$ ls openai/reviews/ # the step-back reads
OpenAI in review
One review per week (and month): what shipped, what broke, what to act on.
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.
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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