Models

GPT-6 Astra

Model id: gpt-6-astra

  • Agentic
  • Frontier
  • Coding
  • Reasoning
  • Vision
  • Multimodal
  • Long context
  • Tools
  • Research

OpenAI’s most capable model for hard reasoning, coding, research, and end-to-end work.

Best for

Ideal when the job is long, complex, and a mistake is expensive.

Provider
OpenAI
Context window
1,050,000
Release date
2026-09-03
Reasoning effort
lowmediumhighxhighmaxDefault: low

Pricing

Input
$15.4231 / 1M
Cached input
$1.5423 / 1M
Output
$77.1155 / 1M
Cache write
$19.2789 / 1M

Long-context rate (above 272,000 tokens)

Input
$30.8462 / 1M
Output
$115.6733 / 1M
Cached input
$3.0846 / 1M
Cache write
$38.5578 / 1M

Web search

Per successful search
$0.0154 / search

Billed on top of tokens when the model uses web search.

Amounts in Canadian dollars, converted at the Bank of Canada indicative rate (2026-09-21).

Performance

Milliseconds

Last 7 days

Time to first byte (p95)
2,441 ms
Output speed (p95)
36.3 tok/s
Samples
3 over 7 days

Measured on real traffic at Pass egress — not a synthetic benchmark.

Activity

Tokens

Top 5 tools · last 7 days

Tool activity appears only when at least 2 workspaces have used this model recently.

Availability

Availability (%)

Last 7 days

Operational probes
99.98% over 7 days
Samples
9,210

View service status

Quick start

Call the API with a tonia_ key and the exact model id below.

curl

curl https://pass.tonia.ca:8443/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TONIA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "model": "gpt-6-astra",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Bonjour"
        }
      ]
    }'

Python (OpenAI SDK)

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://pass.tonia.ca:8443/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["TONIA_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-6-astra",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Bonjour"}],
)

TypeScript (OpenAI SDK)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://pass.tonia.ca:8443/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.TONIA_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gpt-6-astra",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Bonjour" }],
});

Create a key in the portal