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OpenAI Temporarily Suspends $200 ‘Pro’ Subscriptions Over Heavy GPT-6 Astra Demand
If you were hoping to upgrade to OpenAI‘s top-tier plan today, you are out of luck. The company just hit the pause button on new sign-ups for its $200 Pro subscription—the tier that grants unrestricted access to its flagship GPT-6 Astra AI model—after overwhelming user demand pushed server infrastructure to its absolute limits.
Tibo (@thsottiaux), a developer on OpenAI’s Codex and ChatGPT team, broke the news on X. He explained that the team had to take a step back and temporarily freeze new Pro subscriptions because heavy IA usage from those accounts was putting the most intense strain on their systems.
Prioritizing current users over rapid sign-ups
The decision comes right on the heels of a heads-up Tibo posted just a day earlier, on September 9. He warned the community that interest in GPT-6 Astra was hitting unprecedented levels, admitting he had never seen a growth spike quite like this—even compared to OpenAI’s previous explosive launches.
The team first tried pulling every operational lever to keep up with incoming traffic. However, capping new Pro plan registrations proved to be the only way to safeguard the experience for existing subscribers. As Tibo put it, OpenAI wanted to take the smallest possible step that would allow them to keep giving the broadest access possible without degrading service quality for paying power users.
Existing subscribers and lower tiers are safe
If you already have an active $200 Pro account, you don’t need to worry. OpenAI confirmed that existing subscriptions remain completely untouched. This means current users won’t face sudden access cuts or unexpected throttling.
Likewise, all other standard subscription tiers and developer API channels remain open for new sign-ups. OpenAI’s engineering team is currently racing to add more server capacity behind the scenes, though they haven’t set a firm date for when $200 Pro registrations will open back up.
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