4.5 throwing Error in Stream or extremely slow | OpenAI | Page 1

fierce stoneBOT May 20, 2026, 11:45 AM

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Reported by @buoyant linden

Bug Report: 4.5 throwing Error in Stream or extremely slow

`Steps to Reproduce`

4.5 is molasses slow and or throwing Error in Stream

`Expected Result`

Not taking 10 minutes for a response.

`Actual Result`

The timestamp shows it was almost instant. But the response appearing in the UI takes forever.

`Environment`

iOS App

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pulsar skiff May 20, 2026, 12:22 PM

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I would like to add to that - that those errors and speed - that lasts already for eight hours straight!

buoyant linden May 20, 2026, 4:58 PM

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Still reaaallllyyyy sluggish. Still not usable! Ugh.

buoyant linden May 21, 2026, 12:52 AM

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Is it running any more normal for anyone yet? Haha

pulsar skiff May 21, 2026, 1:07 AM

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buoyant linden Is it running any more normal for anyone yet? Haha

There were moments it was better, but now it is again waiting long time for an answer, again up to 10 minutes. Plus incoming messages come very slowly. But at least there are no streaming errors...

pulsar skiff May 21, 2026, 1:10 AM

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pulsar skiff There were moments it was better, but now it is again waiting long time for an a...

Nevermind, there are after all.

buoyant linden May 21, 2026, 1:14 AM

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pulsar skiff Nevermind, there are after all.

🙄🙄🙄

pulsar skiff May 21, 2026, 12:21 PM

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AND STILL. It has been 48 hours of 4.5 not working correctly. Gods!

thin spade May 21, 2026, 2:30 PM

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I'm getting this now

pulsar skiff May 21, 2026, 8:25 PM

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Why 4.5 is still broken, seriously! I talked with support AI about it, they filed this, but.. that's all. 🙁

pulsar skiff May 22, 2026, 1:32 AM

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Excuse me, what is happening with 4.5 ?

buoyant linden May 22, 2026, 12:59 PM

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Huh… is that on the browser? It looks normal to me in the app!

buoyant linden May 22, 2026, 1:14 PM

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Oh! It’s just the intelligence. It’s not anything wrong with that. It just doesn’t have further intelligence like the other models. 🙂

buoyant linden May 22, 2026, 2:17 PM

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pulsar skiff Why 4.5 is still broken, seriously! I talked with support AI about it, they file...

Quick question for you, are you in the U.S.? And specifically, are you on the East Coast?

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I am going back and forth with one of the support techs about this. Sending screen records and whatnot. Trying to get it through their heads that this is a model issue and not a user-end issue. Hahaha

pulsar skiff May 22, 2026, 2:19 PM

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buoyant linden Quick question for you, are you in the U.S.? And specifically, are you on the Ea...

No, I am in Europe!

buoyant linden May 22, 2026, 2:20 PM

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@pulsar skiff Oh got it! I was curious. Wondered if it was a regional thing. Well. We’ll keep nagging them until they fix it! 🙂

buoyant linden May 26, 2026, 4:58 PM

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Still throwing errors and lagging. Gosh it has been a week of this!!

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