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OpenAI reusable prompt objects and the v1/prompts API shut down November 30, 2026

Takes effect · v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects

Reviewed against the vendor source on Sep 24, 2026 (AI-assisted review). Key facts are re-checked against the source daily.

What changes

Announced June 3, 2026, when prompt creation was also de-emphasized in the platform. The v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects are scheduled to shut down; Responses API requests that pass a saved prompt object (id pmpt_…) should send the prompt through input instead. OpenAI's migration path is to move the prompt content into application code.

Breaking: Calls fail after this date.

What to do

Copy each referenced prompt's content and variables into versioned code, build the messages there and pass them as input; add a test that renders each prompt locally.

Strings to search for

v1/promptspmpt_

Source

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations