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the week in review · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
openai-python 3.24.0 lands alongside Codex 0.160.0
By RepoJournal · composed from the cited sources · human-reviewed weekly · methodology
Both SDKs converge on agent sessions this period, shipping stream helpers, computer use, and fixes for WebSocket sends that could be replayed.
v3.24.0 openai/openai-python
Adds custom voice creation and agent session events to the API surface; openai-python 3.20.0 earlier in the period added Agents credential and session options. If you build voice or hosted-agent flows, both land purely as additions.
0.160.0 openai/codex
Codex 0.160.0 adds keyboard-accessible browsing of older tasks in the agent command center, middle-click paste in fullscreen mode on supported local Linux X11 terminals, and the ability to start sessions outside a project with workspace defaults.
feat(api): add computer use to beta agents openai/openai-node
beta.agents gains computer_use tool variants, optional screenshots, browser authentication and origin-access approval inputs, and desktop settings. It is additive to the beta surface, so existing agent code is unaffected.
feat: collect final output from beta Agents streams openai/openai-node
The Node Agents stream now yields the completed answer directly, so you no longer track the root turn and assemble message events yourself. The Python SDK ships the same helper for sessions created or continued.
fix(realtime): retain configured queues without replaying attempted sends openai/openai-python
Realtime managers were replacing an empty queue on connect, losing its configured byte limit; a typed send could also be replayed after reaching the server. Queues now survive the connect and only attempted writes are released on failure.
fix(live): prevent replay of delivery-uncertain queued writes openai/openai-node
Primary, fork, and sideband Live lanes now retain only messages whose send was never attempted. Delivery-uncertain sends are reported as errors instead of being replayed or returned as unsent.
fix(responses): reserve lane IDs across WebSocket session replacements openai/openai-node
Closing and replacing a managed Responses session on an open WebSocket could let a delayed result from the old session complete a new request. Lane IDs now stay reserved for the physical socket's lifetime.
Retain confirmed Code Mode messages for Guardian reviews openai/codex
Guardian reviews need the assistant's delivered question to interpret a user's reply, so confirmed Code Mode messages now persist as review context. Approvals based on earlier context go stale when a new request arrives.
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