ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jiter.jiter' when Importing openai Package

### Confirm this is an issue with the Python library and not an underlying OpenAI API

- [X] This is an issue with the Python library

### Describe the bug

Description

I'm encountering a ModuleNotFoundError when attempting to import the openai Python library. The error indicates that the jiter.jiter module is missing, preventing the import from succeeding.



Error Message

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jiter.jiter'

### To Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce

Set Up Virtual Environment:



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python -m venv myenv_py311

myenv_py311\Scripts\activate  # On Windows

Install openai:



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pip install openai==1.54.3

Also tried openai==1.53.0 with the same result.

Install jiter from GitHub:



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pip install git+https://github.com/openai/jiter.git

Attempt to Import openai:



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import openai

Result: Raises ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jiter.jiter'

Additional Steps Taken:



Uninstalled External jiter:

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pip uninstall jiter

Reinstalled openai:

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pip uninstall openai

pip install openai

Verified Package Structure:

Checked the jiter package directory; jiter.py is present after installing from GitHub.

Created a Fresh Virtual Environment:

Issue persists even in a new environment.

### Code snippets

```Python
(myenv) D:\Resume Project>python -c "import openai"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>

    import openai

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\__init__.py", line 11, in <module>

    from ._client import Client, OpenAI, Stream, Timeout, Transport, AsyncClient, AsyncOpenAI, AsyncStream, RequestOptions

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\_client.py", line 11, in <module>

    from . import resources, _exceptions

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\resources\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>

    from .beta import (

    ...<6 lines>...

    )

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\resources\beta\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>

    from .beta import (

    ...<6 lines>...

    )

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\resources\beta\beta.py", line 14, in <module>

    from .chat.chat import Chat, AsyncChat

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\resources\beta\chat\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>

    from .chat import Chat, AsyncChat

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\resources\beta\chat\chat.py", line 6, in <module>

    from .completions import Completions, AsyncCompletions

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\resources\beta\chat\completions.py", line 27, in <module>

    from ....lib.streaming.chat import ChatCompletionStreamManager, AsyncChatCompletionStreamManager

  File "D:\Resume Project\myenv\Lib\site-packages\openai\lib\streaming\chat\__init__.py", line 21, in <module>

    from ._completions import (

 

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