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title: "Context cliff — traps · Undominated.ai"
canonical: https://undominated.ai/traps/context-cliff/
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# Context cliff — traps · Undominated.ai

Traps

# Context cliff

Every published context-tier step function. Ladders keep every rung.

As of 2026-09-19. Public lens does not apply; these are price-shape facts.

As of 2026-09-19, **60** publishable models match this trap, recomputed from the resident catalogue — not copied from a roadmap sentence.

| Model | What we measured |
| --- | --- |
| Qwen3.7 Flash | 2 rungs |
| Qwen3.6 Flash | 1 rungs |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | 1 rungs |
| Qwen Plus 0728 | 1 rungs |
| Qwen-Plus | 1 rungs |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | 2 rungs |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | 1 rungs |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | 2 rungs |
| Qwen3 Max | 2 rungs |
| Qwen3 Max Thinking | 2 rungs |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | 1 rungs |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 1 rungs |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch) | 1 rungs |
| Fugu Ultra | 1 rungs |
| Fugu Ultra v2 | 1 rungs |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1 rungs |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | 1 rungs |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 1 rungs |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch) | 1 rungs |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.4 | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.4 (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.4 Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.5 | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.5 (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.5 Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Terra (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Terra Pro | 1 rungs |
| GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-6 Astra | 1 rungs |
| GPT-6 Astra (batch) | 1 rungs |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro | 1 rungs |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch) | 1 rungs |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 rungs |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | 1 rungs |
| Grok 4.3 | 1 rungs |
| Grok 4.3 (batch) | 1 rungs |
| Grok 4.5 | 1 rungs |
| Grok 4.6 | 1 rungs |
| Grok Build 0.1 | 1 rungs |
| Seed 1.6 | 1 rungs |
| Seed-2.0-Code | 1 rungs |
| Seed-2.0-Lite | 1 rungs |
| Seed-2.0-Mini | 1 rungs |
| Qwen3.6 Max Preview | 1 rungs |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | 1 rungs |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | 1 rungs |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | 1 rungs |