How Should OpenAI Structured Outputs Handle Schema Changes Between App Versions?

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I’m building an app around OpenAI Structured Outputs, and the response schema is likely to evolve as we add features. That raises a compatibility question: what happens when newer requests expect fields that older parts of the app don’t know about?

For teams using strict JSON schema, do you version schemas explicitly, keep changes backward-compatible with optional fields, or translate responses into an internal model before the rest of the app uses them? I’d like to hear what has worked in production, especially when multiple app versions are active at once.

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