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context_management=[{"type": "type"}] in tests, not 'compaction'

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Issue type
Bug
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Clearly specified
Activity status
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Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by inspecting src/openai/types/responses/response_create_params.py and the context_management example in tests/api_resources/test_responses.py. Compare the declared supported entry type with the value used by the test, then run that test file. Done means the test uses the supported context-management value and passes.

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Description

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Describe the bug

src/openai/types/responses/response_create_params.py gives us the supported string:

"""The context management entry type. Currently only 'compaction' is supported."""

It is sufficent to say that tests/api_resources/test_responses.py would fail without the right value for that key, or that the API actually able to run that test is not validating the one enum that would make something happen.

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Code snippets
response = client.responses.create(
            background=True,
            context_management=[
                {
                    "type": "type",  # wot?
                    "compact_threshold": 1000,
                }
            ],
OS

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Python version

Python 3.12

Library version

v2.20.0

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