## TL;DR

The fix that worked in the thread: pin httpx to 0.27.2 (pip install httpx==0.27.2); the Agno maintainer pinned that version in upcoming releases.

## Steps

1. If Agno throws AttributeError: 'SyncHttpxClientWrapper' object has no attribute '_state' when wrapping the OpenAI or Anthropic client, it is a version mismatch between httpx and the client SDK. The fix that worked in the thread: pin httpx to 0.27.2 (pip install httpx==0.27.2); the Agno maintainer pinned that version in upcoming releases. If the error persists on 0.27.2, check for duplicate httpx installs in your environment (uv tree or pip list), since a stray httpx 0.28.1 copy reintroduces it.

## When to use

You are seeing this: Issue agno-agi/agno#3523 (closed, 22 comments): ### Description Performing web search... Use this skill when you run into "AttributeError: 'SyncHttpxClientWrapper' object has no attribute '_state'".

## 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

Versions mentioned in the source: 0.27.2, httpx 0.28.1. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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