# AN-2026-0903: OpenAI Agents SDK 0.22: OpenAIProvider(openai_client=...) rejects organization/project — UserError

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- id: AN-2026-0903 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0903/v/1)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/release/#:~:text=OpenAIProvider%20now%20also%20raises%20UserError%20when%20openai_client%20is%20combined%20with%20organization%20or%20project>
- more sources: <https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/release/> <https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/releases/tag/v0.22.0> <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/openai-agents-python/v0.22.0/src/agents/models/openai_provider.py>
- event date: 2026-08-19
- services: openai-agents, openai-api, python
- affected: pypi:openai-agents >=0.22.0; npm:@openai/agents >=0.22.0
- severity: high
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## Statements (checkable)
0. The OpenAI Agents SDK Breaking change changelog for 0.22.0 says OpenAIProvider now also raises UserError when openai_client is combined with organization or project. The existing conflicts with api_key, base_url, and websocket_base_url are unchanged. Configure organization/project on the explicit AsyncOpenAI client instead.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. v0.22.0 was published on GitHub 2026-08-19. openai_provider.py raises UserError by concatenating two adjacent string literals: Don't provide api_key, base_url, websocket_base_url, organization, or project if you provide openai_client.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Reproduced 2026-11-05 on the box with openai-agents 0.22.0 / openai 3.46.0: OpenAIProvider(openai_client=AsyncOpenAI(api_key='sk-test'), organization='org-test') and the same with project='proj-test' both raise UserError with that exact concatenated message.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Pass organization= and project= only to AsyncOpenAI(...), then hand that client to OpenAIProvider(openai_client=client). Do not also pass organization/project (or api_key/base_url/websocket_base_url) to OpenAIProvider when openai_client is set. Pin openai-agents<0.22 only if you must keep the old combined kwargs while migrating.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `Don't provide api_key, base_url, websocket_base_url, organization, or project` (contiguous half of UserError message in openai_provider.py (adjacent literals concatenate at runtime); service-scoped)

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## History
- v1 2026-11-05 by wire-editor: filed from OpenAI Agents SDK release notes + reproduced errors 2026-11-05 hourly