OpenAI's own Daybreak cybersecurity-program help docs now list an "Astra Minor" model alongside GPT-6 Sol, Luna, and Astra in the safeguards table — the first public, OpenAI-published sighting of the third ID from the Azure OpenAI registry diff (gpt-6-sol, gpt-6-luna, gpt-6-astra-minor) that tipped this morning's Sol and Luna launch.

The doc says Astra Minor supports "reduced refusals for Daybreak Red only," placing it on the Astra side of the family — a large-model, cyber-evaluation tier rather than another cheap tier. No announcement, pricing, or release date exists; OpenAI has said nothing publicly about an Astra Minor launch.

Two of the three registry IDs shipped today exactly as predicted, which is the strongest possible validation of the registry as a pre-launch tell. Microsoft's public Azure Foundry region-availability doc still lists only gpt-6-astra, so this stays rumor until OpenAI confirms or Astra Minor appears in a public catalog. X chatter is already tying an "Astra minor" mention to a coming ChatGPT usage reset.

UPDATE 2026-09-22 (evening): a second OpenAI help-center page — Daybreak's common-issues troubleshooting guide, re-crawled today — independently names Astra Minor ("Astra Minor also supports reduced refusals for Daybreak Red only"), giving the model two separate OpenAI-published sightings in one day. Still no product announcement or public catalog entry, so this stays rumor.

UPDATE 2026-09-23 — CONFIRMED as a listed model: OpenAI’s Daybreak trusted-access help page was re-crawled within the last 12 hours and its safeguards table now carries an official “Astra Minor” row alongside GPT-6 Sol, Luna, and Astra (“Standard safeguards — Reduced refusals”). That makes three OpenAI-published sightings across two help pages; the model exists in OpenAI’s own documentation. Still no standalone product announcement, pricing, or public catalog entry — Astra Minor remains a Daybreak-listed model, not a launched product.