At the top of all the Assistant Docs there is now this message. What does that mean?? I am almost done with an app that is built on top of the Assistant API. What should I do??
It is pretty self explaining, but well… people are reporting that assistants API is occasionally getting increased delays for example.
I would take the time to migrate the app within this year’s window to responses API, to avoid further problems.
Well, my confusion stems from the fact that the alert doesn’t state which API is being deprecated. Context would lead me to assume it is the Assistant API, but it is not explicitly stated, which seems like it should be given how important the notice is.
I see. If you scroll down the link of that screen you posted, it will provide more details.
Assistants
Based on developer feedback from the Assistants API beta, we’ve incorporated key improvements into the Responses API to make it more flexible, faster, and easier to use. The Responses API represents the future direction for building agents on OpenAI.
We’re working to achieve full feature parity between the Assistants and the Responses API, including support for Assistant-like and Thread-like objects and the Code Interpreter tool. When complete, we plan to formally announce the deprecation of the Assistants API with a target sunset date in the first half of 2026.
Upon deprecation, we will provide a clear migration guide from the Assistants API to the Responses API that allows developers to preserve all their data and migrate their applications. Until we formally announce the deprecation, we’ll continue delivering new models to the Assistants API.
Ok cool. Not sure how I missed that, but thank you for pointing it out. Makes me feel loads better.
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