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## Warnings

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## Title

    [OpenAI Agents SDK] UserError 'Computer tool safety check was not acknowledged'

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The SDK only proceeds if every pending safety check is acknowledged via on_safety_check; otherwise it raises.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - Derived from SDK source code on main (2026-09-27); no issue thread read for this string.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python/blob/main/src/agents/run_internal/tool_execution.py (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): Pending safety checks are converted to acknowledged checks only when approved; otherwise UserError is raised before the action executes.
    
    Search phrasings: openai agents computer tool safety check was not acknowledged; computer use pending_safety_checks agents sdk
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Computer-use agent run aborts when the model emits a computer_call with pending safety checks.",
      "context": "Product: OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)\nComponent: ComputerTool\nOperation: Runner.run with ComputerTool when the model returns pending_safety_checks\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: agents.exceptions.UserError\nPackages: openai-agents current main (2026-09)\nTrigger: ComputerTool without an on_safety_check callback, or a callback that returns False for the check.",
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## Support assessment

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