# GPT-6.2: Release Date, Leaks & What's Confirmed

> GPT-6.2 is not officially out. A dated look at what OpenAI has confirmed, what the Codex and Google Cloud leaks claim, and what to use today.

- Published: 2026-11-09
- Updated: 2026-11-09
- Author: Samy BEN SADOK
- Canonical: https://geotoolbox.ai/blog/gpt-6-2

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OpenAI has not announced GPT-6.2. OpenAI's newsroom, checked at 16:09 UTC on November 9, 2026, has no GPT-6.2 post, and its newest entry is a November 6 security partnership with Hacktron. What exists is a run of sightings: a `gpt-6.2-astra` label in Codex usage charts, `gpt-6.2-sol` and `gpt-6.2-astra` labels in screenshots said to come from Google Cloud, and users who say their requests are being routed to a newer model. This page separates what is confirmed from what is reported, with a date and a source on every claim, and it becomes a full launch article the day OpenAI ships.

## Is GPT-6.2 out yet?

Not officially. OpenAI's newsroom lists GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra as its latest advancements. OpenAI's API changelog, checked the same day, has no GPT-6.2 entry, and its newest model entry is GPT-6-Cyber on November 5.

A launch could be close. OpenAI Developers posted a single word, "Tomorrow.", with a 15-second video on November 8, 2026, and the post does not name a model. The post hints at November 9, but it does not say what, if anything, will ship.

## What OpenAI has confirmed

OpenAI has confirmed nothing about GPT-6.2: not the name, the tiers, a date, a price or a benchmark. What is on the record concerns the models that already exist.

OpenAI's API models page tells developers to start with GPT-6 Astra, its flagship model for complex reasoning and coding, or to choose GPT-6.1 Sol to balance intelligence and cost. OpenAI lists GPT-6.1 Sol at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Its model page gives GPT-6.1 Sol a 1,050,000-token context window. GPT-6 Astra is listed at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. Those are today's numbers, a baseline and not a GPT-6.2 specification.

## What the leaks claim

Everything below is reported, not confirmed. Each row is a claim, who made it, and when.

<table>
<thead>
<tr><th>Claim</th><th>Where it came from</th><th>Date</th><th>Status</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td><code>gpt-6.2-astra</code> in Codex usage analytics</td><td>Codex users on X, via TestingCatalog</td><td>Oct 31 usage, reported Nov 2</td><td>Reported; OpenAI silent</td></tr>
<tr><td>The next GPT is coming soon</td><td>Sam Altman at ADIPEC, as quoted by attendees, via TeamoRouter</td><td>Nov 2</td><td>Reported; no name, no date, no transcript</td></tr>
<tr><td>New Astra, Sol and cyber models as early as Friday, November 6</td><td>The Information, via Kingy AI</td><td>Nov 4</td><td>Reported; the report does not say 6.2; GPT-6-Cyber shipped Nov 5</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>gpt-6.2-sol</code> and <code>gpt-6.2-astra</code> on a Google Cloud quotas page</td><td>X screenshots, via Kingy AI and Kie.ai</td><td>Nov 4</td><td>Reported; console entries not independently verified</td></tr>
<tr><td>GPT-6.1 Sol requests routed to a newer model</td><td>X users, via Kie.ai</td><td>From Nov 8</td><td>Reported; not a confirmed deployment</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>gpt-6.2-betelgeuse</code> on a tracker screenshot labeled internal</td><td>X posts, via Overchat and TeamoRouter</td><td>Oct 28 to 31</td><td>Rumor; origin of the screenshot unknown</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>

### The Codex usage sighting

TestingCatalog reported on November 2, 2026 that several Codex users noticed a new entry in their usage analytics: gpt-6.2-astra, listed next to GPT-6 Astra. In every breakdown TestingCatalog saw, the ID appeared only on the October 31 bar, while the model picker still said GPT-6 Astra. An X user shared an image presented as a raw response event with the model field reading gpt-6.2-astra, which TestingCatalog said is strong evidence the ID exists on OpenAI's servers, but not an announcement. Kingy AI, which inspected that image, says it has no visible endpoint, request, headers, response ID, timestamp or reproducible method, and that it does not tell us whether the fragment was captured from an actual response.

The missing GPT-6.1 Astra has a reported explanation. OpenAI confirmed in late September that it would not release GPT-6.1 Astra, according to Overchat, which says The Wall Street Journal reported the decision on September 28 and OpenAI confirmed it the same evening. TestingCatalog says a jump straight to 6.2 could point to a fixed, retrained model, but calls that speculation, and says OpenAI has not made that connection.

### What Altman said

Sam Altman spoke at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi on November 2, and attendees quoted him on X as calling an upcoming model the next GPT, to be released soon, according to TeamoRouter, which notes there is no official transcript and that he gave no name or date.

### The Information's Friday window

On November 4, The Information reporter Stephanie Palazzolo wrote that new Sol, Astra and cyber models from OpenAI could arrive as early as Friday, November 6, according to Kingy AI's tracker. The version numbers 6.2 are not in the report, according to OrcaRouter, which read the item; the report itself is paywalled and we have not read the original. According to Kingy AI, OpenAI added GPT-6-Cyber to its API changelog on November 5, a cyber-specialized variant of GPT-6 Astra that those sources do not identify as Astra 6.2. By November 9, OpenAI had made no public GPT-6.2 announcement.

### The Google Cloud quota screenshots

On November 4, X users lyra and AiBattle posted images containing base_model:gpt-6.2-astra and base_model:gpt-6.2-sol, which AiBattle said came from the Google Cloud Console quotas page, according to Kingy AI. Kie.ai says the gpt-6.2-sol entry appeared briefly before being removed. Kingy AI adds that it did not independently inspect the underlying console or verify either the reported appearance or removal. The images are screenshots said to come from a quota page; no one has independently verified the console entries.

### Silent routing to "GPT-6.2 Sol"

Starting November 8, 2026, multiple users reported that requests sent to GPT-6.1 Sol were being silently routed to a newer model, which they assumed to be GPT-6.2 Sol, according to Kie.ai. Kie.ai says the pattern is consistent with a staged A/B test, but it is not a confirmed deployment. Kie.ai also says users have proposed ways to tell which model is answering, but they disagree, so any "I'm on 6.2" screenshot is the poster's attribution, not a model ID from OpenAI.

### "Betelgeuse" and the big numbers

Between October 28 and 30, X users shared an image of a third-party model tracker that listed gpt-6.2-betelgeuse with an "internal" label, according to Overchat, which says the origin of the screenshot is unknown. TeamoRouter says some posts link it to a model reported as "Bel". MindStudio's November 6 roundup spells the names Beetlejuice and Bell, and says reported parameter counts for Bell range from 10 to 12 trillion, with the exact figure unverified. MindStudio also says a reported Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index score and specific token pricing lack verified sourcing and should be treated as rumor, which is why this page repeats neither.

## What is still unknown

<table>
<thead>
<tr><th>Question</th><th>Answer today</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Is the next model called GPT-6.2?</td><td>Not announced (the name comes from leaked labels)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Which tiers?</td><td>Not announced (Astra and Sol labels reported; Betelgeuse rumored)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Release date</td><td>Not announced</td></tr>
<tr><td>API model IDs</td><td>Not announced (<code>gpt-6.2-astra</code> and <code>gpt-6.2-sol</code> are reported strings)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pricing</td><td>Not announced</td></tr>
<tr><td>Context window and output limit</td><td>Not announced</td></tr>
<tr><td>Benchmarks</td><td>None published by OpenAI for a GPT-6.2</td></tr>
<tr><td>ChatGPT plan availability</td><td>Not announced</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>

OpenAI has published no GPT-6.2 price or benchmark, so any figure circulating today is unverified.

## What to use today

Use what exists. OpenAI points developers to GPT-6 Astra for the hardest work and to GPT-6.1 Sol to balance intelligence and cost. Our [GPT-6 Astra guide](/blog/gpt-6-astra) covers its real cost and benchmarks, and the [ChatGPT pricing breakdown](/blog/chatgpt-pricing) tracks what each plan includes.

Primary sources to watch for a real announcement are [OpenAI's newsroom](https://openai.com/news/), the [API models page](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models) and the [API changelog](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog).

## How this page will be updated

We recheck this page against OpenAI's newsroom, models page and changelog until launch. When OpenAI announces GPT-6.2, it becomes a full launch article with confirmed specs, pricing and benchmarks.