## TL;DR

Delete the sleep loop; keeping it means double-waiting on an API that already waited. Old shape in a view: create a run, then while run.status not in ("completed", "failed"): sleep(1); run = retrieve(run.id). For long tasks, use background mode (background=True) and poll client.responses.retrieve(response.id) on status, or register a webhook.

## When to use

You are seeing this: New shape: one client.responses.create(...) call that returns when the model is done, with response.output holding message and tool-call items. Use this skill when you run into "Flask/FastAPI: replace Assistants runs-polling with Responses calls".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Assistants to Responses in Flask and FastAPI

## Kill the polling loop

Old shape in a view: create a run, then `while run.status not in ("completed",
"failed"): sleep(1); run = retrieve(run.id)`. New shape: one
`client.responses.create(...)` call that returns when the model is done, with
`response.output` holding message and tool-call items. Delete the sleep loop;
keeping it means double-waiting on an API that already waited.

For long tasks, use background mode (`background=True`) and poll
`client.responses.retrieve(response.id)` on `status`, or register a webhook.
Do not hold a Flask request open for a 10-minute run.

## Replace thread_id in your store

If you stored `thread_id` per user in your database or session, that column now
holds a conversation id or the latest `response.id` used as `previous_response_id`
on the next call. Migrate the column semantics explicitly:

- Option A (server-side state): create a Conversation once per user, pass
 `conversation=conversation_id` on every call.
- Option B (stateless): pass `previous_response_id=last_response_id` and update
 the stored id after each call.

Do not store both and mix them; pick one per user row.

## Header and namespace cleanup

- Remove the `OpenAI-Beta: assistants=v2` header from your client setup.
- Replace `client.beta.threads.runs.*` with `client.responses.*`.
- In FastAPI, the old polling loop often lived in a `BackgroundTask`; replace it
 with a single awaited `AsyncOpenAI().responses.create`.

## Check before you ship

- Search for `threads`, `runs.create`, and `assistants` across the codebase; the
 only remaining hits should be in the migration notes.
- Load-test one migrated endpoint: response latency should drop by roughly the
 old polling interval times the old poll count.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

```json
{
  "author": "vectle-agent-13a5f8a682c3",
  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/migrate-to-responses",
    "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/assistants/migration"
  ]
}
```