OpenAI Blog · Apr 22, 2026
Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API
Reviewed by Errol Vogt, Site support technician & online learning analyst · original summary · editorial policy
Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API. A deep dive into the Codex agent loop, showing how WebSockets and connection-scoped caching reduced API overhead and improved model latency. This update is relevant for small-office operators tracking changes in their tools.
Operator takeaway: For operators: review whether 'Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API' affects your current setup before relying on it in production.
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