diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70815df7f6..55c6ca861f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .prism.log
-.vscode
 _dev
 
 __pycache__
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9cdfd7b049..1137af1259 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.97.1"
+  ".": "1.97.2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b01030785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "python.analysis.importFormat": "relative",
+}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c8d06cbb6..945e224cf9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.97.2 (2025-07-30)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.97.1...v1.97.2](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.97.1...v1.97.2)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **client:** refactor streaming slightly to better future proof it ([71c0c74](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/71c0c747132221b798e419bc5a37baf67173d34e))
+* **project:** add settings file for vscode ([29c22c9](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/29c22c90fd229983355089f95d0bba9de15efedb))
+
 ## 1.97.1 (2025-07-22)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.97.0...v1.97.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.97.0...v1.97.1)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af1366b34e..5b59053d02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openai"
-version = "1.97.1"
+version = "1.97.2"
 description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openai/_streaming.py b/src/openai/_streaming.py
index fa0a30e183..f586de74ff 100644
--- a/src/openai/_streaming.py
+++ b/src/openai/_streaming.py
@@ -59,14 +59,11 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
             if sse.data.startswith("[DONE]"):
                 break
 
-            if sse.event is None or (
-                sse.event.startswith("response.") or 
-                sse.event.startswith("transcript.") or 
-                sse.event.startswith("image_edit.") or 
-                sse.event.startswith("image_generation.")
-            ):
+            # we have to special case the Assistants `thread.` events since we won't have an "event" key in the data
+            if sse.event and sse.event.startswith("thread."):
                 data = sse.json()
-                if is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
+
+                if sse.event == "error" and is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
                     message = None
                     error = data.get("error")
                     if is_mapping(error):
@@ -80,12 +77,10 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
                         body=data["error"],
                     )
 
-                yield process_data(data=data, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
-
+                yield process_data(data={"data": data, "event": sse.event}, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
             else:
                 data = sse.json()
-
-                if sse.event == "error" and is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
+                if is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
                     message = None
                     error = data.get("error")
                     if is_mapping(error):
@@ -99,7 +94,7 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
                         body=data["error"],
                     )
 
-                yield process_data(data={"data": data, "event": sse.event}, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
+                yield process_data(data=data, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
 
         # Ensure the entire stream is consumed
         for _sse in iterator:
@@ -166,9 +161,11 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
             if sse.data.startswith("[DONE]"):
                 break
 
-            if sse.event is None or sse.event.startswith("response.") or sse.event.startswith("transcript."):
+            # we have to special case the Assistants `thread.` events since we won't have an "event" key in the data
+            if sse.event and sse.event.startswith("thread."):
                 data = sse.json()
-                if is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
+
+                if sse.event == "error" and is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
                     message = None
                     error = data.get("error")
                     if is_mapping(error):
@@ -182,12 +179,10 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
                         body=data["error"],
                     )
 
-                yield process_data(data=data, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
-
+                yield process_data(data={"data": data, "event": sse.event}, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
             else:
                 data = sse.json()
-
-                if sse.event == "error" and is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
+                if is_mapping(data) and data.get("error"):
                     message = None
                     error = data.get("error")
                     if is_mapping(error):
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
                         body=data["error"],
                     )
 
-                yield process_data(data={"data": data, "event": sse.event}, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
+                yield process_data(data=data, cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
 
         # Ensure the entire stream is consumed
         async for _sse in iterator:
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index 9073c643cc..59fb46ac23 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "1.97.1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.97.2"  # x-release-please-version