#GPT 5 models abusing thinking tools even when not being told or using the tool

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fresh bayBOT
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Reported by @cunning fox

Bug Report: GPT 5 models abusing thinking tools even when not being told or using the tool
`Steps to Reproduce`

chat with the same session or new session for 1 to 2 times

`Expected Result`

regular response

`Actual Result`

thinking for better result response

`Environment`

both in app and in google

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cunning fox
cunning fox
cunning fox
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it is annoying

vital tapir
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Yeah fr

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It's extremely annoying

cunning fox
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Now i can only talk for 3 times it gone normal...then always abuse thinking tools

cunning fox
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Now it hav this

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What is it mean anyway?

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It happens when click skip thinking!

kind niche
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Now it's doing it to me with every chat unless I am on 4.1 x.x

cunning fox
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Nice chatgpt is getting bugger throu days

kind niche
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Mine will not let me skip and while I don't get errors, it will not stop defaulting to thinking. In any chat unless I am using 4.1

swift root
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Same problem here, it is triggering the Thinking all the time

kind niche
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Its frustrating cause I have really began to enjoy Auto 5 over 4o and 4.1 for creative writing. It seems to be more fluid. And way less repetitive with the "You're not alone, you're never alone," crap when I am writing heavy scenes or fight scenes with multiple characters. Smh.

cunning fox
viscid pebble
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I have this issue in projects!!! Business plan. Thinks aprox 4 to 5 min even if set on fast thinking

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also now and then node errors. Or If I paste info it vanishes

hearty fable
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Plus-user. Yesterday my SVG-question triggered Thinking and after that I have had only 3 responses (different chats) in Auto, otherwise it has been Thinking-mini. Unless I choose 5-Instant or 4.1.
What is happening with 5? I don't need reasoning in every response.

viscid pebble
cunning fox
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why is this already almost 1 month but openai still not fixing this issue?

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i want the thinking model disappear not reduce thinking time...:'(

visual plume
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try "quickly answer" in your prompt.
Otherwise, you can set param reasoning:{'effort':'minimal' or 'low'} when post the request if you use sdk

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I fixed most of problems in my project :)

cunning fox
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it still the same!

cunning fox
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always abusing thinking modelll..no matter what promts i used

visual plume
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I use gpt5-mini and gpt5.
Do you mind to provide a case of your prompt?
Maybe I can test it for you ?

cunning fox
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first i tried round brackets like (dont abuse thinking tools)
second time i tried stop its rsponse and retry to enable the skip button but it said it cant found the conversation in some kind of tree
the third time i try is ur quick answer promt...and the last then i use whatever said dont use or dont abuse thinking tools or any tools, etc.

visual plume
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wired 🙁

cunning fox
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wdym wired?

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u meant weird?

visual plume
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yap

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LOL

cunning fox
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😑

viscid pebble
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guys, IMHO that is not thinking as you think... but mostly one of the moderation steps on the output the ai generates

viscid pebble
# cunning fox 🤨

sounds wicked? heh... if input is fine and you have long waiting for output the ball is in openai side

cunning fox
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😑

viscid pebble
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chhhhhh.... windows app, browser or android?

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try any and see if it does like that

cunning fox
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😠

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😡

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nothing works!

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and now it is making the whole website goin into a lag situation!

dire zinc
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Same here guys. If I say just hello, it’s start thinking for better answer and can’t skip it. Than it gives me a very long bad answer. If I choose long thinking mode than I can skip it and I get the normal answer. But if I’m waiting suddenly the message delete itself or it give me the long thinking answer

cunning fox
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what the hell? XD

dire zinc
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Yes it doesn’t matter what I ask 😂 and if I say stop thinking and answer immediately, it’s thinking again and it is giving me a “short quick answer”

cunning fox
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same here bro

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the thinking model is stupid or something...a simple quiestions of math.,,it cant answer immediately...and when thinking done...it gives wrong answer...

dire zinc
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I need to use all my tokens for the best gpt 5 model ever and then I get the worse gpt 4 model which responds better lol. this is so stupid

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A week ago this never happened and everything was fine

hearty fable
# cunning fox lol even for hello?! XD

Yesterday was pretty ok, couple of thinking-mini responses, then good hours in Auto and then when I said "Let's continue tomorrow. Good night" -> It thought 15 seconds just to responds good night. Like what .. 🤣

cunning fox
cunning fox
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aint no way..it do goes thinkng like it

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🤦‍♂️

random stone
hearty fable
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But it does not show reasoning to me. Would be interesting to see what it is thinking 😅 "User seems to want to go to sleep. Maybe it is appropriate to say Good night to user"

cunning fox
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How can i out of free thinking model and the model still can hop in?!

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Why do it say i am reached limit while i still using normal model like nothing?

hearty fable
dire zinc
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Doesn't everyone have this problem?

quiet bane
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yes

cunning fox
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Yes

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I doubt openai gonna try to fix this

hearty fable
# cunning fox How do i disable it?

You don't, it is build in coding for LLM.
But it seems that using legacy models 4o and 4.1 don't trigger Thinking modes. From 5-series you can use 5-Instant to get rid of thinking.

cunning fox
viscid pebble
umbral hornet
hearty fable
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I have now had 2 good days with Auto not routing. Today I mentioned before Sora 2 live that maybe I should get a beer before live starts and boom -> thinking-mini. I even rousted him about that am I now on sensitive topic cause I mentioned beer 🤣

cunning fox
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i wonder when will openai stop this madness

viscid pebble
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Routing is all normal. Context understanding has been restored.
Any complaint? Verify if your exchanges are in accordance to policies. IMHO they are not

rich wigeon
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I am using gpt4o and it suddenly start to use thinking for every answer. and the answer i get is gpt5 style. I hate gpt5 style which is the reason i am using 4o, and now this??