT-5.6 family of Sol, Terra, and Luna). FamilyGPT-6 First release date not stated by any source No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-6.
AvailableGPT-6 Astra Astra | Sep 3, 2026 Hosted APISelected FamilyGPT-5.6 First released Jul 9, 2026 0 recorded lineage links in this family.
No creator statement of what these 4 variant names mean is recorded for GPT-5.6.
AvailableGPT-5.6 Cyber Cyber | Aug 10, 2026 Hosted API AvailableGPT-5.6 Luna Luna | Jul 9, 2026 Hosted API AvailableGPT-5.6 Sol Sol | Jul 9, 2026 Hosted API AvailableGPT-5.6 Terra Terra | Jul 9, 2026 Hosted API FamilyGPT-5.5 First released Apr 23, 2026 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-5.5.
LegacyGPT-5.5 Standard | Apr 23, 2026 Hosted API FamilyGPT-Image First released Apr 21, 2026 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-Image.
AvailableGPT-Image-2 Standard | Apr 21, 2026 Hosted API FamilyGPT-5.4 First released Mar 5, 2026 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-5.4.
LegacyGPT-5.4 Standard | Mar 5, 2026 Hosted API FamilyGPT-5.3-Codex First released Feb 5, 2026 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-5.3-Codex.
AvailableGPT-5.3-Codex Codex | Feb 5, 2026 Hosted API FamilyGPT-5.2 First released Dec 11, 2025 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-5.2.
LegacyGPT-5.2 Standard | Dec 11, 2025 Hosted API FamilyGPT-5.1 First released Nov 13, 2025 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-5.1.
LegacyGPT-5.1 Standard | Nov 13, 2025 Hosted API FamilyGPT-5 First released Aug 7, 2025 No recorded lineage links in this family, so no releases are connected here.
No creator statement of what this variant name means is recorded for GPT-5.
LegacyGPT-5 Standard | Aug 7, 2025 Hosted API FamilyGPT-4.1 First released Apr 14, 2025 0 recorded lineage links in this family.
No creator statement of what these 3 variant names mean is recorded for GPT-4.1.
AvailableGPT-4.1 Standard | Apr 14, 2025 Hosted API AvailableGPT-4.1 mini Mini | Apr 14, 2025 Hosted API AvailableGPT-4.1 nano Nano | Apr 14, 2025 Hosted APIFamilies without a featured release are not drawn here. Every record in the catalog, featured or not, is listed in the model index and the Model Tree .
GPT-6 Astra OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, documented as its most capable model and built for the hardest end-to-end work, offered under the gpt-6-astra model ID. Its API documentation lists text and image input, text output, a 1,050,000-token context window, 922,000 maximum input tokens, 128,000 max output tokens and an Apr 30, 2026 knowledge cutoff, and supports the Chat Completions, Responses and Batch endpoints. Its release date is taken from the 2026-09-03 announcement item in OpenAI's news feed, because the model documentation page carries no date; the announcement page itself returned HTTP 403 to this run and was not read. OpenAI's own safety overview item in that feed describes it as its most capable broadly deployed model, which is the basis for recording its lifecycle as current.
Recorded lineage
Earlier in lineage No recorded predecessor.
Later in lineage No recorded successor.
Released alongside No recorded sibling release.
Derived from No recorded derivation. When to use it Complex reasoning, coding, computer use, research, and document creation, as the documentation states.
GPT-6 Astra model documentation | Checked Sep 6, 2026
Official record The organization's own surfaces, and the verification date these facts were last checked against them.
Type company
Verified Aug 18, 2026 Releases Every release recorded for OpenAI, current and legacy alike. Filter by lifecycle status; the choice is kept in the page address so it survives a reload or a shared link.
All Available Legacy
Showing all 15 releases.
GPT-6 Astra Sep 3, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.6 Cyber Aug 10, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.6 Luna Jul 9, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.6 Sol Jul 9, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.6 Terra Jul 9, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.5 Standard Apr 23, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-Image Standard Apr 21, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.4 Standard Mar 5, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.3-Codex Codex Feb 5, 2026 Hosted API
GPT-5.2 Standard Dec 11, 2025 Hosted API
GPT-5.1 Standard Nov 13, 2025 Hosted API
GPT-5 Standard Aug 7, 2025 Hosted API
GPT-4.1 Standard Apr 14, 2025 Hosted API
GPT-4.1 Mini Apr 14, 2025 Hosted API
GPT-4.1 Nano Apr 14, 2025 Hosted API
Primary sources The organization-level sources behind the summary above.
OpenAI | Published Apr 14, 2025 | Checked Sep 1, 2026
OpenAI | Published Jul 9, 2026 | Checked Aug 18, 2026