[Release] openai/openai-agents-python v0.17.3: v0.17.3

OpenAI Agents Python SDK v0.17.3 is a maintenance release focused on bug fixes and stability improvements. Key fixes address sandbox credential handling, memory dependency imports, output schema validation, and tool parameter mutation issues. The release includes documentation updates for SDK review guidance and API references, plus CI/CD hardening for release workflows.

Key Points

• •Fixed credential leakage by keeping mountpoint credentials out of sandbox commands
• •Unified memory optional dependency import error handling for better debugging
• •Added guardrail count to RunErrorDetails and guarded None text in text_message_output
• •Prevented mutation of FunctionTool params_json_schema and codex output schema inputs
• •Fixed output schema naming for Literal types to ensure proper type representation
• •Optimized Vercel sandbox status checking by skipping wait_for_status in terminal states
• •Improved hosted_tool_call filtering in remove_all_tools handoff filter
• •Enhanced error logging for output guardrails instead of silent failures
• •Added validation to reject relative sandbox workspace roots for security
• •Normalized leading question marks in exposed port queries and honored custom voice splitter chunks

Workflow Diagram

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