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Added Ultrafast mode for GPT-6 Astra in the Responses API.

OpenAI added an Ultrafast mode for GPT-6 Astra in the Responses API. Developers can set service_tier to "ultrafast" to reduce the time between generated output tokens. It is available to API customers subject to rate limits, with global processing and US data residency only.

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What to doUse service_tier: "ultrafast" with gpt-6-astra in the Responses API to reduce inter-token latency, keeping in mind EU and other regional inference residency are not supported.
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OpenAI
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developers.openai.com
Models
GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra

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