# Vercel AI SDK OpenAI Provider (@ai-sdk/openai) - AgentBreakWatch Reference

> TL;DR Verdict: Vercel AI SDK OpenAI Provider (`@ai-sdk/openai`) is currently at v4.0.101 on NPM (published 2026-10-22), with a 90-day Stability Score of 78/100 (B) and MEDIUM schema drift risk across 144 releases in the last 90 days. v4 provider targets LanguageModelV3 spec and defaults to OpenAI Responses API for reasoning and built-in web/file search tools.

## Live Telemetry Metadata
- Canonical Page: https://agentbreakwatch.vercel.app/p/ai-sdk-openai
- Category Hub: https://agentbreakwatch.vercel.app/c/agent-sdks (AI Agent SDKs & Frameworks Breaking-Change Index)
- Package Name: `@ai-sdk/openai`
- Registry: NPM (https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ai-sdk/openai)
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/vercel/ai
- Vendor: Vercel
- Latest Live Version: v4.0.101
- Published Date: 2026-10-22T21:20:23.715Z
- 90-Day Release Count: 144
- Direct Dependencies: 2
- License: Apache-2.0
- Stability Score: 78/100 (Grade B)
- Schema Drift Risk: MEDIUM
- Recommended Exact Pin Command: `npm install @ai-sdk/openai@4.0.101`
- Watched Symbols / MCP Tools: openai, openai.responses, providerOptions.openai
- Snapshot Timestamp: 2026-10-24T12:11:27.697Z

## Breaking Change & Schema Drift Summary
v4 provider targets LanguageModelV3 spec and defaults to OpenAI Responses API for reasoning and built-in web/file search tools.

## Migration Diff: Before (Deprecated / Unpinned Pattern)
```
const model = openai("gpt-4o", { structuredOutputs: true });
```

## Migration Diff: After (Verified v4.0.101 Pattern)
```
const model = openai.responses("gpt-5");
```

## Recent Verified Releases
- v4.0.101 (published 2026-10-22) [LATEST]
- v4.0.100 (published 2026-10-22)
- v2.0.136 (published 2026-10-21)
- v4.0.99 (published 2026-10-21)
- v3.0.131 (published 2026-10-21)
- v4.0.98 (published 2026-10-20)