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This model was an early snapshot of GPT-5.1 with reasoning effort set to minimal. Try the official launch of GPT-5.1 here: /openai/gpt-5.1

All prompts and completions for this model are logged by the provider and may be used to improve the model.

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Polaris Alpha

openrouter/polaris-alpha

This model was an early snapshot of GPT-5.1 with reasoning effort set to minimal. Try the official launch of GPT-5.1 here

This is a cloaked model provided to the community to gather feedback. A powerful, general-purpose model that excels across real-world tasks, with standout performance in coding, tool calling, and instruction following.

Note: All prompts and completions for this model are logged by the provider and may be used to improve the model.

Modalities

Context

256K

Released

Nov 6, 2025

About Polaris Alpha

OpenRouter makes Polaris Alpha by OpenRouter available through a unified, OpenAI-compatible API using the model ID openrouter/polaris-alpha.

Polaris Alpha accepts text and images and returns text. It has a 256,000-token context window.

It was released on November 6, 2025.

Frequently asked questions

This model was an early snapshot of GPT-5.1 with reasoning effort set to minimal. Try the official launch of GPT-5.1 here This is a cloaked model provided to the community to gather feedback. A powerful, general-purpose model that excels across real-world tasks, with standout performance in coding, tool calling, and instruction following.

Polaris Alpha has a 256,000 token context window.

Polaris Alpha accepts text and images as input and returns text.

Polaris Alpha was released on November 6, 2025.

ActivityFAQ

Activity

Token volume and request traffic to this model over time.