* Bump Python package versions for 1.14.0 release
Bump the CHANGELOG-selected packages for the 1.14.0 release: minor versions for root/core, AG-UI, Foundry, OpenAI, and orchestrations due to additive public APIs; patch versions for declarative and GitHub Copilot fixes; and Pacific-date prerelease stamps only for changed alpha/beta packages. No beta cohort bump was applied. Core dependency floors follow the strict policy and remain unchanged because no dependent package requires a new 1.14 API. Release validation also identified and corrected missing AG-UI and Copilot Studio runtime dependencies and aligned GitHub Copilot metadata with its Python 3.11 SDK requirement. Lab is intentionally skipped because its changes are development-only, and the moved Azure Functions and Durable Task packages are documented but no longer versioned here.
* Raise AG-UI core dependency floor
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* Bump Python package versions for 1.13.0 release
Bump all 37 Python package projects because the CHANGELOG-driven release includes cross-package feature-usage telemetry, with core and root advancing to 1.13.0, OpenAI to 1.12.0, patch bumps for other stable packages, and 260730 stamps for alpha and beta packages. No optional beta cohort bump was applied; every prerelease package changed. Raise core floors conservatively across co-released packages.
Copilot-Session: e234a28b-c2fd-4ff4-a51d-3d8917936541
* Align co-released Python package dependencies
Update the four hosting adapter pins to the co-released agent-framework-hosting alpha and raise the Azure Functions Durable Task floor to the co-released beta.
Copilot-Session: e234a28b-c2fd-4ff4-a51d-3d8917936541
* Minimize Python release lockfile updates
Regenerate uv.lock with the pre-commit hook pinned uv version so the release changes only workspace package versions while preserving platform markers and agentlightning 0.3.0.
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Promote the GitHub Copilot package from release candidate (1.0.0rc4) to released (1.0.0): bump the version, switch the classifier to Production/Stable, update PACKAGE_STATUS.md, and drop the --pre install flag from the package and sample READMEs. Add a github-copilot-1.0.0 CHANGELOG section covering the promotion and the input-attachment forwarding shipped in this release. No core/root bump: this is a standalone package promotion and the core[all] extra references the package without a version pin.
Copilot-Session: f523064c-60b4-4d18-bf95-c16c5fda9126
Prepare the focused alpha release for the progressive A2A adapters from #7258. No other package versions or dependency bounds change.
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Copilot-Session: 003e02dd-dba0-40a5-9ebf-083901aefb57
Bump root and core to 1.12.1, OpenAI to 1.11.0 for new public prompt-cache options, Foundry to 1.10.3, and Gemini and Foundry Hosting to beta 260722 based on CHANGELOG entries. Promote AG-UI from 1.0.0rc9 to stable 1.0.0. No beta cohort bump was applied, and core floors remain unchanged under the strict affected-dependency policy because the connectors do not require a new core API.
* Python: make FoundryToolbox.as_skills_provider() disable_caching effective
as_skills_provider() forwarded disable_caching to SkillsProvider, which
ignores it for a caller-supplied SkillsSource, so it was a no-op and the
toolbox re-read skill://index.json on every agent run.
Compose caching in as_skills_provider() instead: wrap the context-independent
_FoundryToolboxSkillsSource in DeduplicatingSkillsSource(CachingSkillsSource(...)).
Add a cache_refresh_interval param, fix the docstring, and add tests covering
cached, disabled, and refresh-interval behavior.
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* Clarify caller-invariant skill-set wording in as_skills_provider docs
Emphasize that the toolbox advertises the same skill set to every caller (the
per-request call-id governs execution/authorization, not which skills are
listed) rather than leaning on 'ignores SkillsSourceContext'.
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* Make MCP skills reconnect-safe via session_provider
Cached MCPSkill objects captured the MCP ClientSession at construction, so
after a FoundryToolbox reconnect (which replaces its session) load_skill and
read_skill_resource would fail against the closed session. This regressed once
as_skills_provider() started caching discovery by default.
Add an optional session_provider callable to MCPSkillsSource and MCPSkill
(exactly one of client or session_provider). When supplied, the session is
resolved on every fetch, mirroring how MCPTool resolves self.session live at
call time. _FoundryToolboxSkillsSource now passes a provider that returns the
toolbox's current session, so cached skills always use the live session.
The fixed client= path is unchanged and backward-compatible. Update core tests,
foundry_hosting tests, and core AGENTS.md.
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Copilot-Session: 84150ec4-6f7c-4ef8-b9fb-12fa11652773
* Fix ty error: type captured session_provider as Callable in test
ty could not call the provider narrowed from \object\ (Top callable). Type the
captured value as Callable[[], object] and drop the redundant callable() assert.
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* Simplify _resolve_mcp_session_provider per review
Address review feedback: replace the dense (client is None) == (session_provider
is None) guard with explicit branches, and drop the cast by binding the narrowed
client to a typed local. Keeps strict 'exactly one' semantics (raises on both and
on neither), matching the codebase convention (e.g. security.py mcp_tool/url).
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* Add PR #7135 entries to the 1.12.0 changelog
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* Drop redundant @pytest.mark.asyncio from MCP skills tests
asyncio_mode is 'auto', so the marker is unnecessary. Remove it from the whole
file for consistency with the async-by-default convention. Per review feedback.
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* Bump Python package versions for 1.12.0 release
Bump packages represented in the 1.12.0 changelog, promote Foundry Hosting, Azure Content Understanding, Gemini, Mistral, Monty, and Tools to beta, and apply the requested beta cohort date stamp. Root and core move to 1.12.0, released and RC packages use their selected increments, alpha packages including Hosting MCP use the 260721 stamp, and core floors are raised only for proven consumers.
Copilot-Session: 2dd9980a-b869-4c16-8642-75b7a6d6ebdf
* fix version in readme
* Add Responses conversation ID changes to release notes
Include the breaking Hosting Responses conversation ID helper changes from #7234 in the Python 1.12.0 changelog.
Copilot-Session: 2dd9980a-b869-4c16-8642-75b7a6d6ebdf
* Bump Python package versions for 1.11.0 release
Bump the CHANGELOG-selected packages for the 1.11.0 release: core and the root package move to 1.11.0 for the new stable APIs, Foundry and OpenAI receive patch bumps, changed prerelease packages receive the 260709 stamp or next RC counter, and Monty joins the bump set for corrected published dependency metadata. No beta cohort bump was applied. Raise core floors conservatively on every package publishing this cycle and correct dependency floors exposed by lower-bound validation.
Copilot-Session: ee33d338-c1fc-4182-9106-0345ccf26b8e
* Fix Gemini streaming type suppression
Move the targeted Pyright suppression to the SDK contents argument, where the google-genai invariant content-list alias produces the compatibility diagnostic, and remove the now-unnecessary member suppression.
Copilot-Session: ee33d338-c1fc-4182-9106-0345ccf26b8e
* Raise Monty core dependency floor
Align Monty with the conservative release policy by requiring agent-framework-core 1.11.0 or later for the package version published in this cycle.
Copilot-Session: ee33d338-c1fc-4182-9106-0345ccf26b8e
Hosting packages (hosting, hosting-responses, hosting-telegram) were excluded
from the 1.10.0 release but their entries remained in the CHANGELOG.
Also removes the core hosting channel entry since it's unreachable without
the hosting packages.
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Update agent-framework-azure-ai-search to work across the stable/GA azure-search-documents SDK (12.0.0, api-version 2026-04-01) and the preview SDK (12.1.0b1, api-version 2026-05-01-preview) for both semantic and agentic modes.
- Bump the dependency to azure-search-documents>=12.0.0,<13 and the package to 1.0.0b260618.
- Add an api_version parameter (threaded into SearchClient, SearchIndexClient, and KnowledgeBaseRetrievalClient) plus STABLE_API_VERSION/PREVIEW_API_VERSION constants, re-exported from agent_framework.azure.
- Auto-detect preview-only agentic features (output mode, low/medium reasoning effort) via _preview_features_active(), which requires both the preview SDK and a preview api-version; defaults (extractive + minimal) work on both channels and preview-only options raise an actionable error otherwise.
- Make knowledge-base imports SDK-version resilient and fix the 12.x surface (k -> k_nearest_neighbors, defensive additional_properties).
- Update tests (pass on both SDKs), docs, samples, CHANGELOG, and uv.lock.
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* Python: bump package versions for 1.10.0 release
- Released cohort (core, openai, foundry, root): 1.9.0/1.8.2 -> 1.10.0
- agent-framework-ag-ui: rc5 -> rc6 (tool history replay fix)
- Beta/alpha packages with changes: anthropic, azurefunctions, bedrock,
durabletask, hyperlight, purview, foundry-hosting, gemini, hosting,
hosting-responses, hosting-telegram, tools bumped to new date stamp (260625)
- Inter-package dependency bounds updated for changed packages
- CHANGELOG.md updated with [1.10.0] section and compare links
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* fix: update stale hosting dependency pins in hosting-responses and hosting-telegram
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* CI: cap xdist workers at 4 for Azure OpenAI and Functions integration jobs
The Azure OpenAI and Functions+Durable Task integration jobs ran with
`-n logical` (~20 workers on the hosted runner), oversubscribing the box and
collapsing the whole pytest session (all workers reporting `node down: Not
properly terminated`) in the merge queue. Pin these two jobs to `-n 4` in
python-merge-tests.yml and python-integration-tests.yml to remove the
oversubscription while keeping full coverage.
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* test: temporarily skip flaky Python integration tests crashing the merge queue
Revert the `-n 4` xdist experiment (it did not prevent the runner crash) and
instead skip the integration tests that collapse the pytest-xdist runner in the
merge queue (all workers report `node down: Not properly terminated`):
- Azure OpenAI: flip the per-file `skip_if_azure_openai_integration_tests_disabled`
guard to an unconditional skip (integration tests only; unit tests still run).
- Azure Functions / Durable Task: skip the four specific failing tests
(test_weather_agent, test_parallel_workflow_end_to_end, test_weather_agent_with_tool,
test_conditional_branching).
Tracked for re-enablement in #6777.
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* test: skip flaky test_math_agent_with_tool (durabletask integration)
Same empty-AgentResponse flakiness as test_weather_agent_with_tool in the same
file (AssertionError: assert 0 > 0 / empty .text). Skip it in the merge queue.
Tracked in #6777.
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Selective, CHANGELOG-driven version bumps for the 2026-06-18 release.
Released tier: agent-framework-core and the root agent-framework go to 1.9.0
(minor). Core ships new public APIs (agent-loop middleware, tool-approval
middleware and harness integration, shell-tool harness integration, AG-UI
thread snapshot persistence, context-provider telemetry) plus two behavioral
breaking changes on evolving surfaces: MCP sampling now denies server-initiated
requests by default, and the FileAccess tools were aligned with the .NET
implementation. These are treated as within-1.x changes because every package
caps core at <2; a major bump would require rewriting those caps. The foundry
and openai packages go to 1.8.2 (patch, bug fixes only). The root
agent-framework-core[all] pin was moved to 1.9.0 in lockstep with core.
Release-candidate tier: ag-ui to 1.0.0rc5 and declarative to 1.0.0rc2 for their
respective changes. orchestrations is promoted to stable 1.0.0; PACKAGE_STATUS
and the README install hint were updated accordingly.
Prerelease tier (new Pacific date stamp 260618): anthropic (beta),
azure-contentunderstanding (alpha) and foundry-hosting (alpha). No beta cohort
bump was applied; only packages with changes this cycle were stamped.
Dependency floors: following the established convention, the core floor was
raised to >=1.9.0 on every non-core package bumped this cycle, preserving the
existing <2 upper bound.
Also resolves two pre-existing failures in the dependency-bounds validator that
are unrelated to the version bumps. Hosted-environment detection now catches a
bare ImportError so optional Foundry hosting probing cannot crash user-agent
setup. The harness shell-tool integration, which lazily imports the separate
agent-framework-tools package to avoid a circular runtime dependency, is now
type-checked and tested in isolated environments via a core dev
dependency-group, with the shell-tool tests guarded to skip when that package
is absent.
Bumps the released 1.6.0 packages agent-framework, agent-framework-core, agent-framework-foundry, and agent-framework-openai to 1.7.0, with root continuing to exactly pin agent-framework-core[all]. Bumps the changed prerelease packages agent-framework-a2a, agent-framework-chatkit, agent-framework-declarative, agent-framework-devui, and agent-framework-foundry-hosting to the 260528 date stamp, raises core floors on the packages included in this release, raises Foundry's OpenAI floor alongside OpenAI, and raises ChatKit's openai-chatkit floor to the minimum version required by the current typed API usage. No beta cohort bump was applied; the absent mistal/mistral package was intentionally not bumped because no such package exists in this branch.
* Bump Python package versions to 1.5.0 for a release
* Promote orchestrations to 1.0.0rc1
* ci(python-setup): merge dynamic exclude into existing workspace exclude
The python-setup action injected exclude = [...] verbatim into
[tool.uv.workspace], producing a duplicate 'exclude' key when the
section already had a static exclude. Scope the rewrite to the
[tool.uv.workspace] section and append the package to the existing
array when present; idempotent if the package is already excluded.
* Address Copilot review feedback: raise inter-package floors to 1.5.0
- foundry, foundry-local: agent-framework-openai >=1.4.0 -> >=1.5.0
- azure-contentunderstanding: agent-framework-foundry >=1.4.0 -> >=1.5.0
- azurefunctions: pin agent-framework-durabletask to >=1.0.0b260519,<2
Keeps lockstep cohort consistent and avoids mixed 1.4.x / 1.5.0 installs.
* Re-include azurefunctions and durabletask in the uv workspace
The pinned durabletask>=1.4.0 floor is enough to make resolution succeed;
the workspace exclude was over-correction and broke CI samples and pyright
type-checking (re-exports in agent_framework/azure/__init__.pyi plus
samples/04-hosting/{azure_functions,durabletask}/ could not resolve their
imports). Dropping them from agent-framework-core[all] still stands so the
metapackage does not pull them.
* Restore azurefunctions and durabletask in agent-framework-core[all]
The durabletask floor pin keeps users on the safe 1.4.0, so they are once
again included in the metapackage. Update CHANGELOG to reflect the pin
rather than an [all] removal.
* Raise uvicorn ceiling in ag-ui and devui to allow 0.42+
The root override-dependencies pins uvicorn[standard]>=0.34.0 (no upper)
and the workspace lock resolves to 0.47.0. The package ceiling <0.42.0
meant the workspace was no longer testing the declared supported range.
Bump to <1 so the lock fits within the declared bounds.
Also picked up by validate-dependency-bounds: refresh stale orchestrations
RC pin in devui dev deps.
* Improve the handling of intermediate outputs for workflows and orchestrations
* Address PR review feedback on intermediate output forwarding
- Switch workflow.as_agent() forwarding to an explicit allowlist of {output,
intermediate, data, request_info} so orchestration-internal events
(group_chat, handoff_sent, magentic_orchestrator) stay inside the workflow
instead of leaking into agent responses via str(data) coercion.
- Stop raising on intermediate AgentResponseUpdate in non-streaming run();
surface the partial as a Message with text_reasoning content. The defensive
raise still applies to terminal output events, where Update payloads would
corrupt message ordering.
- Extend the DevUI workflow-event mapper so intermediate yields wrapping
plain strings, Messages, and list[Message] render as visible output items
instead of generic completed-trace events.
- Add orchestration coverage for GroupChat, Handoff, and Magentic builders
(default vs intermediate_outputs=True; structural where end-to-end is heavy).
* Lift output-designation policy into a value type
Replace the ``Workflow._output_executors`` list and the
``RunnerContext.should_label_as_intermediate`` Protocol method with a single
immutable ``OutputDesignation`` value type owned by ``Workflow``. Thread the
designation as a parameter through the existing call chain (Runner ->
EdgeRunner -> Executor -> WorkflowContext) so ``yield_output`` consults the
threaded snapshot directly rather than calling back into the runner context.
Removes the ``InProcRunnerContext._workflow`` back-reference and the
``WorkflowBuilder.build()`` assignment that wired it up. Adds the public
predicate ``Workflow.is_terminal_executor(executor_id)`` for external
observers; ``OutputDesignation`` itself stays package-internal.
Key decisions
- ``OutputDesignation.designated`` is ``frozenset[str] | None`` -- ``None``
preserves legacy "every yield is type='output'" behavior, any frozenset
(including empty) opts into strict mode. The ``DeprecationWarning`` for
legacy mode at build time is unchanged.
- ``output_designation`` is an optional parameter on ``Runner``,
``EdgeRunner.send_message``, ``EdgeRunner._execute_on_target``,
``Executor.execute``, ``Executor._create_context_for_handler``, and
``WorkflowContext.__init__``. Each defaults to legacy ``OutputDesignation()``
so direct callers (Azure Functions ``CapturingRunnerContext``,
``test_runner`` recording fixtures) keep working without ceremony.
- The workflow-level filter in ``_run_core`` reads ``self._output_designation``
live, preserving today's semantics where mutating the designation after
build still affects subsequent runs (used by two existing tests).
- ``Workflow.to_dict()`` continues to emit ``"output_executors":
list[str] | None`` (sorted from the frozenset). Checkpoint format unchanged.
Files changed
- _workflow.py: add ``OutputDesignation`` dataclass; replace
``_output_executors`` with ``_output_designation``; add
``is_terminal_executor``; delete ``_should_yield_output_event``.
- _runner_context.py: drop ``should_label_as_intermediate`` Protocol method
and ``InProcRunnerContext`` impl; drop ``_workflow`` back-reference.
- _workflow_builder.py: remove ``context._workflow = workflow`` assignment.
- _runner.py, _edge_runner.py, _executor.py, _workflow_context.py: thread
``output_designation`` parameter through the call chain.
- tests/workflow/test_output_designation.py (new): three-state coverage of
the value type plus the public predicate delegation.
- tests/workflow/test_workflow_builder.py, test_validation.py,
test_workflow.py, test_runner.py and
orchestrations/tests/test_orchestration_intermediate_vs_terminal.py:
switch probes from ``_output_executors`` set checks to
``get_output_executors`` / ``is_terminal_executor``; update two
post-build mutation tests to set ``_output_designation`` instead.
Verification
- core/tests/workflow/, orchestrations/tests/, azurefunctions/tests/:
1119 passed, 42 skipped, 2 xfailed.
- ``uv run poe lint``: clean.
- ``uv run poe typing``: only the pre-existing
``_AGENT_FORWARDED_EVENT_TYPES`` pyright warning from 394bcd607 remains.
Notes for next iteration
- The builder's own ``_output_executors`` attribute (``list[Executor |
SupportsAgentRun]``) is intentionally untouched; the issue scoped the
rename to the workflow attribute.
- Adjacent review candidates (twin ``WorkflowAgent`` translators,
``_AGENT_FORWARDED_EVENT_TYPES`` kind classifier,
``_event_origin_context`` ContextVar removal, ``WorkflowEvent`` ADT
split, legacy-mode removal) remain out of scope.
* Add explicit workflow output designation
Key decisions
- Extend the internal OutputDesignation value type from terminal-only membership to output/intermediate/hidden classification. Legacy mode remains outputs=None, so workflows built without output_executors or intermediate_executors still label every yield_output as type='output'.
- WorkflowBuilder now accepts intermediate_executors. Providing either designation enters explicit mode; output executors emit output, intermediate executors emit intermediate, and unlisted yield_output payloads are hidden from caller-facing events while remaining in executor_completed data.
- Empty explicit designation, duplicate entries, overlaps, unknown executors, and designated executors without workflow output annotations fail build validation. Existing orchestration builders pass intermediate-capable participants through intermediate_executors to preserve current intermediate_outputs behavior until participant-oriented designation lands.
Files changed
- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_workflow.py, _workflow_builder.py, _workflow_context.py, _validation.py, _events.py
- packages/core/tests/workflow/test_output_designation.py, test_output_executors_contract.py, test_strict_mode_event_labeling.py, test_validation.py, test_workflow.py, test_workflow_agent_intermediate.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_sequential.py, _concurrent.py, _group_chat.py, _magentic.py
- packages/core/AGENTS.md
Verification
- uv run pytest packages/core/tests/workflow packages/orchestrations/tests packages/devui/tests/devui/test_mapper.py -q
- uv run pytest packages/azurefunctions/tests -q
- uv run poe lint
- uv run poe typing fails only on pre-existing packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py _AGENT_FORWARDED_EVENT_TYPES private-use pyright error.
Notes for next iteration
- issues/03-core-workflow-explicit-designation.md was moved to issues/done but issues/ remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
- Slice 4 should tighten workflow.as_agent() mapping for hidden emissions and streaming-only update payloads; Slice 5 should replace orchestration intermediate_outputs with participant-oriented designation.
* Tighten workflow-as-agent output mapping
Key decisions
- Treat AgentResponseUpdate as a streaming-only payload across the workflow.as_agent() adapter, so non-streaming agent runs now reject both terminal output and intermediate workflow events carrying updates.
- Keep streaming classification behavior explicit: terminal update payloads remain normal text content, while intermediate update payloads are rewritten to text_reasoning content.
- Add explicit-mode coverage proving hidden yield_output emissions do not appear in non-streaming AgentResponse messages or streaming AgentResponseUpdate chunks.
Files changed
- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py
- packages/core/tests/workflow/test_workflow_agent_intermediate.py
Verification
- uv run pytest packages/core/tests/workflow/test_workflow_agent_intermediate.py -q
- uv run pytest packages/core/tests/workflow/test_workflow_agent.py packages/core/tests/workflow/test_workflow_agent_intermediate.py -q
- uv run pytest packages/core/tests/workflow packages/orchestrations/tests packages/devui/tests/devui/test_mapper.py -q
- uv run poe lint
- uv run poe typing fails only on the pre-existing packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py _AGENT_FORWARDED_EVENT_TYPES private-use pyright error.
Blockers or notes for next iteration
- issues/04-workflow-as-agent-output-mapping.md was moved to issues/done/ but issues/ remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
- Slice 5 should replace orchestration intermediate_outputs with participant-oriented designation.
* Add orchestration participant output designation
Key decisions
- Replace orchestration intermediate_outputs with participant-oriented output_participants and intermediate_participants across Sequential, Concurrent, GroupChat, Magentic, and Handoff builders.
- Keep synthetic final executors terminal by default for Concurrent, GroupChat, and Magentic; keep Sequential's final participant terminal by default; keep Handoff participants terminal by default.
- Centralize participant designation validation for empty explicit designation, duplicates, overlaps, and unknown participants, then map validated participants to workflow output/intermediate executors.
Files changed
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_participant_designation.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_sequential.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_concurrent.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_group_chat.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_magentic.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_handoff.py
- packages/orchestrations/tests/test_orchestration_intermediate_vs_terminal.py
- packages/orchestrations/tests/test_magentic.py
Blockers or notes for next iteration
- issues/05-orchestration-participant-designation.md was moved to issues/done/ but issues/ remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
- Slice 7 should migrate samples and docs away from intermediate_outputs to the new participant designation API.
- uv run poe typing still fails only on the pre-existing packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py _AGENT_FORWARDED_EVENT_TYPES private-use pyright error.
* Migrate samples to explicit output designation
Key decisions
- Replace sample usage of the removed orchestration intermediate_outputs boolean with participant-oriented intermediate_participants designation.
- Update raw workflow guidance to show output_executors together with intermediate_executors, and document that unlisted yields are hidden in explicit designation mode.
- Keep orchestration final outputs terminal while streaming designated participant responses as intermediate progress, including workflow.as_agent() samples where intermediates map to text_reasoning content.
- Refresh workflow and orchestration README guidance plus the changelog reference so public docs no longer point users at intermediate_outputs.
Files changed
- CHANGELOG.md
- packages/orchestrations/README.md
- samples/README.md
- samples/03-workflows/README.md
- samples/03-workflows/control-flow/intermediate_vs_terminal_outputs.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/README.md
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/group_chat_agent_manager.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/group_chat_philosophical_debate.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/group_chat_simple_selector.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/magentic.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/magentic_human_plan_review.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/sequential_chain_only_agent_responses.py
- samples/03-workflows/agents/group_chat_workflow_as_agent.py
- samples/03-workflows/agents/magentic_workflow_as_agent.py
- samples/03-workflows/agents/sequential_workflow_as_agent.py
- samples/semantic-kernel-migration/orchestrations/group_chat.py
- samples/semantic-kernel-migration/orchestrations/magentic.py
Blockers or notes for next iteration
- issues/07-samples-and-docs-explicit-output-designation.md was moved to issues/done/ but issues/ remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
- issues/06-devui-intermediate-event-rendering.md remains present and appears already satisfied by existing DevUI mapper/tests from the prior implementation slice.
- PRD-explicit-workflow-output-designation.md remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
* Render DevUI intermediate workflow outputs
Key decisions
- Preserve workflow output designation metadata on visible DevUI output messages and text deltas so intermediate/data emissions remain distinguishable from terminal output.
- Render intermediate workflow message items in the execution timeline using executor metadata, while excluding them from the final workflow result aggregation.
- Keep terminal output message rendering unchanged and retain legacy data events on the intermediate compatibility path.
Files changed
- packages/devui/agent_framework_devui/_mapper.py
- packages/devui/frontend/src/components/features/workflow/execution-timeline.tsx
- packages/devui/frontend/src/components/features/workflow/workflow-view.tsx
- packages/devui/frontend/src/types/openai.ts
- packages/devui/tests/devui/test_mapper.py
Blockers or notes for next iteration
- issues/06-devui-intermediate-event-rendering.md was moved to issues/done/ but issues/ remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
- PRD-explicit-workflow-output-designation.md remains untracked and intentionally excluded from this commit.
- uv run poe typing still fails only on the pre-existing packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py _AGENT_FORWARDED_EVENT_TYPES private-use pyright error.
* Fix mypy
* Clarify orchestration participant output config
* Rename participant output kwargs for clarity
output_participants -> final_output_from, intermediate_participants ->
intermediate_output_from. The old names read like categories of
participant; the new names make it clear the kwarg designates which
participants' outputs surface as final vs. intermediate events.
* Rename core workflow output kwargs with deprecation shim
Adds final_output_from / intermediate_output_from as canonical kwargs on
Workflow and WorkflowBuilder. Old output_executors / intermediate_executors
kwargs continue to work but emit DeprecationWarning via a shared coalesce
helper that also rejects supplying both. Wire-format keys in to_dict()
stay as output_executors / intermediate_executors so checkpoint
compatibility is preserved.
Internal call sites in orchestrations and samples updated to the new
names so users following sample code learn the canonical vocabulary;
legacy callers still work with a one-shot warning.
* Suppress pyright reportPrivateUsage on cross-module sentinel import
* Update docstrings
* Propagate sub-workflow intermediate outputs, fix handoff/sequential intermediate-only designation, and shore up tests, sample, and docstrings around the intermediate output contract.
* Add canonical workflow output_from selection
Key decisions:\n- Make output_from the canonical workflow-output allow-list and keep output_executors/final_output_from as deprecated compatibility aliases.\n- Treat empty output_from/intermediate_output_from lists as explicit selections and keep validation responsible for empty, duplicate, overlap, and unknown selections.\n- Remove the branch-only public intermediate_executors WorkflowBuilder kwarg while preserving legacy wire keys in to_dict().\n\nFiles changed:\n- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_workflow.py\n- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_workflow_builder.py\n- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_workflow_context.py\n- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py\n- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent_executor.py\n- packages/core/tests/workflow/* output-selection coverage updates\n- packages/core/AGENTS.md\n- issues/done/001-canonical-list-based-output-selection.md\n\nBlockers/notes:\n- Orchestration builders still pass final_output_from internally; follow-up issue 004 should migrate them to output_from.\n- Legacy omitted-selection behavior and explicit all/all_other literals are left for issues 002 and 003.
* Add explicit all workflow output selection
Key decisions:
- Treat output_from='all' as an explicit workflow-output selection sentinel and expand it at build time to executors with declared workflow output types.
- Keep omitted output selections in legacy all-output mode with a deprecation warning that names output_from and intermediate_output_from and points to output_from='all'.
- Reject intermediate_output_from='all' at construction because the all-output literal is output-only for this issue.
Files changed:
- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_workflow_builder.py
- packages/core/tests/workflow/test_output_executors_contract.py
- issues/done/002-explicit-all-output-and-legacy-migration.md
Blockers/notes:
- all_other intermediate-output selection remains for issue 003.
- Workflow-as-agent/orchestration parity remains for issue 004.
* Add all-other intermediate output selection
Key decisions:
- Treat intermediate_output_from='all_other' as an explicit intermediate-output selection sentinel and expand it at build time after the workflow graph is complete.
- Expand all_other to output-capable executors not selected by output_from; omitted or empty output_from selects no workflow outputs, while output_from='all' leaves an empty intermediate selection.
- Keep output_from='all_other' invalid so all_other remains intermediate-output-only and runtime classification still receives concrete executor-id sets.
Files changed:
- packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_workflow_builder.py
- packages/core/tests/workflow/test_output_executors_contract.py
- issues/done/003-all-other-intermediate-output-selection.md
Blockers/notes:
- Workflow-as-agent and orchestration parity remains for issue 004.
- Full documentation updates remain for issue 005.
* Add orchestration output selection parity
Key decisions:
- Expose output_from on sequential, concurrent, group chat, handoff, and magentic builders while keeping final_output_from as a deprecated compatibility alias.
- Resolve orchestration participant selections through the same explicit rules as workflows: output_from='all', intermediate_output_from='all_other', hidden unselected participant payloads, and overlap/duplicate/unknown/invalid-literal validation.
- Continue preserving documented orchestration defaults by always designating each pattern's terminal internal executor where applicable.
Files changed:
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_participant_output_config.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_sequential.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_concurrent.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_group_chat.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_handoff.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_magentic.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_orchestration_request_info.py
- packages/orchestrations/tests/test_orchestration_intermediate_vs_terminal.py
- issues/done/004-workflow-as-agent-and-orchestration-parity.md
Blockers/notes:
- Full documentation and sample migration wording remains for issue 005.
- Existing tests that intentionally use final_output_from now emit the new deprecation warning.
* Document workflow output selection contract
Key decisions:
- Use Workflow Output and Intermediate Output as the developer-facing terms for selected caller-facing emissions.
- Document output_from and intermediate_output_from as the canonical API, with output_from as an allow-list and unselected payloads hidden unless explicitly selected as intermediate.
- Add scenario and invalid-selection tables for workflow and orchestration docs, including legacy omission warnings, output_from='all', intermediate_output_from='all_other', list selections, invalid literals, overlap, duplicates, unknown selections, and empty explicit selections.
- Migrate samples away from final_output_from and output_executors except where compatibility aliases are explicitly documented.
Files changed:
- packages/core/AGENTS.md
- packages/orchestrations/README.md
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_handoff.py
- packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_sequential.py
- samples/03-workflows/README.md
- samples/03-workflows/control-flow/intermediate_vs_terminal_outputs.py
- samples/03-workflows/human-in-the-loop/agents_with_approval_requests.py
- samples/03-workflows/orchestrations/README.md
- samples/04-hosting/foundry-hosted-agents/responses/05_workflows/main.py
- scripts/sample_validation/create_dynamic_workflow_executor.py
- issues/done/005-document-output-selection-contract.md
Blockers/notes:
- Direct full Ruff on scripts/sample_validation/create_dynamic_workflow_executor.py still reports pre-existing docstring/print/line-length issues outside this docs migration; syntax-focused checks for changed files pass.
- No remaining AFK issue files are present under issues/.
* Latest updates
* Typing fixes
* Cleanup
* Python: bump package versions for 1.2.2 release
PATCH bump (1.2.1 -> 1.2.2) for the released cohort. Five PRs land in this
window:
- agent-framework-openai: fix file_search citations breaking the assistant-
message history roundtrip (#5557) — drives the released-tier PATCH
- agent-framework-orchestrations: [BREAKING] standardize orchestration
terminal outputs as AgentResponse (#5301)
- agent-framework-core, agent-framework-declarative: preserve Workflow.run()
shared state across calls, accept list[Message] in declarative start
executor, and coerce Enum values when serializing PowerFx symbols (#5531)
- agent-framework-foundry-hosting: add hosted Durable Workflow support
(#5531)
- agent-framework-azure-contentunderstanding: new alpha package — Azure AI
Content Understanding context provider (#4829)
- dependencies: workspace package dependency refresh (#5555)
Per lockstep convention, all 21 beta packages stamp 1.0.0b260429 and all 4
alpha packages (now including the new contentunderstanding) stamp
1.0.0a260429. Date stamp reflects 2026-04-29 Pacific. Every non-core package
floor on agent-framework-core is raised to >=1.2.2; the new
contentunderstanding package's stale >=1.0.0 floor is brought into line.
Two follow-on fixes bundled to keep validate-dependency-bounds-test green
at lowest-direct resolution:
- Bump agent-framework-azure-contentunderstanding's azure-ai-content
understanding lower bound from >=1.0.0 to >=1.0.1 (1.0.0 ships without
proper typing — pyright reports 65 unknown-type errors)
- Add pyright ignore comments to core/foundry/__init__.pyi for the new
alpha package's type-stub imports, since alpha packages are not in
core's [all] extra and therefore aren't installed at lowest-direct
* Python: add #5552 to 1.2.2 CHANGELOG
Add the streaming-span observability fix to the Fixed section. PR is on
upstream/main but not yet pulled into origin/main; the code itself will
land via the PR merge.
* Python: address PR #5561 review feedback on dependency bounds
Two packaging fixes flagged in review:
1. agent-framework-azure-contentunderstanding: add agent-framework-foundry
as a runtime dependency. The package's README directs users to
`pip install agent-framework-azure-contentunderstanding --pre` and the
basic example imports `FoundryChatClient` from `agent_framework.foundry`,
so the documented install path was failing with ImportError. Pulling
agent-framework-foundry into deps makes the advertised entry path
self-contained.
2. agent-framework-foundry: bump agent-framework-openai lower bound from
>=1.1.0 to >=1.2.2,<2. Foundry imports private modules from
agent_framework_openai (`_chat_client.py:22`, `_agent.py:34`), so
resolvers were free to pair foundry==1.2.2 with older OpenAI versions
that lack this release's coordinated Responses/history fix. Lockstep the
floor with the released cohort to prevent mismatched installs.
Both changes pass `validate-dependency-bounds-test` lower + upper at
their respective packages.
* Python: bump package versions for 1.2.1 release
PATCH bump (1.2.0 -> 1.2.1) for the released cohort. The release window
covers two PRs, no new public APIs:
- agent-framework-core: prevent inner_exception from being lost in
AgentFrameworkException (#5167)
- samples: add requirements.txt and .env.example to the a2a/ hosting
sample for pip-based setup (#5510)
Per lockstep convention, all 21 beta packages stamp 1.0.0b260428 and all
3 alpha packages stamp 1.0.0a260428, regardless of per-package code
churn. Every non-core package floor on agent-framework-core is raised to
>=1.2.1 to keep cohort signaling consistent. Date stamp reflects the
local (Asia) cut date 2026-04-28.
* Python: silence pyright unknown-type warnings in hosted-env detection
`azure.ai.agentserver.core` is probed at runtime via `importlib.util.find_spec`
and is not a declared dependency. The existing `# pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]`
suppresses the missing-import warning, but at `lowest-direct` resolution pyright
still reports the imported symbol (`AgentConfig`) and its members (`from_env`,
`is_hosted`) as unknown, breaking `validate-dependency-bounds-test` for
`packages/core`.
Extend the existing ignore to cover `reportUnknownVariableType` on the import
and `reportUnknownMemberType` on the call site so the bounds check returns to
green. Behavior is unchanged.
Latent since #5455 (shipped in 1.2.0).
* Python: raise agent-framework-gemini lower bound to google-genai>=1.65.0
The Gemini chat client references several `google.genai.types` symbols
(`FileSearch`, `ThinkingLevel`, `SearchTypes`, `McpServer`,
`StreamableHttpTransport`, plus call-site keyword args `mcp_servers` and
`search_types`) that are not present at the lower bound of `google-genai>=1.0.0`.
At `lowest-direct` resolution this caused `validate-dependency-bounds-test` to
fail for `packages/gemini` with eleven `reportAttributeAccessIssue` /
`reportUnknownVariableType` errors.
Walking the upstream `google.genai.types` API:
- `GoogleMaps`, `AuthConfig`: present from 1.40.0
- `FileSearch`: introduced in 1.49.0
- `ThinkingLevel`: introduced in 1.55.0
- `SearchTypes`, `McpServer`, `StreamableHttpTransport`: introduced in 1.65.0
Bump the lower bound to 1.65.0 — the minimum version that exposes every symbol
the package actually uses. Keep the `<2.0.0` upper cap unchanged. With this
bump `validate-dependency-bounds-test` passes for both lower and upper
resolution scenarios across all 27 workspace packages.
Latent since #4847 (Gemini package introduction in 1.1.0); aggravated by
subsequent feature additions that pulled in newer `types.*` symbols.
* Python: add dependabot bumps to 1.2.1 CHANGELOG
Catalog the 15 dependabot dependency updates that merged on `upstream/main`
between python-1.2.0 and the 1.2.1 cut window under a new Changed section:
- Workspace dev/runtime deps: `rich`, `prek`, `python-multipart`, `pyasn1`,
`pytest` (ag-ui, devui, lab), `uv` (lab)
- Frontend deps: `vite` (devui, chatkit), `postcss` (devui, chatkit, handoff),
`picomatch` (devui, handoff)
CHANGELOG-only — no source or pyproject.toml changes. PRs themselves merged
upstream independently of this release branch and will be brought in via the
PR merge.
* Bump Python package versions for 1.2.0 release
Released tier bumps 1.1.1 -> 1.2.0 (core, openai, foundry, root) to
reflect additive public APIs landed since 1.1.0: functional workflow API
(#4238) and FunctionTool SKIP_PARSING sentinel (#5424). All beta packages
stamped 1.0.0b260424, alpha packages 1.0.0a260424. All 26 non-core
agent-framework-core floors raised to >=1.2.0,<2. CHANGELOG consolidates
the never-tagged 1.1.1 entries with the post-merge additions into [1.2.0].
* Update CHANGELOG footer links for 1.2.0
Advance [Unreleased] comparison base from python-1.1.0 to python-1.2.0
and add a [1.2.0] reference link comparing python-1.1.0...python-1.2.0
so the heading links resolve correctly.
* Fix CHANGELOG: restore [1.1.1] section and add proper [1.2.0]
Previous commit incorrectly renamed the [1.1.1] header to [1.2.0], which
wiped the historical 1.1.1 entries and wrongly attributed them to 1.2.0.
This restores [1.1.1] to its origin/main content and adds a new [1.2.0]
section above containing only the commits in python-1.1.1..HEAD:
- #4238 functional workflow API
- #5142 GitHub Copilot OpenTelemetry
- #2403 A2A bridge support
- #5070 oauth_consent_request events in Foundry clients
- #5447 FoundryAgent hosted agent sessions
- #5459 hosting server dependency upgrade + types
- #5389 AG-UI reasoning/multimodal parsing fix
- #5440 stop [TOOLBOXES] warning spam
- #5455 user agent prefix fix
Also corrects the [1.2.0] compare base to python-1.1.1 (not 1.1.0) and
adds the missing [1.1.1] reference link.
* Bump Python version for a release.
* Revert lockstep bumps on unchanged connectors
Per PR review: only connectors that changed (or whose published metadata
changed) should get new versions. Keeps released tier at 1.1.1, a2a/ag-ui
at 1.0.0b260422, foundry-hosting at 1.0.0a260422; reverts the 19 unchanged
betas and 2 unchanged alphas to 1.0.0b260421/1.0.0a260421. Reverts all 26
non-core agent-framework-core floors to >=1.1.0,<2 since no connector
actually depends on a 1.1.1 API or bug fix.
* Restore lockstep prerelease bumps and raise core floors to >=1.1.1
Reverses the lean-revert: all beta packages stamped 1.0.0b260423 and alpha
packages stamped 1.0.0a260423 (Asia date, matching release cut time). All
26 non-core packages raise agent-framework-core lower bound from >=1.1.0,<2
to >=1.1.1,<2 to signal the validated cohort for this release. CHANGELOG
date updated to 2026-04-23.
* Python: Add allowed_checkpoint_types support to CosmosCheckpointStorage (#5200)
Add allowed_checkpoint_types parameter to CosmosCheckpointStorage for
parity with FileCheckpointStorage. This ensures both providers use the
same restricted pickle deserialization by default.
Changes:
- Accept allowed_checkpoint_types kwarg in __init__, stored as frozenset
- Convert _document_to_checkpoint from @staticmethod to instance method
- Forward allowed_types to decode_checkpoint_value on all load paths
- Update class docstring to describe the new parameter
- Add tests covering built-in safe types, app type opt-in/blocking,
and all load paths (load, list_checkpoints, get_latest)
- Add changelog entry noting the breaking behavior change
BREAKING CHANGE: CosmosCheckpointStorage now uses restricted pickle
deserialization by default. Checkpoints containing application-defined
types will require passing those types via allowed_checkpoint_types.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
* Python: Add `allowed_checkpoint_types` support to `CosmosCheckpointStorage` for parity with `FileCheckpointStorage`
Fixes#5200
* Address PR review: add pickle security warning and fix docstring examples
- Reintroduce explicit security warning about pickle deserialization risks
- Convert Example:: block to .. code-block:: python with imports for
consistency with other docstring examples
- Note: PR title should be updated to include [BREAKING] prefix per
changelog convention (comment #3, requires GitHub UI change)
Fixes#5200
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---------
Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
* Bump Python version to 1.1.0 for a release
* Fix changelog
* 1.0.1 instead of 1.1.0
* Update CHANGELOG.md
* update version and changelog
* Bump lower bounds
* Python: Add long-running agents and background responses support
- Add ContinuationToken TypedDict to core types
- Add continuation_token field to ChatResponse, ChatResponseUpdate,
AgentResponse, and AgentResponseUpdate
- Add background and continuation_token options to OpenAIResponsesOptions
- Implement polling via responses.retrieve() and streaming resumption
in RawOpenAIResponsesClient
- Propagate continuation tokens through agent run() and
map_chat_to_agent_update
- Fix streaming telemetry 'Failed to detach context' error in both
ChatTelemetryLayer and AgentTelemetryLayer by avoiding
trace.use_span() context attachment for async-managed spans
- Add 14 unit tests for continuation token types and background flows
- Add background_responses sample showing polling and stream resumption
Fixes#2478
* Python: Add A2A long-running task support via ContinuationToken
- Make ContinuationToken provider-agnostic (total=False, optional task_id/context_id fields)
- Add background param to A2AAgent.run() controlling token emission
- Add poll_task() for single-request task state retrieval
- Add resubscribe support via continuation_token param on run()
- Extract _updates_from_task() and _map_a2a_stream() for cleaner code
- Streamline run()/streaming by removing intermediate _stream_updates wrapper
- Update A2A sample to show background=False (default) with link to background_responses sample
- Remove stale BareAgent from __all__
- Add 12 new A2A continuation token tests
* fix logic for overriding continuation token when done
* refactored ContinuationToken setup
Evan Mattson