# GPT-5.6 Sol Thinking on ChatGPT Plus forcibly stops at 25–26 minutes since Aug 20

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**Created:** [August 26, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/gpt-5-6-sol-thinking-on-chatgpt-plus-forcibly-stops-at-25-26-minutes-since-aug-20/1392782 "2026-08-26T16:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![krasnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@krasnik](https://community.openai.com/u/krasnik)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/gpt-5-6-sol-thinking-on-chatgpt-plus-forcibly-stops-at-25-26-minutes-since-aug-20/1392782/2 "2026-08-27T12:30:04Z")

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This matches an independently preserved case almost exactly. I have a historical ordinary-Chat GPT-5.6 Thinking/Extended turn at **102m26s** , while current genuine GPT-5.6 ordinary-Chat turns repeatedly cluster around **25–26m** with unfinished work.

OpenAI Support **Case #13832863** contains the native historical/current request and turn IDs. The evidence thread is here:

> [@GPT-5.6 High execution regression: ordinary Chat went 102m26s -\> repeated ~25–26m stops on same Plus account; Work still gets long-run handoff](https://community.openai.com/t/1391943):
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> Reproducible ChatGPT Plus execution-class regression: historical ordinary Chat used durable worker routing (\>100m); current ordinary Chat is non-Temporal/foreground (~26m class), while Work still receives worker handoff Category: ChatGPT / Bugs Tags: chatgpt, bug, 5.6, conversation, regression, projects @OpenAI_Support — I am requesting engineering review of a reproducible ChatGPT Plus execution-routing regression. This is not a subjective “5.6 feels worse” report and it is not based only on s…

If you are willing, please report your own example through normal OpenAI Support. If they give you a numeric Case Number, posting only that number here or in the thread above would let OpenAI correlate two independently affected accounts. Please keep request IDs, account details, HARs and private chat contents inside Support.

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