From eb32d04af8128de1afd411cf7ea38e96c6033716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "openai-sdks[bot]" <284451331+openai-sdks[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 20:44:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] release: 3.42.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 13 +++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml                |  2 +-
 src/openai/_version.py        |  2 +-
 uv.lock                       |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 094a4e2981..d8b7cedc8a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.42.0"
+  ".": "3.42.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49fc8911a2..a7a280034c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.42.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v3.42.0...v3.42.1) (2026-11-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api:** preserve Responses WebSocket connection behavior ([#4221](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4221)) ([38075d8](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/38075d8c6d90ba03557e991eb75991e65cfee88b))
+* **realtime:** validate beta WebSocket authentication profiles ([#4218](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4218)) ([3622a97](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/3622a973d5db2adb26e6ef5c7dd8626b6af075ed))
+
+
+### Refactors
+
+* **websocket:** add SDK-owned Responses policy helpers ([#4219](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/4219)) ([83ed269](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/83ed2699a0b591e544325da40cffc3862f62abe6))
+
 ## [3.42.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v3.41.0...v3.42.0) (2026-10-31)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 262dbe6867..69fd02f1dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openai"
-version = "3.42.0"
+version = "3.42.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index 5dffe5dc9f..90a6f5a74c 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "3.42.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "3.42.1"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2ca68dab16..69d8f2c19f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openai"
-version = "3.42.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "3.42.1" # x-release-please-version
 source = { editable = "." }
 default-groups = ["dev", "pydantic-v2"]
 dependencies = [