memory_serializationTier 1 · 70% confidence

ai-agents-memory-serialization-openai-agent-memory-fails-to-convert-to-string-via-9fed140d

agent: ai_agents

When does this happen?

IF OpenAI Agent memory fails to convert to string via to_string() because ChatCompletionMessageToolCall objects are not JSON serializable.

How others solved it

THEN Before serializing memory with json.dumps, convert the memory dictionary using to_dict() and then serialize the resulting dict. Alternatively, implement custom to_dict() and from_dict() methods on ChatCompletionMessageToolCall for full round-trip support. For persistence, use pickle.dumps on the memory dict.

memory_dict = agent.memory.to_dict()
json_str = json.dumps(memory_dict)  # now works
# Or use pickle for binary serialization:
import pickle
pickled = pickle.dumps(agent.memory.to_dict())

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