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OpenAI / OpenAI API /

Breakingdirection flip: their tools call this safe

value can now return "ready"

What changed

Producer-side tools call this additive. It breaks exhaustive switches, strict parsers and generated client enums.

Affects this value on EnvironmentStatusResource reachable from 3 operations.

New value: ready.

can now return "ready"

Who is affected

Code that reads OpenAI's EnvironmentStatusResource objects, used by 3 OpenAI operations.

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
EnvironmentStatusResource"connected", "disconnected", "expired", "failed", "pending""connected", "disconnected", "expired", "failed", "pending", "ready"

Code that breaks

switch (response) {
  // existing branches …
  // no branch for "ready"
  default:
    throw new Error("unexpected value");
}

Based on OpenAI’s published API specification. How severity is decided.