# Error with OpenAI 1.56.0 - Client.\_\_init\_\_() got an unexpected keyword argument 'proxies'
**URL:** https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332
**Category:** API
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332 "2024-12-02T21:15:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@vykeoj](https://community.openai.com/u/vykeoj)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/24 "2024-12-10T15:53:09Z")
I changed my open ai version from openai = “1.42.0” to openai = “1.56.1” and that worked for me
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### Author:  [@mhatem5351](https://community.openai.com/u/mhatem5351)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/25 "2024-12-10T18:07:41Z")
thanks
those versions worked for me
openai==1.55.3
httpx==0.27.2
typing-extensions\>=4.11.0,\<5.0.0
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### Author:  [@jonaswihl](https://community.openai.com/u/jonaswihl)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/26 "2024-12-10T21:30:53Z")
Thank you so much! It finally worked perfectly for me in the Colab environment. Thank you!!!
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### Author:  [@jpsiyyadri](https://community.openai.com/u/jpsiyyadri)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/27 "2024-12-11T16:05:23Z")
It worked, for especially google colab please restart your runtime and install these packages. Thanks
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### Author:  [@embarkwu](https://community.openai.com/u/embarkwu)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/28 "2024-12-12T14:31:56Z")
Thank you Joe It worked for me！！
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### Author:  [@ktbdigitalmedia](https://community.openai.com/u/ktbdigitalmedia)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/29 "2024-12-12T14:39:04Z")
This is the one that fixed it for me. Sp thank you very much. Unfortunate that OpenAI hasn’t fixed this yet. 12K views on this post - showcasing 12,000+ people using the API are having this exact issue. Its been two weeks. I have to change all of collab files.
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### Author:  [@nishanth.c2021](https://community.openai.com/u/nishanth.c2021)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/30 "2024-12-13T03:56:23Z")
Even it works for langchain openAI imports
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### Author:  [@hansamal2010](https://community.openai.com/u/hansamal2010)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/31 "2024-12-13T07:32:22Z")
Thanks a lot, I was trying to build a Docker, and adding httpx==0.27.2 to my requirement file solved the issue.
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### Author:  [@cramtek](https://community.openai.com/u/cramtek)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/32 "2024-12-19T01:13:03Z")
Thanks!! You saved me a lot of time!!
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### Author:  [@dignity\_for\_all](https://community.openai.com/u/dignity_for_all)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/33 "2024-12-19T01:48:16Z")
This issue seems to have already been resolved in the OpenAI Python module version 1.56.1 and later (currently 1.58.1).
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### Author:  [@lassomicha](https://community.openai.com/u/lassomicha)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/34 "2024-12-29T20:17:47Z")
`poetry add httpx="0.27.2"` worked for me, thank you!
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### Author:  [@stanislav.buza](https://community.openai.com/u/stanislav.buza)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/35 "2025-01-10T18:56:49Z")
This did the job for me.
openai==1.59.6
httpx==0.27.2
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### Author:  [@abdullahw72](https://community.openai.com/u/abdullahw72)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/36 "2025-02-21T14:16:32Z")
This worked for me. This problem is still persistent as of Februrary 2025.
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### Author:  [@guitardave](https://community.openai.com/u/guitardave)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/37 "2025-03-07T00:48:07Z")
This worked for me as well.
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### Author:  [@gunkprema1](https://community.openai.com/u/gunkprema1)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/38 "2025-08-13T01:21:37Z")
for docker having
httpx\<0.28
in constraints.txt works for me, THANKYOU
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### Author:  [@Rejish\_P\_M](https://community.openai.com/u/Rejish_P_M)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-with-openai-1-56-0-client-init-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-proxies/1040332/39 "2025-08-14T07:26:26Z")
Works for me.. Thanks saved my time. Upgrading the openai version works .
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