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Typed configuration with enumerated container sizes, network modes and environment types (13 of 15). Examples in six languages and an errors page with codes per HTTP status, turn and session (15). Dated changelog entries and a versioned beta header (15). 15 + 10 + 20 + 13 + 15 + 15 = 88.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 80, "points": 13, "reason": "Read as an API an agent drives. Context is compacted automatically, and session budgets and streamed events keep output sized (20 of 25). Sessions can be listed, continued and steered, events streamed or sent by webhook, artifacts fetched (15 of 20). Actionable error codes with recovery steps (20). No idempotency key; a documented check-then-retry procedure (10 of 20). One session call with defaults (medium sandbox, network enabled), SDKs in five languages (15). 20 + 15 + 20 + 10 + 15 = 80.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 87, "points": 15.23, "reason": "Project keys with restricted per-endpoint permissions, service accounts and workload identity, per the openai-api listing; we didn't confirm a key can be limited to /v1/agents (27 of 30). Automatic review for approvals, a sandbox network restricted to a host allowlist, vaults for secrets and a sandbox security guide (17 of 20). The agent reads web pages, MCP results and browser content; the sandbox security guide and approval flow are the mitigations, with no prompt-injection guide of its own found (8 of 15). Tracing, observability and usage per session and admin audit logs (15). SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 family, Bugcrowd bounty and a disclosure policy, per the openai-api listing (20). Not ZDR-eligible and US residency only, recorded under transparency. 27 + 17 + 8 + 15 + 20 = 87.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 30, "points": 3.75, "reason": "No machine payment protocol (0). Model, tool and container prices published without a login, and no fee for the API itself (20). The Free tier reading of the openai-api listing, half (10). Sign-up in a browser (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.", "checked": "2026-11-06" }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. 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One session call with defaults (medium sandbox, network enabled), SDKs in five languages (15). 20 + 15 + 20 + 10 + 15 = 80.", "maintenance": "Closed API. Last dated change 16 October 2026, Ultrafast mode and document skills (30). Four dated changelog entries in the 57 days since release, 10 September, 29 September, 9 October and 16 October (20). Changelog and help centre, as the openai-api listing reads them (12 of 15). Official SDKs carry beta.agents (15). SDK CI, per the openai-api listing (10). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 10 = 87.", "payments": "No machine payment protocol (0). Model, tool and container prices published without a login, and no fee for the API itself (20). The Free tier reading of the openai-api listing, half (10). Sign-up in a browser (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.", "reliability": "Read as a hosted API. status.openai.com has an Agents component under APIs (20). Since release on 10 September (57 days, not 90), the feed names the Agents API in a degraded-performance incident on 14 September, the elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex and the API on 29 September (the openai-api listing reads that one as a major, 17:52 to 23:14 UTC), computer use issues and degraded workspace agents on 6 and 7 October, degraded performance across the APIs for 22 minutes on 21 October, and overbilling for hosted containers on 19 September. One major, the rest minor (10). Rate limits come from the shared guide, published per tier and model with headers, and the errors page adds a Files API allowance on session creation (15). 429 and 503 guidance with Retry-After, capped backoff and a check-then-retry procedure for turns (15). The Scale Tier SLA in the openai-api listing isn't shown to cover a beta API (0). Public beta behind the agents=v1 header (0). 20 + 10 + 15 + 15 + 0 + 0 = 60.", "schema": "The reference is linked from the overview and the SDKs carry beta.agents types; we didn't confirm /agents/sessions in OpenAI's public OpenAPI file, so 15 of 25. llms.txt with every Agents API page and Markdown twins (10). The overview, architecture page and the agents guide that compares the Agents API, Agents SDK and Responses API say when to use it (20). Typed configuration with enumerated container sizes, network modes and environment types (13 of 15). Examples in six languages and an errors page with codes per HTTP status, turn and session (15). Dated changelog entries and a versioned beta header (15). 15 + 10 + 20 + 13 + 15 + 15 = 88.", "security": "Project keys with restricted per-endpoint permissions, service accounts and workload identity, per the openai-api listing; we didn't confirm a key can be limited to /v1/agents (27 of 30). Automatic review for approvals, a sandbox network restricted to a host allowlist, vaults for secrets and a sandbox security guide (17 of 20). The agent reads web pages, MCP results and browser content; the sandbox security guide and approval flow are the mitigations, with no prompt-injection guide of its own found (8 of 15). Tracing, observability and usage per session and admin audit logs (15). SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 family, Bugcrowd bounty and a disclosure policy, per the openai-api listing (20). Not ZDR-eligible and US residency only, recorded under transparency. 27 + 17 + 8 + 15 + 20 = 87.", "transparency": "Closed service with clear terms, Apache-2.0 SDKs (15). Session state retained until deleted, deletable sessions and artifacts, not ZDR-eligible, US residency only, and the data-controls guide agrees; no retention period for artifacts after a sandbox expires (25 of 30). Dated deprecation notices with minimum periods for GA models; a beta API can change faster (15 of 20). Subprocessors and processing countries listed, per the openai-api listing (20). 15 + 25 + 15 + 20 = 75." }, "sources": [ { "what": "launch post, 10 September 2026", "url": "https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-agents-api/", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "llms.txt, the Agents API pages", "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "Agents API overview, endpoint, beta header, environments, pricing and data", "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "OpenAI-hosted sandboxes, sizes, timeout and network modes", "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/environments/openai-hosted.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "errors and recovery", "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/errors.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "changelog, Agents API entries", "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog.md", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "pricing, container and tool rates", "url": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "status page, Agents component", "url": "https://status.openai.com/", "seen": "2026-11-06" }, { "what": "status incident feed", "url": "https://status.openai.com/history.rss", "seen": "2026-11-06" } ], "openQuestions": [ "Category. Listed under agent-harnesses as a hosted harness behind an API; frameworks would be the alternative", "unchecked: whether /v1/agents/sessions is in OpenAI's public OpenAPI file, and whether a restricted key can be limited to it", "unchecked: whether the Scale Tier SLA covers a beta API. Scored 0 for now", "Older than this week's launches (10 September 2026). Listed on 6 November as a gap the founder picked" ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenAI's hosted agent runtime, the Codex harness behind one session call, with MCP, functions, web search, computer use, subagents and sandboxes on OpenAI or your own infrastructure. Documentation, errors and SDKs are thorough. It's still public beta, can't use Zero Data Retention and keeps data in the United States only.", "bestFor": "Teams that want OpenAI to run the agent loop, with sandboxes, MCP tools and subagents, and are fine with a beta API, US-only data residency and no Zero Data Retention.", "strengths": [ "One session call configures the model, tools, MCP servers, subagents and the sandbox, and OpenAI runs and recovers the loop", "Sandboxes on OpenAI or self-hosted, with guides for ten providers including E2B, Daytona, Modal, Cloudflare and Vercel", "An errors guide with codes per status and turn, Retry-After and a check-before-retry procedure", "Webhooks, streamed events, tracing and usage views for each session", "SDK examples in Python, JavaScript, Go, Java and Ruby", "Status page with its own Agents component" ], "weaknesses": [ "Public beta since 10 September 2026 behind the agents=v1 beta header, with no GA date", "Not eligible for Zero Data Retention, and data residency is United States only", "No idempotency key for session or turn requests; retries depend on checking state first", "One API-wide major outage on 29 September included it, plus several smaller incidents since release", "No retention period stated for published artifacts after a sandbox expires" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST https://api.openai.com/v1/agents/sessions with a project key and the header OpenAI-Beta: agents=v1, or use client.beta.agents in the SDKs", "Before retrying, retrieve the session and turn and check which actions completed, since there's no idempotency key", "Set the sandbox network to restricted with an allowlist of up to 100 hosts when the agent doesn't need the open web", "Save files from /workspace/outputs before deleting a session; no retention period is stated for artifacts", "Don't send data that needs Zero Data Retention or non-US residency; the Agents API supports neither" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 88, "security": 87, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 95, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 }, "scoreHistory": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "grade": "BB", "kind": "listed", "method": "0.7", "score": 73.3 } ] }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.openai.com/v1/agents/sessions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"OpenAI-Beta: agents=v1\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d @session.json # model, tools, environment and input, per the quickstart" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-agents-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "openai-api", "openai-embeddings", "openai-guardrails", "openai-moderation", "openai-image-api", "openai-sora", "openai-speech-to-text", "gpt-live", "openai-realtime", "openai-agents-sdk", "openai-decisions-api", "openai-codex", "gpt-oss-120b", "gpt-oss-20b" ], "notable": [ "Released in public beta on 10 September 2026, on the same managed Codex harness as Codex and ChatGPT for Work, with durable sessions and OpenAI-hosted or customer-connected sandboxes (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog.md)", "Computer use in an OpenAI-hosted browser added on 29 September, sandbox pre-warming and billing only during active turns on 9 October, and Ultrafast mode and document skills on 16 October (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog.md)", "Sandboxes can run on OpenAI, on your own infrastructure, or on providers with their own guides, among them AWS Lambda MicroVMs, Cloudflare, Daytona, E2B, Modal, Vercel, Blaxel, DigitalOcean, Databricks and OCI (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/llms.txt)", "Not eligible for Zero Data Retention, and data residency is United States only. The overview says choosing a self-hosted sandbox doesn't make it ZDR-eligible (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview.md)", "status.openai.com has an Agents component under APIs. Between release and 6 November the feed names it in a degraded-performance incident on 14 September, the API-wide errors of 29 September and smaller incidents on 6, 7 and 21 October, and an overbilling incident for hosted containers on 19 September (https://status.openai.com/history.rss)" ], "area": "frameworks", "details": [ { "label": "Surface graded", "value": "The hosted API at api.openai.com/v1/agents, read from the launch post, the Agents API overview, errors and OpenAI-hosted sandbox guides, the changelog, the pricing page and the status feed on 6 November 2026. Platform readings (keys, SLA, certifications, DPA, subprocessors, deprecations) are the openai-api listing's of 1 November. No account was made and nothing was called. The Agents SDK is the separate openai-agents-sdk listing, and Codex the openai-codex listing" }, { "label": "Sessions", "value": "A session holds the agent (model, tools, subagent settings), an environment and the task input. You send input, follow progress by streaming or webhooks, and continue or steer. OpenAI manages orchestration, context compaction and recovery, and keeps session state until you delete it" }, { "label": "Environments", "value": "OpenAI-hosted sandboxes in small (1 vCPU, 1 GB), medium (2 vCPU, 4 GB, the default) and large (4 vCPU, 16 GB) sizes, deleted after an hour without activity or keep-alives. Outbound network enabled by default, or disabled, or restricted to 1 to 100 exact host names. Self-hosted sandboxes with workspace and capability directories, and provider guides for AWS Lambda MicroVMs, Blaxel, Cloudflare, Databricks, Daytona, DigitalOcean, E2B, Modal, OCI and Vercel. AWS's Bedrock Managed Agents is built on it" }, { "label": "Tools", "value": "MCP servers over HTTP, custom functions, programmatic tool calling, web search, computer use in a hosted browser (since 29 September), plugins, vaults and skills, with automatic review for approvals" }, { "label": "Errors", "value": "HTTP codes from 400 (invalid_request_error, invalid_beta and others) to 503 (server_is_overloaded), turn codes such as context_length_exceeded, session_budget_exceeded and rate_limit_exceeded, and session codes such as idle_timeout. Retry guidance says to check the session first, honour Retry-After, back off with a cap, and send only unfinished work after a failed turn" }, { "label": "Data", "value": "Session state is retained until deleted, and sessions and published artifacts can be deleted. Not eligible for Zero Data Retention, and residency is United States only. The data-controls guide lists /v1/agents among the endpoints that aren't ZDR-eligible, per the openai-api listing's 1 November reading" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenAI OpCo, LLC", "domain": "openai.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-01-19", "domainNote": "openai.com was registered in 2007, before OpenAI existed, per the openai-api listing.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/", "privacy": "https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.openai.com", "changelog": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The endpoint is on api.openai.com, the same host as the rest of the OpenAI API. Terms, privacy, security.txt and the domain are the openai-api listing's readings." ], "score": 95, "checks": [ { "check": "Legal entity named", "value": "OpenAI OpCo, LLC", "points": 20, "max": 20, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Domain age", "value": "openai.com, registered 2007-01-19 (19 years)", "points": 15, "max": 15, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain", "value": "api.openai.com", "points": 15, "max": 15, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Terms of service", "value": "published, but our reader couldn't read it", "points": 7, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Privacy policy", "value": "published, but our reader couldn't read it", "points": 7, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Status page", "value": "status.openai.com", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Changelog", "value": "published", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "security.txt", "value": "valid", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "People named", "value": "12 named with their role, 5 with a public profile", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Support route", "value": "help pages, a community", "points": 5, "max": 5, "state": "ok" } ], "policies": [ { "kind": "terms", "url": "https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/", "state": "unreadable", "reason": "the page answered HTTP 403 to our reader", "readAt": "2026-10-08", "points": 7, "max": 10 }, { "kind": "privacy", "url": "https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/", "state": "unreadable", "reason": "the page answered HTTP 403 to our reader", "readAt": "2026-10-08", "points": 7, "max": 10 } ] }, "humans": { "slug": "openai-agents-api", "checked": "2026-10-28", "company": "OpenAI", "people": [ { "name": "Sam Altman", "role": "Co-founder, OpenAI", "founder": true, "x": "https://x.com/sama", "bio": "Sam Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015. 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