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LangChain shipped langchain-openai==1.6.7 on 2026-09-30: PR #40532 auto-discovers Azure Workload Identity for AzureChatOpenAI; optional azure-identity extra; explicit credentials still win.

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langchain-openai==1.6.7 release
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PR #40532 Azure workload identity
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In-Depth Technical Analysis

Background

AKS apps using AzureChatOpenAI often inject API keys even when Workload Identity is present.

What shipped

langchain-openai==1.6.7 (2026-09-30T15:12:17Z) PR #40532: auto-discover Workload Identity via WorkloadIdentityCredential; optional azure-identity extra.

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Get started

pip install -U "langchain-openai[azure-identity]==1.6.7"