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title: GPT-6 Astra is generally available on Amazon Bedrock
description: "AWS makes GPT-6 Astra generally available on Bedrock, so agents can call it through AWS APIs or point ChatGPT Work and Codex at Bedrock."
date: 2026-09-10T15:08:58.959Z
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# GPT-6 Astra is generally available on Amazon Bedrock

> AWS makes GPT-6 Astra generally available on Bedrock, so agents can call it through AWS APIs or point ChatGPT Work and Codex at Bedrock.

AWS has put OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock, generally available as of September 8, 2026. For practitioners, this is not another model-debut story. It is the AWS runtime path: call Astra through Bedrock APIs, or point ChatGPT Work and Codex at the Bedrock-hosted model.

That matters if you already gate models through AWS. OpenAI’s flagship agent model now sits inside Bedrock inference, IAM, CloudTrail, and data-handling rules rather than only on OpenAI’s own stack. The machine learning blog is explicit that you can invoke the model directly through supported Bedrock APIs or configure ChatGPT Work and Codex to use GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock.

The Bedrock model card lists model ID `openai.gpt-6-astra`, a 1,050,000-token context window, and 128,000 maximum output tokens. What’s New and the blog describe the input window as up to 1 million tokens. On `bedrock-runtime`, geographic and global cross-Region IDs are `us.openai.gpt-6-astra` and `global.openai.gpt-6-astra`. The `bedrock-mantle` endpoint is in-Region only in us-west-2. Astra supports implicit and explicit prompt caching for workflows that reuse the same context.

Alongside the Bedrock launch, OpenAI is introducing ChatGPT Work enterprise plugins that extend Astra’s browser-use capabilities across common business applications. The blog names business intelligence tools, Workday, Navan, and Avalara. Those plugins run through existing user accounts and administrator permissions; they do not grant Astra additional access.

AWS restates that Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach Critical classification for cybersecurity capability. Automated safeguards monitor misuse in real time and can pause or stop activity that exceeds defined boundaries, working within the Amazon Bedrock service boundary. Those controls sit next to zero-operator access at the chip, encryption in transit and at rest, PrivateLink VPC endpoints, and the option to request zero data retention through your AWS account team. Inference data is not used for training, and using Astra on Bedrock does not require sharing data with OpenAI.

Open the Bedrock model card for regions, Standard-tier pricing, and API support, then send a test call to `openai.gpt-6-astra` or point Work or Codex at the Bedrock-hosted model.

## Sources

- [Take on your most ambitious work with GPT\-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/take-on-your-most-ambitious-work-with-gpt-6-astra-on-amazon-bedrock/)
- [OpenAI GPT\-6 Astra is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/openai-gpt-6-astra-on-amazon-bedrock/)
- [GPT\-6 Astra model card](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-card-openai-gpt-6-astra.html)