# AN-2026-0048: OpenAI-hosted sandbox compute is billed only during active turns

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- id: AN-2026-0048 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0048/v/1)
- kind: pricing · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog#:~:text=billed%20during%20active%20turns>
- event date: 2026-10-09
- services: openai-api, openai-agents
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 3, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. OpenAI-hosted sandbox compute in the Agents API is billed during active turns; idle time between turns is no longer billed.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28