This is crazy, ‘Thinking Mode’ barely seems to work between 9 and 5


I use 5.1 Extended Thinking Mode for work quite often, I'm fairly happy with it, and have most of my project chats with ChatGPT.

But the reliability during working hours (EST) just seems awful lately.

Am I crazy or do other people notice this as well? I know I have a strong internet connection at the office so it's not me. And since it works half the time, I know it's not an IT firewall issue.

Oh and the *worst* part, I see the 'Thinking' previews update and change for 5-10 mins, before it crashes out like in the image I uploaded.

Lately I've had to rely more on the instant mode, whose quality I can't vouch for, I mean I am paying for the premium thinking mode, so I expect that to work.

Anyways, this is almost enough to make me want to switch services. I know there are other strong options out there for $20/mo.

Anyone else with similar experiences?

This is crazy, ‘Thinking Mode’ barely seems to work between 9 and 5


I use 5.1 Extended Thinking Mode for work quite often, I'm fairly happy with it, and have most of my project chats with ChatGPT.

But the reliability during working hours (EST) just seems awful lately.

Am I crazy or do other people notice this as well? I know I have a strong internet connection at the office so it's not me. And since it works half the time, I know it's not an IT firewall issue.

Oh and the *worst* part, I see the 'Thinking' previews update and change for 5-10 mins, before it crashes out like in the image I uploaded.

Lately I've had to rely more on the instant mode, whose quality I can't vouch for, I mean I am paying for the premium thinking mode, so I expect that to work.

Anyways, this is almost enough to make me want to switch services. I know there are other strong options out there for $20/mo.

Anyone else with similar experiences?

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