fix: relax openai dependency constraint to allow OpenLit integration

lib/crewai/pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.14"
 dependencies = [
     # Core Dependencies
     "pydantic~=2.11.9",
-    "openai~=1.83.0",
+    "openai>=1.83.0,<2",
     "instructor>=1.3.3",
     # Text Processing
     "pdfplumber~=0.11.4",

lib/crewai/tests/test_dependency_constraints.py

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+"""Test that dependency constraints are compatible with common integrations."""
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    import tomllib
+else:
+    import tomli as tomllib
+
+from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+
+def get_pyproject_dependencies() -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Parse pyproject.toml and return dependencies as a dict."""
+    pyproject_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
+    with open(pyproject_path, "rb") as f:
+        data = tomllib.load(f)
+
+    dependencies = {}
+    for dep in data.get("project", {}).get("dependencies", []):
+        if ">=" in dep or "~=" in dep or "==" in dep or "<" in dep:
+            parts = dep.replace(">=", " ").replace("~=", " ").replace("==", " ").replace(",", " ").replace("<", " <").split()
+            if parts:
+                name = parts[0].strip()
+                constraint = dep[len(name):].strip()
+                dependencies[name] = constraint
+    return dependencies
+
+
+def test_openai_constraint_allows_openlit_compatible_versions():
+    """Test that openai constraint allows versions >= 1.92.0 required by OpenLit.
+
+    This test ensures that the openai dependency constraint is relaxed enough
+    to allow integration with OpenLit, which requires openai >= 1.92.0.
+
+    See: https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/issues/4270
+    """
+    dependencies = get_pyproject_dependencies()
+
+    assert "openai" in dependencies, "openai should be in dependencies"
+
+    openai_constraint = dependencies["openai"]
+    specifier = SpecifierSet(openai_constraint)
+
+    openlit_required_version = Version("1.92.0")
+    assert openlit_required_version in specifier, (
+        f"openai constraint '{openai_constraint}' should allow version 1.92.0 "
+        f"required by OpenLit. Current constraint blocks OpenLit integration."
+    )
+
+    higher_1x_version = Version("1.109.0")
+    assert higher_1x_version in specifier, (
+        f"openai constraint '{openai_constraint}' should allow higher 1.x versions"
+    )
+
+
+def test_openai_constraint_has_upper_bound():
+    """Test that openai constraint has an upper bound to prevent breaking changes.
+
+    The constraint should prevent openai 2.x which may have breaking changes.
+    """
+    dependencies = get_pyproject_dependencies()
+
+    assert "openai" in dependencies, "openai should be in dependencies"
+
+    openai_constraint = dependencies["openai"]
+    specifier = SpecifierSet(openai_constraint)
+
+    version_2 = Version("2.0.0")
+    assert version_2 not in specifier, (
+        f"openai constraint '{openai_constraint}' should NOT allow version 2.0.0 "
+        f"to prevent potential breaking changes from major version bump"
+    )
+
+
+def test_openai_constraint_minimum_version():
+    """Test that openai constraint has a reasonable minimum version."""
+    dependencies = get_pyproject_dependencies()
+
+    assert "openai" in dependencies, "openai should be in dependencies"
+
+    openai_constraint = dependencies["openai"]
+    specifier = SpecifierSet(openai_constraint)
+
+    min_version = Version("1.83.0")
+    assert min_version in specifier, (
+        f"openai constraint '{openai_constraint}' should allow version 1.83.0"
+    )
+
+    old_version = Version("1.82.0")
+    assert old_version not in specifier, (
+        f"openai constraint '{openai_constraint}' should NOT allow version 1.82.0 "
+        f"which is below the minimum required version"
+    )