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title: "Does the OpenAI Responses API keep conversation state across app sessions?"  
description: "Does the OpenAI Responses API keep conversation state across app sessions?"  
author: "Saurabh Verma"  
published: 2026-10-22  
updated: 2026-10-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162821/does-the-openai-responses-api-keep-conversation-state-across-app-sessions  
category: "OpenAI API"  
tags: ["OpenAI", "Responses API", "API Development"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does the OpenAI Responses API keep conversation state across app sessions?

I’m building an app where a user might start a conversation on one device and continue it later on another. With the Responses API, can I reliably resume that exchange using a saved response ID, or should my app also store and resend the conversation history?

I’m especially curious about what happens to earlier context and tool results after a long pause. How are others handling **[Responses API conversation state](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162403/how-should-i-manage-conversation-state-across-openai-responses-api-sessions)** in production?


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162821/does-the-openai-responses-api-keep-conversation-state-across-app-sessions

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