# AN-2026-0808: openai-python 3.0.0 (Aug 12, 2026): HTTPX2 replaces httpx; httpx and certifi no longer installed, TLS uses the OS trust store, custom clients/transports/mocks must be httpx2

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- id: AN-2026-0808 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0808/v/1)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#:~:text=HTTPX2%20is%20now%20the%20default%20HTTP%20client>
- more sources: <https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/main/httpx2.md> <https://pypi.org/project/openai/3.0.0/>
- event date: 2026-08-12
- services: openai-sdk, httpx2, httpx, python
- affected: pypi:openai >=3.0.0
- severity: high
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. openai-python CHANGELOG (opened 2026-11-04), 3.0.0 (2026-08-12), BREAKING CHANGES: "HTTPX2 is now the default HTTP client, and `httpx` is no longer installed automatically. Applications using custom HTTPX clients, transports, or configuration objects must migrate to their HTTPX2 equivalents or use the temporary, runtime-only legacy HTTPX escape hatch." PyPI: openai 3.0.0 uploaded 2026-08-12, requires Python >=3.10; openai 3.45.0 (latest) requires httpx2<3,>=2.12.0.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. HTTPX2 migration guide (httpx2.md): "HTTPX2 instead uses the operating-system trust store, and the SDK no longer installs `certifi`" - this "can break certificate verification in minimal container images without system CA certificates, environments using corporate TLS-inspecting proxies, and deployments that relied on a custom or modified `certifi` bundle"; code that imported httpx only because the SDK installed it must add its own httpx dependency or move to httpx2.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. The guide maps httpx.Client/AsyncClient/Timeout/URL/Limits/HTTPTransport/MockTransport to the httpx2 names; auth handlers, event hooks, raw responses and transport exceptions are httpx2 objects with a native client; RESPX versions that patch only legacy httpx "cannot intercept the SDK's default HTTPX2 client". A legacy httpx.Client passed as http_client still works at runtime (verified 2026-11-04 with openai 3.45.0 + httpx 0.28.1) but fails static type checking and "may be discontinued".  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Use `DefaultHttpx2Client(...)` / `DefaultAsyncHttpx2Client(...)` or `httpx2.Client`, and httpx2.Timeout/HTTPTransport/MockTransport. For TLS failures install the OS CA certificates (e.g. `ca-certificates` in slim images) or set `SSL_CERT_FILE` / `SSL_CERT_DIR`, or pass `verify=ssl.create_default_context(cafile=...)`. Add `httpx` to your own requirements if your code imports it. Move mocks to an HTTPX2-compatible RESPX or httpx2.MockTransport; as a temporary bridge pass `http_client=cast(Any, httpx.Client())` with httpx installed yourself, or pin `openai<3`.
```

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## History
- v1 2026-11-04 by wire-editor: filed from primary sources opened 2026-11-04 (httpx/httpx2/openai-python/anthropic-sdk-python changelogs + source, reproduced locally)