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from: George Patterson Sibble <notifications@github.com>
subject: Re: [openai/openai-agents-python] GPT-5 does not work well compared

 to 4.1 (Issue #1397)
received: 2026-03-05 09:54:46
date_header: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:53:20 -0700
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**From:** George Patterson Sibble <notifications@github.com>
**Subject:** Re: [openai/openai-agents-python] GPT-5 does not work well compared

 to 4.1 (Issue #1397)
**Date:** Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:53:20 -0700

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sibblegp left a comment (openai/openai-agents-python#1397)



Two examples. These are queries that 4.1 got right 100% of the time.



<img width="944" height="1296" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b58c4f0-19f5-4384-8ea2-6db4073ffaf8" />



It should know that I mean tomorrow night, Tuesday. Not sure why it's asking for clarification.



<img width="990" height="628" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65aee49c-53ad-41a9-b7ce-304b7d960803" />



In this one it transferred to the agent, but didn't actually make the tool call. This is literally just broken. Again, 4.1 nails this.



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