What does OpenAI's Agents API actually manage?
OpenAI's Agents API, released in public beta on 10 September 2026, says OpenAI manages the hosted Codex harness, orchestration, context compaction, recovery, and durable session state. The same docs say your application still owns tool integrations and the choice of execution environment, so a managed runtime removes control-plane work more than security responsibility.
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