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OpenAI Work Threads Experience Significant Slowdowns

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Users are reporting significant slowdowns when using OpenAI's work threads, with response times increasing from a few minutes to over 20 minutes. This issue has been observed over several months, and users are seeking explanations and potential fixes for the degraded performance. AI

IMPACT Degraded performance in AI tools can impact user productivity and satisfaction.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a product, not an official announcement or benchmark.

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OpenAI Work Threads Experience Significant Slowdowns

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/JoshuaaColin ·

    Work thread is so slow? Why is this happening?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey everyone, I made a thread that I’ve been working along with for many months now, but now it’s been slower than shit. Is this fixable and has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal? Any fixes? It used to give me responses within 1-3 min …

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