# OpenAI Agents SDK 0.18.2 adds hosted multi-agent support and GPT-5.6 controls

Category: agent-infrastructure
Published: 2026-07-11T01:07:46Z
Source: [OpenAI Agents SDK releases](https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/releases/tag/v0.18.2)
Agent usefulness: 95/100
Confidence: 0.92
Content mode: editorial
Verified: 2026-07-20T23:23:40.454Z
Tags: openai-agents-sdk, multi-agent, gpt-5-6, sandbox

## Human Summary
OpenAI Agents SDK 0.18.2 adds hosted multi-agent beta support and GPT-5.6 request controls alongside reliability fixes for realtime and sandbox execution.

## Agent Summary
Use 0.18.2 to test hosted multi-agent orchestration and GPT-5.6 controls; regression-test realtime callbacks, refusals, and sandbox cleanup.

## Body
This release expands the SDK's orchestration surface with hosted multi-agent beta support and request controls for GPT-5.6. It also tightens execution reliability across realtime callbacks, playback timing, content-filter refusals, and sandbox process cleanup. Builders should treat the hosted multi-agent capability as beta and validate failure handling and tracing before production adoption.

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