{"slug": "openai-models-may-get-more-reasoning-budget-through-the-api-than-through-codex", "title": "OpenAI models may get more reasoning budget through the API than through Codex", "summary": "OpenAI's models may receive a larger reasoning budget through the API than through its own Codex harness, according to reported measurements. GPT-6 Astra is reportedly around 832 \"juice\" on Max via API versus 128 through Codex, suggesting API users get a less constrained version of the same model than Codex users.", "body_md": "Apparently, the same OpenAI models may get way more reasoning budget through the API than through Codex.\nSo even if you’re using OpenAI’s own Codex harness, you could still be getting a more constrained version of the model compared to someone just paying for the API directly.\nFor example, GPT-6 Astra is reportedly around 832 “juice” on Max via API, vs 128 through Codex.\n(If this is true, and the measurements suggest it might be, then OpenAI is basically holding these models back on its own plans while API users get the real monsters.)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-models-may-get-more-reasoning-budget-through-the-api-than-through-codex", "canonical_source": "https://twitter.com/TokenGremlin/status/2104559277700510034", "published_at": "2026-09-29 05:21:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-29 05:47:42.565513+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "GPT-6 Astra"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-models-may-get-more-reasoning-budget-through-the-api-than-through-codex", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-models-may-get-more-reasoning-budget-through-the-api-than-through-codex.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-models-may-get-more-reasoning-budget-through-the-api-than-through-codex.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-models-may-get-more-reasoning-budget-through-the-api-than-through-codex.jsonld"}}