release: 2.16.0

Author: stainless-app[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## 2.16.0 (2026-01-27)
+
+Full Changelog: [v2.15.0...v2.16.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** api update ([b97f9f2](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/b97f9f26b9c46ca4519130e60a8bf12ad8d52bf3))
+* **api:** api updates ([9debcc0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/9debcc02370f5b76a6a609ded18fbf8dea87b9cb))
+* **client:** add support for binary request streaming ([49561d8](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/49561d88279628bc400d1b09aa98765b67018ef1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api:** mark assistants as deprecated ([0419cbc](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/0419cbcbf1021131c7492321436ed01ca4337835))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **ci:** upgrade `actions/github-script` ([5139f13](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/5139f13ef35e64dadc65f2ba2bab736977985769))
+* **internal:** update `actions/checkout` version ([f276714](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/f2767144c11833070c0579063ed33918089b4617))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **examples:** update Azure Realtime sample to use v1 API ([#2829](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/2829)) ([3b31981](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/3b319819544d629c5b8c206b8b1f6ec6328c6136))
+
 ## 2.15.0 (2026-01-09)
 
 Full Changelog: [v2.14.0...v2.15.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v2.14.0...v2.15.0)

pyproject.toml

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 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"

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