OpenAI has added streaming support to its Assistants API, improving user engagement and providing reassurance that the system is actively working on delivering results. This feature allows for real-time responses, especially for lengthy answers. The Astra Assistants now supports this functionality in both managed service and open source codebase. Streaming runs provide a more user-friendly approach compared to the previous polling-based method. With streaming support, users can create more engaging and effective retrieval-augmented generation applications.