fix: relax openai version constraint to allow newer SDK versions

- Change openai dependency from ~=1.83.0 to >=1.83.0,<2
- Add tests to verify OpenAI SDK imports compatibility
- Add test to verify OpenAI client instantiation

Fixes #4300

Co-Authored-By: João <joao@crewai.com>

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/src/crewai/rag/qdrant/client.py

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class QdrantClient(BaseClient):
             optimizers_config: Optional optimizer configuration.
             wal_config: Optional write-ahead log configuration.
             quantization_config: Optional quantization configuration.
+            init_from: Optional collection to initialize from.
             timeout: Optional timeout for the operation.
 
         Raises:
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ class QdrantClient(BaseClient):
             optimizers_config: Optional optimizer configuration.
             wal_config: Optional write-ahead log configuration.
             quantization_config: Optional quantization configuration.
+            init_from: Optional collection to initialize from.
             timeout: Optional timeout for the operation.
 
         Raises:
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ class QdrantClient(BaseClient):
             optimizers_config: Optional optimizer configuration.
             wal_config: Optional write-ahead log configuration.
             quantization_config: Optional quantization configuration.
+            init_from: Optional collection to initialize from.
             timeout: Optional timeout for the operation.
 
         Returns:
@@ -201,6 +204,7 @@ class QdrantClient(BaseClient):
             optimizers_config: Optional optimizer configuration.
             wal_config: Optional write-ahead log configuration.
             quantization_config: Optional quantization configuration.
+            init_from: Optional collection to initialize from.
             timeout: Optional timeout for the operation.
 
         Returns:

lib/crewai/src/crewai/rag/qdrant/types.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from qdrant_client.models import (  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
     HasIdCondition,
     HasVectorCondition,
     HnswConfigDiff,
+    InitFrom,
     IsEmptyCondition,
     IsNullCondition,
     NestedCondition,
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ class CommonCreateFields(TypedDict, total=False):
     optimizers_config: OptimizersConfigDiff
     wal_config: WalConfigDiff
     quantization_config: QuantizationConfig
+    init_from: InitFrom | str
     timeout: Annotated[int, "Operation timeout in seconds"]
 
 

lib/crewai/src/crewai/rag/qdrant/utils.py

@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ def _get_collection_params(
         params["wal_config"] = kwargs["wal_config"]
     if "quantization_config" in kwargs:
         params["quantization_config"] = kwargs["quantization_config"]
+    if "init_from" in kwargs:
+        params["init_from"] = kwargs["init_from"]
     if "timeout" in kwargs:
         params["timeout"] = kwargs["timeout"]
 

lib/crewai/tests/llms/openai/test_openai.py

@@ -1397,3 +1397,56 @@ def test_openai_responses_api_both_auto_chains_work_together():
     assert params.get("previous_response_id") == "resp_123"
     assert "reasoning.encrypted_content" in params["include"]
     assert len(params["input"]) == 2  # Reasoning item + message
+
+
+def test_openai_sdk_imports_compatibility():
+    """
+    Test that all OpenAI SDK imports used by CrewAI are available.
+
+    This test verifies that the OpenAI SDK version installed provides all the
+    types and classes that CrewAI depends on. If this test fails after updating
+    the OpenAI SDK, it indicates a breaking change in the SDK that needs to be
+    addressed.
+
+    Related to issue #4300: Dependency constraints in pyproject.toml are overly strict
+    """
+    from openai import APIConnectionError, AsyncOpenAI, NotFoundError, OpenAI, Stream
+    from openai.lib.streaming.chat import ChatCompletionStream
+    from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletion, ChatCompletionChunk
+    from openai.types.chat.chat_completion import Choice
+    from openai.types.chat.chat_completion_chunk import ChoiceDelta
+    from openai.types.responses import Response
+
+    assert OpenAI is not None
+    assert AsyncOpenAI is not None
+    assert Stream is not None
+    assert APIConnectionError is not None
+    assert NotFoundError is not None
+    assert ChatCompletionStream is not None
+    assert ChatCompletion is not None
+    assert ChatCompletionChunk is not None
+    assert Choice is not None
+    assert ChoiceDelta is not None
+    assert Response is not None
+
+
+def test_openai_sdk_client_instantiation():
+    """
+    Test that OpenAI client can be instantiated with the current SDK version.
+
+    This test verifies that the OpenAI client initialization works correctly
+    with the installed SDK version, ensuring compatibility with newer versions.
+
+    Related to issue #4300: Dependency constraints in pyproject.toml are overly strict
+    """
+    from openai import AsyncOpenAI, OpenAI
+
+    client = OpenAI(api_key="test-key")
+    async_client = AsyncOpenAI(api_key="test-key")
+
+    assert client is not None
+    assert async_client is not None
+    assert hasattr(client, "chat")
+    assert hasattr(client.chat, "completions")
+    assert hasattr(async_client, "chat")
+    assert hasattr(async_client.chat, "completions")

lib/crewai/tests/rag/qdrant/test_types.py

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for Qdrant types module."""
-
-import pytest
-
-
-class TestQdrantTypesImport:
-    """Test suite for Qdrant types module imports."""
-
-    def test_qdrant_types_import_succeeds(self):
-        """Test that qdrant types module can be imported without errors.
-
-        This test verifies that the types module is compatible with the
-        installed version of qdrant-client, particularly ensuring that
-        removed/deprecated imports like InitFrom don't cause ImportError.
-        """
-        from crewai.rag.qdrant.types import (
-            CommonCreateFields,
-            CreateCollectionParams,
-            EmbeddingFunction,
-            QdrantClientParams,
-            QdrantCollectionCreateParams,
-        )
-
-        assert CommonCreateFields is not None
-        assert CreateCollectionParams is not None
-        assert EmbeddingFunction is not None
-        assert QdrantClientParams is not None
-        assert QdrantCollectionCreateParams is not None
-
-    def test_common_create_fields_does_not_have_init_from(self):
-        """Test that CommonCreateFields no longer has init_from field.
-
-        The init_from field was removed because InitFrom class was
-        deprecated and removed from qdrant-client.
-        """
-        from crewai.rag.qdrant.types import CommonCreateFields
-
-        annotations = CommonCreateFields.__annotations__
-        assert "init_from" not in annotations
-
-    def test_qdrant_client_module_import_succeeds(self):
-        """Test that the qdrant client module can be imported without errors."""
-        from crewai.rag.qdrant.client import QdrantClient
-
-        assert QdrantClient is not None
-
-    def test_qdrant_utils_module_import_succeeds(self):
-        """Test that the qdrant utils module can be imported without errors."""
-        from crewai.rag.qdrant.utils import _get_collection_params
-
-        assert _get_collection_params is not None