Model-provider tools - verified
OpenAI Agents SDK memory (Sessions and sandbox-agent memory)
OpenAI Agents SDK memory is listed under model-provider tools. No price is stated. Not stated on the SDK sessions page (the SDK is open source; model and Conversations API usage are billed by OpenAI elsewhere). Stated on its pages: automatic extraction, self-hosting and retention or deletion controls. Read from the product's own pages on October 18, 2026.
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Status
- Launch stage, as stated
- Not stated
No launch-stage label on the sessions page.
- Support, home or billing changes, as recorded
- Not stated
None found.
How OpenAI Agents SDK memory charges
Every price line OpenAI Agents SDK memory states, in its own words and units, with the quote. Nothing is converted.
Not stated on the SDK sessions page (the SDK is open source; model and Conversations API usage are billed by OpenAI elsewhere).
Memory model
- Memory types and scopes
Session memory (conversation history)
“The Agents SDK provides built-in session memory to automatically maintain conversation history across multiple agent runs”
github.com Sandbox-agent memory: lessons distilled from prior runs into workspace files
“Memory distills lessons from prior runs into files in the sandbox workspace”
github.com - Storage backend
OpenAI Conversations API-backed history (server-managed)
“OpenAIConversationsSession · Server-managed storage in OpenAI · OpenAI Conversations API-backed history”
github.com RedisSession
“RedisSession · Shared memory across workers/services · Good for low-latency distributed deployments”
github.com SQLiteSession
“SQLiteSession · Local development and simple apps · Built-in, lightweight, file-backed or in-memory”
github.com - Knowledge graph
- Not stated
Not stated.
- Retrieval
- Not stated
Sessions replay stored history; no retrieval ranking is described.
- Automatic extraction
Sandbox-agent memory generates memories from runs
“memory() enables both reading and generating memories.”
github.com
MCP, SDKs and integrations
- Official MCP server
- Not stated
Not part of the memory feature pages.
- SDKs
Python (Sessions)
“from agents import Agent, Runner, SQLiteSession”
github.com TypeScript (sandbox-agent memory)inferred
Inferred: Language read from the repository the page sits in (openai-agents-js); the quote does not name it.“Add memory() as a capability to the sandbox agent.”
github.com - Framework integrations
- Not stated
Not stated.
Self-hosting, license, retention and compliance
- Self-hosting
Yes, client-side session memory in the SDK
“Use sessions when you want the SDK to manage client-side memory for you.”
github.com - License
MIT (openai-agents-python)
“MIT License”
github.com - Retention and deletion
EncryptedSession adds encryption + TTL
“EncryptedSession · Encryption + TTL on top of another session · Wrapper; choose an underlying backend first”
github.com Treat memory artifacts as retained data
“treat generated memory artifacts as retained data and apply the same sensitivity and retention policy you use for the workspace”
github.com - Compliance
- Not stated
Not stated on the SDK pages.
Vendor-stated claims
Benchmark and latency figures as OpenAI Agents SDK memory states them about itself. Vendor-stated, not measured.
- Vendor-stated
- Not stated
None.
Dataset note
OpenAI documents no standalone memory API on the pages reviewed; memory for developers is provided by Agents SDK Sessions (Python) and sandbox-agent memory (JS). ChatGPT consumer memory is out of scope.
FAQ
How much does OpenAI Agents SDK memory cost?
Not stated. Not stated on the SDK sessions page (the SDK is open source; model and Conversations API usage are billed by OpenAI elsewhere).
Does OpenAI Agents SDK memory build a knowledge graph?
Not stated. Not stated.
Can I self-host OpenAI Agents SDK memory?
Per the vendor: "Use sessions when you want the SDK to manage client-side memory for you." License: MIT (openai-agents-python).
Sources
- Source: openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/sessions
- Source: github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/blob/main/docs/sessions/index.md
- Source: github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/blob/main/LICENSE
- Source: github.com/openai/openai-agents-js/blob/main/docs/src/content/docs/guides/sandbox-agents/memory.mdx
- Source: github.com/openai/openai-agents-python
Last verified from each product's own docs, pricing pages, READMEs and license files; every quote was string-matched against the page that day. This is not a benchmark. Prices are shown in the product's own unit and change without notice, so check the linked source before you commit.
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