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The official Python library for the OpenAI API

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Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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63 open issues indexed

Skills single-file ZIP uploads are dropped during file extraction Open

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openai/openai-python#3874 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Querystring drops explicit empty-string scalar values Open

v4

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openai/openai-python#3837 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Blocking the event loop since 3.x ? Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#3777 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Required checks lint, build and test are satisfied by a skip when dependency-locks fails Open

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openai/openai-python#3755 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2026
Aborting a streaming Responses API request drops the function_call item, breaking the next turn with 400 "No tool call found for function call output" Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#3561 · 11 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 31, 2026
Define + export `ServiceTiers` string literal Open

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openai/openai-python#3556 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2026
Organization users `emails` filter returns no results for an existing user Open

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openai/openai-python#3541 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 25, 2026
Consider enabling HTTP2 by default Open

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openai/openai-python#3476 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 8, 2026
**Streaming: connection force-closed (TCP FIN) after `[DONE]` SSE event because chunked terminator is not drained — regression from `6132922c`** Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#3440 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2026
Pre-connect Realtime manager.send crashes on Omit in dict events Open

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openai/openai-python#3402 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 14, 2026
Bug:- websocket_base_url derivation corrupts URLs containing http:// in query params Open

upstream

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

openai/openai-python#3294 · 2 comments · Opened May 21, 2026
RFC: Proactive Server-Side Cancellation via `Request-Timeout-Ms` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

openai/openai-python#3277 · 2 comments · Opened May 19, 2026
AzureOpenAI/Foundry: promote x-ms-served-model header into Response.model for the Responses API (parity with OpenAI/Azure Chat Completions) Open

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openai/openai-python#3271 · Opened May 19, 2026
Responses streaming structured output parses incomplete JSON before terminal incomplete status Open

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openai/openai-python#3263 · Opened May 18, 2026
client.images.edit() method failed to pass image_url as image input Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#3256 · 4 comments · Opened May 18, 2026
Background responses failures lack a stable code/name that maps to an exception class Open

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openai/openai-python#3212 · 3 comments · Opened May 8, 2026
Default web search to `type="approximate"` Open

upstream

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openai/openai-python#3180 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
PydanticUserError with defer_build=True and pydantic 2.12 in multiprocess forkserver workers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openai/openai-python#3079 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 12, 2026
Bug: server-side compaction is not emitted on Responses tool-call-only turns Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

openai/openai-python#3075 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 10, 2026
Add convenience methods for detecting model parameter support (temperature, reasoning) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

openai/openai-python#3073 · Opened Apr 9, 2026
OpenAI Batch API returns 404 with GPT-5.x models Open

bug upstream

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openai/openai-python#3071 · Opened Apr 8, 2026
Response.output_text and responses.parse fail when an output_text item has text: null Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

openai/openai-python#3063 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 6, 2026
bug: Batch API result file download fails for large outputs (>200MB) with ConnectionResetError Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

openai/openai-python#2959 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Empty OPENAI_BASE_URL prevents fallback to default API endpoint Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2927 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Shell tool allowlist network policy broken Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2920 · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Responses WebSocket (/v1/responses) closes with code 1000 and no events when temperature is a decimal (e.g., 1.2) Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

openai/openai-python#2919 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Azure OpenAI - `model` parameter in request body causes failures when deployment name differs from model name Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2892 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 25, 2026
Add `ImageDetail` as a named public type alias (like `ReasoningEffort`) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

openai/openai-python#2889 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 24, 2026
Responses API with code_interpreter returns empty output_text in v2.20.0 (regression from v2.19.0) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

openai/openai-python#2870 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 13, 2026
context_management=[{"type": "type"}] in tests, not 'compaction' Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2868 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 13, 2026
IndexError in accumulate_event during Responses API streaming Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

openai/openai-python#2852 · Opened Feb 9, 2026
Json parsing error with content moderation Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2834 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 29, 2026
responses.parse() with background=True returns unparseable Response from retrieve() - missing ParsedResponse support for background mode Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2830 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 23, 2026
GPT 5.1 Mini wrongly listed in model list Open

api bug

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openai/openai-python#2785 · Opened Dec 16, 2025
Improper handling of pydantic `extra="allow"` Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2740 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 8, 2025
The return value of the vector_stores.file_batches.poll method contains the ID of the VectorStore. Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2724 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 1, 2025
Encountering a 500 error when calling responses.parse on a schema containing decimal.Decimal fields. Open

api bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

openai/openai-python#2718 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 31, 2025
Inconcistency between Responses API and Chat Completions API on rate limit errors Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2699 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2025
Include `type_to_response_format_param` in public API Open

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openai/openai-python#2695 · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 17, 2025
Allow setting reasoning effort via environment variable Open

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openai/openai-python#2686 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 10, 2025
Cancel for streaming Responses Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

openai/openai-python#2643 · 2 comments · 11 reactions · Opened Sep 18, 2025
Add ``__reduce__`` method to Exception types Open

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openai/openai-python#2629 · Opened Sep 12, 2025
Error "Item ‘rs_ABCD’ of type ‘reasoning’ was provided without its required..." when using CodeInterpreter Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2561 · 6 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 15, 2025
GPT5 Models | Tool choices other than 'auto' are not supported with model Open

api bug

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openai/openai-python#2537 · 17 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 8, 2025
Update index documentation Open

openapi

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openai/openai-python#2512 · Opened Aug 6, 2025
Realtime API Pydantic Models incomplete for RealtimeResponseStatus type Open

bug openapi

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openai/openai-python#2502 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2025
Responses API error handling reads error.message, but spec says message is top-level Open

bug sdk

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openai/openai-python#2487 · Opened Jul 22, 2025
Incomplete responses are not handled by `parse_response` when using Structured Output Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2486 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 22, 2025
gpt-4o-transcribe client.audio.transcriptions.create fails on all supported audio types (“This model does not support the format you provided.”) Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2477 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 17, 2025
OpenAI API responses.parse with web_search_preview tool returns corrupted JSON with control characters Open

bug

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openai/openai-python#2458 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 11, 2025

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