Astra vs Sol 6 - I have a theory backed up by abusing Sol 5.6. Obvs pure speculation, let's have some ... fun? I'm wondering if these two models are just for different types of users and should be compared on this basis. Astra, whether you find it dumb at times or perfectly adequate, does have a different vibe to it. It does feel different generation. Guess what also had that same smell... Sol 5.6 on max reasoning. I swear the behaviour is very similar to Astra. It felt like a completely different model than high. You could probably show me a side by side session comparison of Astra high and Sol 5.6 max and I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference, just by looking at the sessions. So what if, maybe, Sol 5.6 is closer to Astra than we think it is, and the devil is in the architecture? Maybe Sol 5.6 WAS the distilled Astra? (as opposed to Sol 6) People saying Sol 6 feels closer to Terra 5.6 - yup, there is something to it, purely based on vibes. Maybe Terra was supposed to be Sol all along... (something something, need a quick answer to Fable) Maybe think about it this way - Astra should be your main agent - the one where you send your big, broad prompts. Run Sol 6 subagents on high reasoning all day long without eating up the quota, and Astra is gonna crack the whip and make it work, without the weird early stops that folks have been reporting. BUT If you are into these more involved sessions, where you give an agent a short, well scoped task, just fire up Sol itself and prompt it like it's 2025, instruction after instruction, while still using the quality of a 2026 model. I have not yet tested Sol 6 max. I suppose it might be on my docket soon. But so is Control Resonant. (I did test Astra max a bit, it does slap just enough for me)