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## Title

    [Temporal OpenAI Agents plugin] Custom model provider: "When configuring a custom provider, the model activity must have start_to_close_timeout or schedule_to_close_timeout" (default provider gets 60…

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The plugin sets start_to_close_timeout=60s only for the default provider; custom providers must set their own.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporalio/sdk-python/eb642b14947bd8bcdf8816cffb6a63869803f5c6/temporalio/contrib/openai_agents/_temporal_openai_agents.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Default provider gets start_to_close_timeout=60s; custom provider without timeouts raises ValueError.
    
    Search phrasings: temporal openai agents custom provider start_to_close_timeout; temporal model activity 60 second timeout reasoning model
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Plugin construction fails; or with the default provider, long model calls hit a 60s start-to-close timeout and retry.",
      "context": "Product: Temporal Python SDK OpenAI Agents integration\nComponent: OpenAIAgentsPlugin configuration\nOperation: OpenAIAgentsPlugin(model_provider=..., model_params=ModelActivityParameters(...))\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError\nPackages: temporalio main at pinned SHA (contrib.openai_agents), openai-agents unknown\nTrigger: Custom model_provider without explicit model activity timeouts; slow reasoning models exceeding the implicit 60s default.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "When configuring a custom provider, the model activity must have start_to_close_timeout or schedule_to_close_timeout"
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## Support assessment

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