Aborting a streaming Responses API request drops the function_call item, breaking the next turn with 400 "No tool call found for function call output"

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Confirm this is an issue with the Python library and not an underlying OpenAI API

• This is an issue with the Python library

Describe the bug

When a Responses API request is aborted mid-stream (client closes the stream) after a function_call item has already been streamed back, that item is never persisted to the conversation. The next turn on the same conversation that sends the matching function_call_output fails with:

400 No tool call found for function call output with call_id call_q7hr5y6HlCZkOvJ4t5cYPZM9.

The caller executes the tool locally after the abort, so the output exists and is valid — but the remote conversation has no record of the tool call it belongs to. The API gives no signal at abort time that the streamed items were discarded.

Additional context
Same root cause reported in openai/openai-agents-js#1190 (stream abort with conversationId leaves orphan function_call items) and its unmerged fix openai/openai-agents-js#1198.

To Reproduce

1. client.conversations.create() → keep conv_id.
2. Stream a responses.create(..., conversation=conv_id, tools=[...], stream=True) whose prompt triggers the tool.
3. On the response.output_item.added event for the function_call item, close the stream (stream.close()).
4. Verify the conversation's items: conversations.items.list(conversation_id=conv_id) → empty, the function_call was never committed.
5. Send the next turn on the same conversation with the tool's function_call_output + a user message.
6. See 400 No tool call found for function call output with call_id ....

Code snippets

import openai
client = openai.OpenAI()

tools = [{
    "type": "function",
    "name": "get_weather",
    "description": "Get the current weather for a location",
    "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"location": {"type": "string"}}, "required": ["location"]},
}]

conv = client.conversations.create()
conv_id = conv.id

# 1) streaming turn that triggers a tool call
stream = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-4.1-mini",
    input="What is the weather in Amsterdam?",
    conversation=conv_id,
    tools=tools,
    stream=True,
)

call_id = None
for event in stream:
    if event.type == "response.output_item.added" and event.item.type == "function_call":
        call_id = event.item.call_id
        print("captured:", call_id)
        stream.close()   # abort mid-stream
        break

# 2) the function_call was NOT persisted
items = client.conversations.items.list(conversation_id=conv_id)
print("persisted items:", [i.type for i in items.data])   # -> []

# 3) next turn on the SAME conversation
client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-4.1-mini",
    input=[
        {"type": "function_call_output", "call_id": call_id, "output": '{"temp": 18, "condition": "cloudy"}'},
        {"type": "message", "role": "user", "content": "Is it cold?"},
    ],
    conversation=conv_id,
    tools=tools,
)
# -> BadRequestError 400: No tool call found for function call output with call_id call_q7hr5y6HlCZkOvJ4t5cYPZM9.

OS

Windows 10

Python version

Python v3.11.5

Library version

openai v2.45.0

[Mahnoor-Zaffar]

Hey, looks like aborting the stream drops the function call
Proposed fix:
Ensure the function call is persisted before aborting the stream to prevent 400 errors in subsequent requests.