https://www.chess.com/amp/article/the-4-longest-chess-games-in-history
How many moves exactly is the longest opening of today !?

I'm not talking about longest games , I'm talking about longest theory in openings in regards.

Something like this?
No , I'm asking something entirely different here.
Did you read my post?

Maybe the longest game was theory in that line?
Don't talknonsense, entire game was just an opening phase?

Panov Endgame Line. The resulting endgame has been analyzed to death and goes as deep as 30-40+ moves in, so it's a good candidate.
My other guesses would be some of the sharp stuff(Najdorf, KID, etc) or something that has been played a lot for a long period of time e.g Ruy Lopez

botvinnik semi slav
How many moves? What is the longest variation possible?

Panov Endgame Line. The resulting endgame has been analyzed to death and goes as deep as 30-40+ moves in, so it's a good candidate.
My other guesses would be some of the sharp stuff(Najdorf, KID, etc) or something that has been played a lot for a long period of time e.g Ruy Lopez
I'm not talking about endgame line theory etc.....
I'm talking about JUST OPENING phase.

botvinnik semi slav
How many moves? What is the longest variation possible?
16 moves of theory WOW THAT'S AMAZING! Opening that lasts not 2 or 3 or 5 BUT 16 moves of theory WOW I'M IMPRESSED! (NOT!)
Read my post again I'm asking about longest theory available today which will be considered an opening .
I know before a computer era, an opening would usually last 10-15 moves deep and that's it ! After that Middle game began.
Now days it's hard to imagine, that an opening lasts just 10 moves deep , especially on top level chess.
So my question is :
Basically we all know , that an openings now days last 20-25 moves easily, BUT what is the actual longest opening theory moves possible? 35 , 40 , 50 moves!? Maybe ?
PLEASE DON'T just guess answer if you really know , thx in advance.