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open_ai: Use responses API for all models (#54910)
From the
[docs](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/migrate-to-responses#responses-benefits):

> Better performance: Using reasoning models, like GPT-5, with Responses
will result in better model intelligence when compared to Chat
Completions. Our internal evals reveal a 3% improvement in SWE-bench
with same prompt and setup.
Agentic by default: The Responses API is an agentic loop, allowing the
model to call multiple tools, like web_search, image_generation,
file_search, code_interpreter, remote MCP servers, as well as your own
custom functions, within the span of one API request.
Lower costs: Results in lower costs due to improved cache utilization
(40% to 80% improvement when compared to Chat Completions in internal
tests).
Stateful context: Use store: true to maintain state from turn to turn,
preserving reasoning and tool context from turn-to-turn.
Flexible inputs: Pass a string with input or a list of messages; use
instructions for system-level guidance.
Encrypted reasoning: Opt-out of statefulness while still benefiting from
advanced reasoning.
Future-proof: Future-proofed for upcoming models.

Self-Review Checklist:

- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable

Closes #ISSUE

Release Notes:

- Always use Responses API for OpenAI models
2026-04-27 09:52:51 +00:00
.cargo livekit: Use our build of libwebrtc.a (#51433) 2026-03-16 10:47:36 +01:00
.cloudflare docs: Document context servers (#21170) 2024-11-25 11:05:14 -05:00
.config Increase timeout for test_random_blocks (#50724) 2026-03-04 12:25:12 -05:00
.factory Add humanizer skill for AI writing pattern detection (#50021) 2026-02-24 14:58:52 -06:00
.github ci: Reduce compliance notifications on success (#54669) 2026-04-24 08:56:22 +00:00
.zed Revert "jsonc: Recognize renovate.json as JSONC" (#54537) 2026-04-22 19:45:26 +00:00
assets terminal: Bind Alt+F4 to Close Window in the terminal keymap (#53091) 2026-04-27 09:27:26 +00:00
ci Move Nightly release to gh-workflow (#41349) 2025-10-28 13:57:23 -06:00
crates open_ai: Use responses API for all models (#54910) 2026-04-27 09:52:51 +00:00
docs docs: Update broken references (#48608) 2026-04-27 08:48:27 +00:00
extensions proto: Bump to v0.3.2 (#53235) 2026-04-06 12:51:13 +00:00
legal Update legal docs to reflect new terms of service (#50530) 2026-03-02 12:36:31 -08:00
nix nix: Fix build on x86_64-linux (#52917) 2026-04-01 20:50:04 +02:00
script ci: Add workflow for bumping Zed versions (#54485) 2026-04-23 00:56:18 +02:00
tooling ci: Reduce compliance notifications on success (#54669) 2026-04-24 08:56:22 +00:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs Add PR 50413 to .git-blame-ignore-revs (#50421) 2026-03-01 00:50:33 +01:00
.gitattributes windows: Make sure zed.sh using the correct line ending (#37650) 2025-09-05 16:25:55 +00:00
.gitignore agent_ui: Unify draft and background threads into retained threads (#53737) 2026-04-13 09:07:09 +00:00
.mailmap Update .mailmap (#47413) 2026-01-22 23:57:26 +05:30
.prettierrc ci: Add check for formatting default.json (#30034) 2025-05-06 18:55:26 +00:00
.rules Update AI rules to reflect that AsyncApp updates are now infallible (#54818) 2026-04-24 19:04:32 +00:00
AGENTS.md ai: Symlink an AGENTS.md file to .rules (#45939) 2026-01-19 15:29:42 +01:00
Cargo.lock Fix line comment rewrap in golang and C/C++ (#54931) 2026-04-27 08:51:08 +00:00
Cargo.toml Remove smol as a dependency from a bunch of crates (#53603) 2026-04-24 10:29:51 +00:00
CLAUDE.md Initial .rules file for agent with symlinks for other rules file paths (#29014) 2025-04-17 23:41:23 +00:00
clippy.toml Revert "Revert scheduler update (#46659)" (#46671) 2026-01-14 07:19:13 +00:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Remove community content from docs and point to zed.dev (#19895) 2024-10-29 09:44:58 -04:00
codebook.toml editor: Introduce Bookmarks (#54174) 2026-04-17 13:54:43 +02:00
compose.yml Remove Postgres and stripe-mock from Docker Compose (#48313) 2026-02-04 03:42:58 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Add Zed Feature Process document (#50747) 2026-03-06 14:14:53 -08:00
debug.plist WIP 2023-12-14 09:25:14 -07:00
default.nix nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
Dockerfile-collab Bump Rust version to 1.94 (#51086) 2026-03-30 09:06:59 +00:00
Dockerfile-collab.dockerignore ci: Move collab to Dockerfile-collab (#18515) 2024-09-30 16:14:26 -04:00
Dockerfile-cross.dockerignore Add remote server cross compilation (#19136) 2024-10-12 23:23:56 -07:00
Dockerfile-distros Removal of mold/wild scripts and mentions in docs (#53078) 2026-04-08 21:20:02 +03:00
Dockerfile-distros.dockerignore Support More Linux (#18480) 2024-09-30 17:46:21 -04:00
flake.lock nix: Fix build on x86_64-linux (#52917) 2026-04-01 20:50:04 +02:00
flake.nix Try to improve nix caching (#48297) 2026-02-03 20:31:02 -07:00
GEMINI.md Add missing GEMINI.md rule file for gemini-cli (#38885) 2025-10-02 09:47:29 -04:00
LICENSE-AGPL Update license year (#24191) 2025-02-04 09:02:59 -05:00
LICENSE-APACHE Update license year (#24191) 2025-02-04 09:02:59 -05:00
LICENSE-GPL Licenses: change license fields in Cargo.toml to AGPL-3.0-or-later. (#5535) 2024-01-27 13:51:16 +01:00
livekit.yaml Add LiveKit server to Docker Compose (#7907) 2024-02-16 10:49:48 -05:00
lychee.toml ci: Check for broken links (#30844) 2025-06-06 09:39:35 +00:00
Procfile Update instructions for local collaboration (#35689) 2025-08-06 11:10:28 -07:00
Procfile.all Add agent thread sharing (#46140) 2026-01-06 12:49:51 -08:00
Procfile.web Remove PostgREST (#41299) 2025-10-27 13:27:59 -04:00
README.md Add sponsor button to main Zed repo (#46807) 2026-01-14 10:38:51 -06:00
renovate.json Remove workspace-hack (#40216) 2025-10-17 18:58:14 +00:00
REVIEWERS.conl Remove past reviewer (#51767) 2026-03-17 16:34:35 +00:00
rust-toolchain.toml Bump Rust version to 1.94 (#51086) 2026-03-30 09:06:59 +00:00
rustfmt.toml nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
shell.nix nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
typos.toml fuzzy_nucleo: Add strings module and route several pickers through it (#54123) 2026-04-20 14:41:29 +02:00

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