release: 3.38.0

Author: openai-sdks[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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+  ".": "3.38.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [3.38.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v3.37.0...v3.38.0) (2026-10-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** add delegation controls and prompt cache lifetimes ([#4169](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4169)) ([43045fc](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/43045fcaf91aec08571e54c57706597cefd32d45))
+* **api:** expand Live Decision item and question types ([#4175](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4175)) ([5d72315](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/5d72315876ffd8b72b958623ef4db26da3fb1e61))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **agents:** clarify result schema warnings ([#4165](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4165)) ([cfa0a79](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/cfa0a79b6395bb0561b28879122a9f90a87cdada))
+* format API status errors using the server message ([#4161](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4161)) ([6ce5f05](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/6ce5f058b3369dcf9f2a25f9fa67de0cca1451ab))
+* preserve fallback parsing for PEP 604 unions ([#4160](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4160)) ([05dfea0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/05dfea0a1cb41a3e6ae1cc3bd13145b57cf3ffb8))
+* **responses:** resolve function arguments within their namespace ([#4166](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4166)) ([81792ff](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/81792ff040a2ca2b70348163049d3d69d5ba95cf))
+* **responses:** validate tool namespaces before runner dispatch ([#4167](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4167)) ([56a55f2](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/56a55f243960e05e6268bb48ba6bf45299b8f90b))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **api:** preserve client and resource compatibility ([#4157](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4157)) ([56f33a1](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/56f33a12591516e9ce88ee72e3a59b15ac518641))
+* enforce zero custom code in generated Python files ([#4168](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4168)) ([d622f28](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/d622f28ad5cb3f947541936c0c139891211a42c5))
+
 ## [3.37.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v3.36.1...v3.37.0) (2026-10-22)
 
 

pyproject.toml

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-version = "3.37.0"
+version = "3.38.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"

src/openai/_version.py

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 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "3.37.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "3.38.0"  # x-release-please-version