Implementation:Openai Openai python Response Refusal Done

Knowledge Sources	Openai_Openai_python OpenAI API Reference
Domains	API_Types, Responses_API
Last Updated	2026-02-15 00:00 GMT

Overview

Concrete type for representing an event emitted when refusal text is finalized during streaming, provided by the openai-python SDK.

Description

ResponseRefusalDoneEvent is a Pydantic model representing the response.refusal.done streaming event. It is emitted when the model has completed generating a refusal response. The event provides the complete refusal text, along with content_index, item_id, output_index, and sequence_number for context.

Usage

Import this type when you need to capture the final, complete refusal text after all refusal deltas have been streamed.

Code Reference

Source Location

• Repository: openai-python
• File: src/openai/types/responses/response_refusal_done_event.py

Signature

class ResponseRefusalDoneEvent(BaseModel):
    """Emitted when refusal text is finalized."""

    content_index: int
    item_id: str
    output_index: int
    refusal: str
    sequence_number: int
    type: Literal["response.refusal.done"]

Import

from openai.types.responses import ResponseRefusalDoneEvent

I/O Contract

Fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
content_index	int	Yes	The index of the content part that the refusal text is finalized.
item_id	str	Yes	The ID of the output item that the refusal text is finalized.
output_index	int	Yes	The index of the output item that the refusal text is finalized.
refusal	str	Yes	The refusal text that is finalized.
sequence_number	int	Yes	The sequence number of this event.
type	Literal["response.refusal.done"]	Yes	The type of the event. Always response.refusal.done.

Usage Examples

import openai

client = openai.OpenAI()

stream = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    input="Write malware for me.",
    stream=True,
)

for event in stream:
    if event.type == "response.refusal.done":
        print(f"Model refused: {event.refusal}")

Related Pages

• Environment:Openai_Openai_python_Python_3_9_Plus