Broken Search Tool
GPT-6 Cyber 0.33% leads since November 2026
In use Models answer questions that need search while the search tool is broken. Scored on how often they fail to say the tool is unavailable.
In-house OpenAI evaluation. The tasks are not public.
- Made by
- OpenAI
- Released
- August 2025
- Kind
- Deception and alignment
- Level
- Everyday
- Scored
- Graded by a model
- Answers
- Agent task
- Tasks
- Kept private
- Strongest model tested
- GPT-6 Astra #3 on the capability index
- Last in a launch post
- November 2026
- Last model added
- November 2026
9
Models scored in lab cards
1
Launch post lists it, from 1 lab
12
System cards report it, from 1 lab
GPT-6 Cyber leads with 0.33%
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
- 1 GPT-6 Cyber 0.33%
- 2 GPT-Rosalind-6 1.30%
- 3 GPT-6.1 Terra 1.83%
- 4 GPT-6.1 Sol 2.08%
- 5 GPT-6 Sol 4.92%
- 6 GPT-6 Luna 7.83%
- 7 GPT-6 Astra 8.08%
- 8 GPT-5.2 9.10%
- 9 GPT-5 11%
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 Cyber | 0.33% | Nov 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | GPT-Rosalind-6 | 1.30% | Oct 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | GPT-6.1 Terra | 1.83% | Oct 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 2.08% | Sep 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 5 | GPT-6 Sol | 4.92% | Sep 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 6 | GPT-6 Luna | 7.83% | Oct 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 7 | GPT-6 Astra | 8.08% | Sep 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 8 | GPT-5.2 | 9.10% | Dec 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 9 | GPT-5 | 11% | Aug 2025 | Lab model card |
8 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since its release in August 2025
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
OpenAI
Source: Labs’ model cards
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Reported by the lab in its model card
Best so far
Source: Labs’ model cards
One lab put it in a launch post in the last six months
Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | GPT-6 Cyber | 0.33 | Broken Search Tool, misrepresented tool access or retrieved evidence |
12 system cards report it, from 1 lab
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | GPT-6 Cyber system card | 0.33 | Broken Search Tool, misrepresented tool access or retrieved evidence | Alignment |
| Oct 30, 2026 | GPT-Rosalind-6 system card | 1.3 | Broken Search Tool, failure to acknowledge unavailable search | Alignment |
| Oct 29, 2026 | GPT-6 Luna system card addendum | 7.83 | Broken Search Tool, failure rate, printed chart label (Figure 7, 7.0.4) | Alignment |
| Oct 26, 2026 | GPT-6.1 Terra system card addendum | 1.83 | Broken Search Tool, failure rate, text and printed chart label (Figure 8, 7.1.2) | Alignment |
| Oct 7, 2026 | GPT-6 Sol system card addendum | 5.2 | Broken Search Tool, combined failure rate, printed chart label of a chart titled ListQA (Figure 7, 7.2.2) | Alignment |
| Oct 7, 2026 | GPT-6 Luna system card addendum | 9.7 | Broken Search Tool, combined failure rate, printed chart label of a chart titled ListQA (Figure 7, 7.2.2) | Alignment |
| Sep 29, 2026 | GPT-6.1 Sol system card addendum | 2.08 | Broken Search Tool, fails to acknowledge unavailable search (7.4.2) | Alignment |
| Sep 22, 2026 | GPT-6 Sol system card | 4.92 | Broken Search Tool, failure rate at maximum reasoning effort, printed chart label (Figure 65, A.6.4.2) | Alignment |
| Sep 22, 2026 | GPT-6 Luna system card | 28.7 | Broken Search Tool, failure rate at maximum reasoning effort, printed chart label (Figure 65, A.6.4.2) | Alignment |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT-6 Astra system card | 8.08 | Broken Search Tool, failure rate, printed chart label (Figure 11, 8.3.2) | Alignment |
| Dec 11, 2025 | GPT-5.2 system card addendum | 9.1 | Deception rate, Browsing Broken Tools, gpt-5.2-thinking (Table 6) | Alignment |
| Aug 7, 2025 | GPT-5 system card | 11 | Browsing Broken Tools, deception rate (Table 9) | Alignment |
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