OpenAI Agents API: what actually shipped in October

@AzianMike (product at OpenAI) listed a long Agents API shipping roundup. Agents API remains public beta (client.beta.agents). We checked each claim against the official developers changelog: Fact for mid-session tool updates and auto_review (30 Oct), scheduled automations (23 Oct), Artifact SDK + Ultrafast (16 Oct), sandbox prewarming (9 Oct), async compaction + time_awareness (30 Oct), 12-hour prompt caching (20 Oct), turn-level item history (2 Oct), and Decisions API GA (22 Oct). Partly fact for his beta/contact-OpenAI list (memory across sessions, budget control, env pooling, v2) and framing of cross-session caching, snapshots, environment keys and vault metadata filtering — do not treat those as shipped.

Why it mattersIf you are building or buying agent workflows on OpenAI, the useful October ships are automations, mid-session tool swaps, Artifact SDK office files, Ultrafast, and auto_review — those are documented. Treat memory, budget caps, env pooling and 'v2' as ask-OpenAI until they land in the changelog.

Curated by Sara Simeone as part of our human editorial coverage. The original sources are linked below; curation is distinct from a Hype or Fact? assessment.

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