Deprecating openai assistant agent. Apply version conditioned import for open ai version < 1.83

python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ exclude = ["src/autogen_ext/agents/web_surfer/*.js", "src/autogen_ext/runtimes/g
 [tool.pyright]
 extends = "../../pyproject.toml"
 include = ["src", "tests"]
-exclude = ["src/autogen_ext/runtimes/grpc/protos", "tests/protos"]
+exclude = ["src/autogen_ext/runtimes/grpc/protos", "tests/protos", "src/autogen_ext/agents/openai/_openai_assistant_agent.py", "tests/test_openai_assistant_agent.py"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "6.0"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ test.sequence = [
 test.default_item_type = "cmd"
 test-grpc = "pytest -n 1 --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml --grpc"
 test-windows = "pytest -n 1 --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml -m 'windows'"
-mypy = "mypy --config-file ../../pyproject.toml --exclude src/autogen_ext/runtimes/grpc/protos --exclude tests/protos src tests"
+mypy = "mypy --config-file ../../pyproject.toml --exclude src/autogen_ext/runtimes/grpc/protos --exclude tests/protos --exclude src/autogen_ext/agents/openai/_openai_assistant_agent.py --exclude tests/test_openai_assistant_agent.py  --ignore-missing-imports src tests"
 
 [tool.mypy]
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]

python/packages/autogen-ext/src/autogen_ext/agents/openai/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +1,39 @@
 try:
     from ._openai_agent import OpenAIAgent
-    from ._openai_assistant_agent import OpenAIAssistantAgent
+
+    # Check OpenAI version to conditionally import OpenAIAssistantAgent
+    try:
+        from openai import __version__ as openai_version
+
+        def _parse_openai_version(version_str: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+            """Parse a semantic version string into a tuple of integers."""
+            try:
+                parts = version_str.split(".")
+                major = int(parts[0])
+                minor = int(parts[1]) if len(parts) > 1 else 0
+                patch = int(parts[2].split("-")[0]) if len(parts) > 2 else 0  # Handle pre-release versions
+                return (major, minor, patch)
+            except (ValueError, IndexError):
+                # If version parsing fails, assume it's a newer version
+                return (999, 999, 999)
+
+        _current_version = _parse_openai_version(openai_version)
+        _target_version = (1, 83, 0)
+
+        # Only import OpenAIAssistantAgent if OpenAI version is less than 1.83
+        if _current_version < _target_version:
+            from ._openai_assistant_agent import OpenAIAssistantAgent  # type: ignore[import]
+
+            __all__ = ["OpenAIAssistantAgent", "OpenAIAgent"]
+        else:
+            __all__ = ["OpenAIAgent"]
+    except ImportError:
+        # If OpenAI is not available, skip OpenAIAssistantAgent import
+        __all__ = ["OpenAIAgent"]
+
 except ImportError as e:
     raise ImportError(
         "Dependencies for OpenAI agents not found. "
         'Please install autogen-ext with the "openai" extra: '
         'pip install "autogen-ext[openai]"'
     ) from e
-
-__all__ = ["OpenAIAssistantAgent", "OpenAIAgent"]

python/packages/autogen-ext/src/autogen_ext/agents/openai/_openai_assistant_agent.py

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+"""
+OpenAI Assistant Agent implementation.
+
+This module is deprecated starting v0.7.0 and will be removed in a future version.
+"""
+# pyright: ignore
+# mypy: ignore-errors
+
 import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import warnings
+from functools import wraps
 from typing import (
     Any,
     AsyncGenerator,
@@ -57,9 +67,33 @@
 from openai.types.shared_params.function_definition import FunctionDefinition
 from openai.types.vector_store import VectorStore
 
+# Deprecation warning
+warnings.warn(
+    "The OpenAIAssistantAgent module is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, use OpenAIAgent instead.",
+    DeprecationWarning,
+    stacklevel=2,
+)
+
 event_logger = logging.getLogger(EVENT_LOGGER_NAME)
 
 
+def deprecated_class(reason: str) -> Callable[[type], type]:
+    """Decorator to mark a class as deprecated."""
+
+    def decorator(cls: type) -> type:
+        original_init = cls.__init__
+
+        @wraps(original_init)
+        def new_init(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+            warnings.warn(f"{cls.__name__} is deprecated: {reason}", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+            original_init(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        cls.__init__ = new_init
+        return cls
+
+    return decorator
+
+
 def _convert_tool_to_function_param(tool: Tool) -> "FunctionToolParam":
     """Convert an autogen Tool to an OpenAI Assistant function tool parameter."""
 
@@ -90,14 +124,22 @@ class OpenAIAssistantAgentState(BaseModel):
     uploaded_file_ids: List[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
+@deprecated_class(
+    "This class is deprecated starting v0.7.0 and will be removed in a future version. Use OpenAIAgent instead."
+)
 class OpenAIAssistantAgent(BaseChatAgent):
     """An agent implementation that uses the Assistant API to generate responses.
 
+    .. warning::
+
+        This module is deprecated starting v0.7.0 and will be removed in a future version.
+        Please use :class:`~autogen_ext.agents.openai.OpenAIAgent` instead.
+
     Installation:
 
     .. code-block:: bash
 
-        pip install "autogen-ext[openai]"
+        pip install "autogen-ext[openai]"  # For OpenAI Assistant
         # pip install "autogen-ext[openai,azure]"  # For Azure OpenAI Assistant
 
 
@@ -146,7 +188,7 @@ async def example():
 
                 # Create an assistant with code interpreter
                 assistant = OpenAIAssistantAgent(
-                    name="Python Helper",
+                    name="PythonHelper",
                     description="Helps with Python programming",
                     client=client,
                     model="gpt-4",
@@ -197,7 +239,7 @@ async def example():
 
                 # Create an assistant with code interpreter
                 assistant = OpenAIAssistantAgent(
-                    name="Python Helper",
+                    name="PythonHelper",
                     description="Helps with Python programming",
                     client=client,
                     model="gpt-4o",

python/packages/autogen-ext/tests/test_openai_assistant_agent.py

@@ -14,9 +14,33 @@
 from autogen_ext.agents.openai import OpenAIAssistantAgent
 from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, get_bearer_token_provider
 from openai import AsyncAzureOpenAI, AsyncOpenAI
+from openai import __version__ as openai_version
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
+def _parse_openai_version(version_str: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+    """Parse a semantic version string into a tuple of integers."""
+    try:
+        parts = version_str.split(".")
+        major = int(parts[0])
+        minor = int(parts[1]) if len(parts) > 1 else 0
+        patch = int(parts[2].split("-")[0]) if len(parts) > 2 else 0  # Handle pre-release versions
+        return (major, minor, patch)
+    except (ValueError, IndexError):
+        # If version parsing fails, assume it's a newer version
+        return (999, 999, 999)
+
+
+# Skip all tests if OpenAI version is less than 1.83
+_current_version = _parse_openai_version(openai_version)
+_target_version = (1, 83, 0)
+if _current_version < _target_version:
+    pytest.skip(
+        f"OpenAI version {openai_version} is less than 1.83. OpenAIAssistantAgent tests are skipped for older versions.",
+        allow_module_level=True,
+    )
+
+
 class QuestionType(str, Enum):
     MULTIPLE_CHOICE = "MULTIPLE_CHOICE"
     FREE_RESPONSE = "FREE_RESPONSE"