Did GPT-5.6 ship, slip, or get gated? The June window reportedly slipped; track the new expected date AND the access-restriction story (who gets to use it). Prediction markets are the timing signal.
STATUS · RESOLVEDOPENED · 2026-06-26LAST SEEN · 2026-08-28
OpenAI
2026-07-22 — Resolved
Thread resolved — shipped 07-09, access open; the live remainder
(institutionalized gating) moved to the new review-precedent thread.
2026-07-20 — Rollout completed
GPT-5.6 family landed on Amazon Bedrock — Sol/Terra/Luna available
through AWS, completing the public rollout that began 07-09.
(AWS Blog)
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2026-07-09 — Shipped
GPT-5.6 shipped publicly (Sol/Terra/Luna) after a gov-gated limited
release from 06-26.
