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OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 22, 2026

How to Distinguish OpenAI insufficient_quota vs True Rate Limit Errors (429)

Fix API returning 429 due to account quota exhaustion rather than rate limiting; user needs to know it's a billing issue, not a retry issue. Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

insufficient_quota: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details.
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 22, 2026

Background responses failures lack a stable code/name that maps to an exception class — OpenAI Python SDK

Developer needs reliable way to catch and classify background mode API errors for retry/backoff logic in production applications using openai-python SDK Responses API with background=True Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

background responses failures lack a stable error.code mapping to SDK exception class; HTTP 200 OK with status="failed" returns opaque error.code string like "server_error" or "rate_limit_exceeded" but no typed exception raised
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 22, 2026

OpenAI Responses API background mode fails without raising typed exception

Handle background Responses API failures (server_error, rate_limit_exceeded) that return 200 OK with opaque error codes Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

HTTP poll returns 200 OK but status='failed' or 'incomplete' with no typed SDK exception raised
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 22, 2026

GPT5 Models | Tool choices other than auto are not supported with model

Fix error when specifying explicit tool_choice (e.g., 'required', 'none', or function name) with GPT-5 models, forcing fallback to auto mode Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

Tool choices other than 'auto' are not supported with model on GPT5
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 22, 2026

AzureOpenAI with AAD bearer token returns 401 in SDK v2.34.0+ (Regression)

Fix sudden 401 authentication failure when upgrading azure-openai SDK that previously worked on older versions Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

AAD bearer token passed via api_key works in 2.33.0 but returns 401 in 2.34.0 and after
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

OpenAI ChatGPT Plus OAuth returns 429 quota exceeded for third-party tool calls despite active Plus subscription

Understand whether ChatGPT Plus subscription quota applies to third-party OAuth tool calls and how to resolve 429 quota errors when using third-party tools like OpenClaw Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

ChatGPT Plus OAuth succeeds but third-party Codex calls return 429 quota exceeded — Plus subscription does not provide usable quota for third-party tool integration
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

AzureOpenAI with AAD bearer token returns 401 Unauthorized after upgrading to openai Python SDK v2.34.0

Fix 401 Unauthorized error when using Azure AD bearer tokens passed via api_key parameter after upgrading to openai Python SDK 2.34.0+, specifically in Azure APIM proxy setups Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

Error code: 401 - {'error': {'code': '401', 'message': 'Access denied due to invalid subscription key or wrong API endpoint. Make sure to provide a valid key for an active subscription and use a correct regional API endpoint for your resource.'}}
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

AzureOpenAI with AAD bearer token passed via api_key returns 401 in openai-python v2.34.0

Fix 401 Unauthorized when upgrading from openai==2.33.0 to 2.34.0 with Azure OpenAI + Azure AD authentication via APIM proxy Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

Error code: 401 - Access denied due to invalid subscription key or wrong API endpoint — AzureOpenAI passes AAD bearer token via api_key parameter which now sends api-key header instead of Bearer token
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

Background responses failures lack stable error code mapping in openai-python #3212

Add stable error code/classification for OpenAI Responses API background task failures so clients can handle retries differently Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

Background responses API errors do not map to a stable exception class name, making client-side error classification unreliable
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

Inconsistency between Responses API and Chat Completions API on rate limit errors (openai-python #2699)

Understand and unify rate limit error handling between OpenAI's Responses API and Chat Completions API so developers don't need separate error paths for each endpoint Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

Responses API and Chat Completions API handle rate limit errors differently (different error codes, headers, or body formats), breaking unified error handling
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

OpenAI Responses API Background Mode Fails Without Stable Error Code/Exception Mapping

Fix unreliable background-mode response polling where failed runs return opaque error.code strings instead of mapped SDK exceptions (RateLimitError, InternalServerError, etc.), preventing deterministic retry logic Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

Background responses failures lack a stable code/name that maps to an exception class; HTTP 200 OK returned with status="failed" but no typed exception raised
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

responses.parse() returns HTTP 500 for Pydantic models with Decimal fields (gpt-5 only)

Fix 500 error when using OpenAI Responses API structured output with Decimal type fields in Pydantic models Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

HTTP 500 Internal Server Error — An error occurred while processing your request (server_error) when calling responses.parse() with gpt-5 and Pydantic models containing decimal.Decimal fields
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

OpenAI API Rate Limit 429 Error: insufficient_quota Exceeded Daily Quota

Fix OpenAI API 429 rate limit error caused by exceeding daily/quota limits on paid accounts Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

RateLimitError: code: 429 - {'error': {'message': 'You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details.'}}
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

OpenAI API Billing Payment Method Declined Causes insufficient_quota Error

User tries to activate OpenAI API billing but all payment methods are declined; subsequently gets insufficient_quota errors when calling API Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

You exceeded your current quota... insufficient_quota
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

text-completion worker treats OpenAI insufficient_quota as retryable (should fail fast)

开发者遇到 OpenAI 429 insufficient_quota 错误后,代码仍在重试消耗信用额度,需要知道如何快速失败避免浪费 Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

OpenAI API error code 429: Your organization has reached its maximum usage limit. insufficient_quota treated as retryable → wasteful credit burn
OpenAI API OpenAI API Updated May 21, 2026

OpenAI SDK streaming tool_call delta accumulation breaks with duplicate indexes in first chunk

Developers using OpenAI streaming API see corrupted tool_call outputs when the first chunk contains multiple tool_calls with duplicate index values. Includes evidence for OpenAI API troubleshooting demand.

accumulate_delta assumes indexed list entry's index field matches its physical position; multiple tool_calls entries with same index in first streamed chunk corrupts accumulated state