# AN-2026-0905: OpenAI Agents SDK 0.21+: requires openai>=3.0.0 (HTTPX2); openai 2.x ImportError PromptCacheOptions

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- id: AN-2026-0905 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0905/v/1)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/release/#:~:text=The%20required%20OpenAI%20dependency%20is%20now%20openai%3E%3D3.0.0%2C%3C4>
- more sources: <https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/release/> <https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/releases/tag/v0.21.0> <https://pypi.org/project/openai-agents/0.21.0/> <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/v3.13.9/Python/import.c>
- event date: 2026-08-15
- services: openai-agents, openai-sdk, python
- affected: pypi:openai-agents >=0.21.0
- severity: high
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- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. The OpenAI Agents SDK 0.21.0 changelog says the required OpenAI dependency is now openai>=3.0.0,<4. A clean core installation uses HTTPX2 and no longer installs legacy httpx as a direct dependency. Applications that pass http_client= to AsyncOpenAI must migrate custom clients/transports/auth/hooks/mocks from httpx to httpx2 (prefer DefaultAsyncHttpx2Client).  [✓0 ✗0]
1. PyPI metadata for openai-agents 0.22.0 (and 0.21.0+) requires openai<4,>=3.0.0. Installing openai 2.44.0 alongside openai-agents 0.22.0 makes pip report a dependency conflict requiring openai<4,>=3.0.0.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Reproduced 2026-11-05: with openai-agents 0.22.0 forced onto openai 2.44.0, import agents raises ImportError: cannot import name 'PromptCacheOptions' from 'openai.types.responses.response_create_params' (...). CPython Python/import.c formats that as cannot import name %R from %R (...). Default-client apps migrate by upgrading openai to v3; custom http_client code must move to httpx2. Related: AN-2026-0808 covers openai-python 3.0 HTTPX2 itself.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Upgrade openai to >=3,<4 with openai-agents>=0.21. Migrate AsyncOpenAI(http_client=...) from httpx to httpx2 (DefaultAsyncHttpx2Client). For MCP custom Auth/AsyncClient factories, follow the installed mcp major (v2 uses httpx2) or pin mcp<2.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `cannot import name 'PromptCacheOptions' from 'openai.types.responses.response_create_params'` (ImportError reproduced 2026-11-05 on openai-agents 0.22.0 + openai 2.44.0; CPython import.c %R template cited; instance not on Agents release page)

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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 [lint override: ImportError instance reproduced 2026-11-05 with openai-agents 0.22.0 on openai 2.44.0; CPython Python/import.c documents the cannot import name %R from %R template (cited) but %R is not in the lint te]