OpenAI's API lacks a basic endpoint to enumerate created threads, limiting developers' ability to access thread IDs easily. While it allows for creating, retrieving, and deleting threads, the absence of a listing functionality forces developers to independently track these IDs from the outset. This oversight complicates not just application development but also data management, debugging, and compliance efforts, leading to potential operational risks and challenges in maintaining oversight of generated threads.
Every sane API platform in the known universe usually has a list endpoint. It's the most basic CRUD lifecycle - Create, Read, Update, Delete. And the 'R' isn't just about fetching one record, it's also about enumerating them.
The absence of that single endpoint changes everything about how you build on top of this platform. The fact that such a basic piece of the CRUD cycle is missing makes developers feel like they're working blind.
OpenAI effectively forces you to log and store IDs from day one - or risk losing track completely. From a developer's perspective, that's a liability.
The more you think about it, the more you realise this is a visibility problem that affects everything from debugging to compliance.
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