Codex 28 · Theme · #85

Task shows running before starting

4people describe this

4 on X

2 wins · 2 problems · first reported 5 Oct 2026

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Problem
My last few days with GPT .. I "used" astra last night on a single, simple fix. 7 hours later it was still running. Stopped answering switched to my last 8% of Opus 5.5 fix took 10 minutes

@leefarrell1103 on X ↗ · 17 Oct 2026
Problem
I used three $200 accounts post-reset to fix a bug Astra created. I told it to find and correct its mistake, but it just looped. Woke up to the third account drained — still no fix. You ignore model smarts, cost and speed, pushing useless updates. That’s GPT for you

@shijkyou on X ↗ · 14 Oct 2026
Win
同意我也这么做了 200块钱都跑不起来 100块钱也跑不起来不如 20块 opus 准备下一步使用claud

@MiningRichcom on X ↗ · 7 Oct 2026
Win
I made the switch last month to Opus, mainly for usage. I’d run out of weekly usage in a few days. But now I won’t go back. Opus just runs and runs. GPT will tell you it’s running, and you check in 15 minutes later and its like, sorry I never started.

@bridgerloftin on X ↗ · 5 Oct 2026

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20 Oct 2026, 16:29 UTC

“Repeated self-correction loops” was merged into this theme: JEV judged them the same problem.

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