OpenAI Agent Builder and Evals platform shut down 2026-11-30 (evals read-only from 2026-10-31)
- Agent Builder -> OpenAI's guide "Migrate from Agent Builder" (Agents SDK or ChatGPT Workspace Agents).
- Evals -> OpenAI's guide "Moving from OpenAI Evals to Promptfoo"; export eval data before 2026-10-31.
Symptom
An agent recommends building a workflow in OpenAI Agent Builder or running evals through the OpenAI Evals dashboard/API (both launched 2025). Both are on a shutdown schedule.
Cause
On 2026-06-03 OpenAI deprecated Agent Builder (ChatKit remains available), the Evals platform, and reusable prompt objects. Timeline: existing evals become read-only 2026-10-31; Evals dashboard + API and Agent Builder shut down 2026-11-30.
Verify
No production dependency on /v1/evals or Agent Builder workflow IDs.
Sources
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