OpenAI's Python SDK v3.40.0 adds hints for 'realtime' and 'responses' beta features, along

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Oct 27, 2026 16:19 UTC pypi openai

OpenAI's Python SDK v3.40.0 adds hints for 'realtime' and 'responses' beta features, along with new polling helpers for vector stores and JSON mode guidance.

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looks like openai's python sdk just dropped hints about new 'realtime' and 'responses' beta features. streaming connections for something new?

openai's latest python sdk update mentions new vector store polling helpers and clearer guidance for json mode. useful for better async operations.

openai 3.39.0 -> 3.40.0: +106 strings, -731 strings, 44 interesting [feature_flag] (4) + py connection = client.beta.realtime.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + py connection = client.beta.responses.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + py connection = client.beta.realtime.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + py connection = client.beta.responses.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() [sentence] (44) + py connection = client.beta.realtime.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + py connection = client.beta.responses.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + py connection = client.beta.realtime.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + py connection = client.beta.responses.connect(...).enter() # ... connection.close() + .""" tools: List[AssistantTool] """A list of tool enabled on the assistant. There can be a maximum of 128 tools per assistant. Tools can be of types + Add a file to a vector store and poll until processing is complete. `max_wait_seconds` limits polling after upload and attachment; see `poll` for details. + Attach a file to the given vector store and wait for it to be processed. `max_wait_seconds` limits polling after attachment; see `poll` for details. + Upload a file to the `files` API and then attach it to the given vector store. Note the file will be asynchronously processed (you can use the alternative polling helper method to wait for processing to complete). + Uploads the given files concurrently and then creates a vector store file batch. If you've already uploaded certain files that you want to include in this batch then you can pass their IDs through the `file_ids` argument. By default, if any file upload fails then an excepti + enables JS