Model error diagnosis

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b | context length exceeded

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b returning 400 / context length exceeded means you should first confirm whether model ID openai/gpt-oss-20b is visible for this OpenAI key, then separate permission, context, capability, rate limit, or route issues.

Model

openai/gpt-oss-20b

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b

Provider

OpenAI

62 models in catalog

Error type

context length exceeded

context-exceeded

Status code

400

global model route

Model error summary

Model

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Error type

context-exceeded

Status code

400

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What this model error usually means

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b returning 400 / context length exceeded means you should first confirm whether model ID openai/gpt-oss-20b is visible for this OpenAI key, then separate permission, context, capability, rate limit, or route issues.

Model: openai/gpt-oss-20b
Provider: OpenAI
Status code: 400

How to prove it during checking

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

List models: confirm whether openai/gpt-oss-20b is actually visible instead of guessing from the display name.
Light probe: use minimal input to verify whether OpenAI returns the same 400, then record the error body.
Compare model facts: context 131,072, input $0.030, output $0.140.
supports frequency_penalty
supports include_reasoning
supports logit_bias
supports logprobs

Next action

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b context length exceeded should not end at failed. Return the next move: change model ID, add permission, reduce context, disable unsupported capability, change route, monitor, or hold listing.

Context: 131,072
Price: $0.030 / $0.140
Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Open key checker

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.