## Summary
- Treat `sdk/python` as a development template with source version
`0.0.0-dev`, matching the existing Python runtime packaging pattern.
- Have `python-v*` tags supply the published SDK beta version through
the existing `stage-sdk --sdk-version` path.
- Remove the workflow check requiring a source version bump for each
beta release and remove its now-unused host Python setup step.
- Keep the reviewed runtime dependency pin at
`openai-codex-cli-bin==0.132.0`.
- Remove beta-number-specific documentation so it does not need editing
for each publish.
## Why
The package staging script already writes the release version into the
artifact. Requiring the checked-in SDK template version to match every
tag adds release-only source churn without changing the package users
receive.
## Validation
- Not run locally; relying on online CI for this workflow and metadata
change.
## Release
After this PR lands, publish the next beta by pushing tag
`python-v0.1.0b2` from merged `main`.
## Why
The initial public `openai-codex` beta should read and install like a
normal published Python package before a release tag is created. This
follows merged PR #24828, which establishes the independent SDK beta
release plumbing and exact runtime dependency.
## What changed
- Rewrote `sdk/python/README.md` as a compact PyPI-facing beta package
page: published installation, one quickstart, short login examples,
built-in help, and links to deeper guides.
- Updated the getting-started guide, API reference, FAQ, and examples
index to present the published beta consistently without repeating
onboarding in the package landing page or reference page.
- Made `pip install openai-codex` the primary install path while beta
releases are the only published SDK releases, with `--pre` documented
for opting into prereleases after a stable release exists.
- Added curated `help()` / `pydoc` docstrings across the public API and
generated public convenience methods through
`scripts/update_sdk_artifacts.py`.
- Declared the repository `Apache-2.0` license expression and
Documentation URL in package metadata, without introducing a duplicated
SDK-local license file.
- Kept the source distribution focused on installable package material
(`src/openai_codex`, `README.md`, and `pyproject.toml`); the repository
docs and runnable examples remain linked from the PyPI README.
- Built release artifacts in an Alpine container on the Ubuntu runner,
matching Python SDK CI and allowing type generation to install the
published `musllinux` runtime wheel.
- Added `twine check --strict` to the release workflow so malformed PyPI
metadata or rendered README content fails before publishing.
- Added focused SDK assertions for beta metadata, the exact runtime pin,
source distribution contents, and the built-in Python documentation
surface.
## Validation
- Ran `uv run --frozen --extra dev ruff check
scripts/update_sdk_artifacts.py src/openai_codex
tests/test_public_api_signatures.py
tests/test_artifact_workflow_and_binaries.py` before the final
README-only reductions and review-fix follow-ups.
- Built `openai_codex-0.1.0b1-py3-none-any.whl` and
`openai_codex-0.1.0b1.tar.gz` before the final README-only reductions
and review-fix follow-ups.
- Ran `python -m twine check --strict` on both built artifacts before
the final README-only reductions and review-fix follow-ups.
- Verified artifact metadata reports `Apache-2.0` without a duplicated
SDK-local license file.
- Verified `inspect.getdoc(...)` resolves documentation for the package,
`Codex`, `CodexConfig`, and key generated thread methods.
- Rebased the documentation/readiness change onto merged PR #24828
without changing the intended SDK or workflow file contents.
- Final verification is delegated to online CI for this PR.
## Why
`openai-codex` needs a beta release lifecycle without requiring beta
releases of its pinned runtime package. Previously, SDK staging rewrote
its runtime dependency to the SDK version, which made an SDK-only beta
impossible.
## What changed
- Set the initial SDK beta version to `0.1.0b1` and pin it to published
stable `openai-codex-cli-bin==0.132.0`.
- Decoupled SDK release staging from runtime versioning so it preserves
the reviewed exact runtime pin.
- Added a `python-v*` tag workflow that builds and publishes only
`openai-codex` through PyPI trusted publishing.
- Removed the Beta classifier from runtime package metadata for future
runtime publications.
- Regenerated protocol-derived SDK models from the selected stable
runtime package.
`0.132.0` is the newest stable runtime admitted by the checked-in
dependency date fence and retains the Linux wheel family currently used
by SDK CI.
## Release setup
Before pushing `python-v0.1.0b1`, configure PyPI trusted publishing for
the `openai-codex` project with workflow `python-sdk-release.yml`,
environment `pypi`, and job `publish-python-sdk`.
## Validation
- `uv run --frozen --extra dev ruff check src/openai_codex scripts
examples tests`
- Parsed `.github/workflows/python-sdk-release.yml` with PyYAML.
- Built staged release artifacts locally:
`openai_codex-0.1.0b1-py3-none-any.whl` and
`openai_codex-0.1.0b1.tar.gz`.
- Verified wheel metadata pins `openai-codex-cli-bin==0.132.0`.
- Tests are deferred to online CI for this PR.
