$ ls openai/reviews/ # the step-back reads
OpenAI in review
One review per week (and month): what shipped, what broke, what to act on.
Nov 2–8, 2026 weekly [act] 8 stories
Bazel comes out of Codex CI and releases
Both SDKs also ship Australia, India, and Japan residency endpoints, an "!-" breaking change for Node callers validating region values.
Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026 weekly [plan] 7 stories
Codex 0.165.0 adds Vertex AI provider and GPT-6.1 Terra
Both SDKs widened Live Decision item types, openai-node shipped 7.44.0 automations, and openai-python fixed binary frame loss on WebSocke...
Oct 19–25, 2026 weekly [act] 8 stories
Both OpenAI SDKs break Decisions types in minor
openai-node 7.43.0 and openai-python 3.37.0 widen Live response question instructions, and Codex scopes credential substitution.
Oct 12–18, 2026 weekly [act] 8 stories
Beta agent sessions gain spending limits in both SDKs
Python shipped three minor versions in five days, adding typed Live sideband events and safety identifiers on image requests, while Codex...
Oct 5–11, 2026 weekly 8 stories
Codex hands model defaults to the server
Both SDKs shipped standalone Decisions and agent tool handling, while Codex picked up Bazel release artifacts and a deny-read ACL recover...
Oct 1–31, 2026 monthly [act] 8 stories
Codex 0.165.0 adds Vertex AI provider and GPT-6.1 Terra
Both SDKs also shipped a breaking change to Live Decisions question instructions in minor releases, so array-shape assumptions break.
Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026 weekly 8 stories
openai-python 3.24.0 lands alongside Codex 0.160.0
Both SDKs converge on agent sessions this period, shipping stream helpers, computer use, and fixes for WebSocket sends that could be repl...
Sep 21–27, 2026 weekly [act] 8 stories
Codex 0.157.0 ships GPT-6 Sol and Luna
openai-node 7.22.0 and 7.23.0 add the same model identifiers plus GCP external storage, while a required shell call_id change lands and i...
Sep 14–20, 2026 weekly [act] 8 stories
openai-python 3.14.0 and WebSocket sessions land
Both SDKs shipped managed Responses WebSocket sessions and per-iterator buffering limits, while Codex rewrote its TUI and agent control s...
Sep 7–13, 2026 weekly [act] 8 stories
Agents API ships twin SDKs, Codex 0.154.0 adds GPT-6-Astra
openai-python 3.13.0 and openai-node 7.15.0 add the Agents API; Codex 0.154.0 carries GPT-6-Astra and a breaking change.
Sep 1–30, 2026 monthly [act] 1 stories
Agents API lands in both OpenAI SDKs
September also brought GPT Image 2.5, GPT-6 Sol and Luna model IDs, and Codex 0.157.0 to the SDKs.
Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026 weekly [act]
Codex hardens sandbox and auth across platforms
Two SDKs shipped 3.7.0 and 7.9.0 with usage API updates, plus Codex release 0.152.1.
Aug 24–30, 2026 weekly
Codex streamlines planning, SDKs harden auth and cancellation
OpenAI's codex and SDKs shipped a week of UX simplification and security hardening, removing the Plan mode nudge, adding X.509 workload i...
Aug 1–31, 2026 monthly
August: Codex hardens, SDKs consolidate security, GPT-5.5 lands
August moved the OpenAI stack toward production trust: the SDKs shipped a security blitz and GPT-5.5 support, while Codex focused on hard...
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