Python: Reduce flaky integration tests and improve CI signal quality (#5454)

* Enable Ollama integration tests in CI and rename report to Integration Test Report

- Install Ollama, cache models (qwen2.5:0.5b + nomic-embed-text), and start
  server in the Misc integration job for both workflow files
- Set OLLAMA_MODEL and OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL env vars so the 5 Ollama tests
  are no longer skipped
- Rename Flaky Test Report to Integration Test Report throughout (job names,
  artifact names, cache keys, file names, script titles/docstrings)

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* Bump Ollama model to qwen2.5:1.5b for better instruction following

The 0.5b model was too small to reliably follow simple prompts like
'Say Hello World', causing test assertion failures. The 1.5b model
follows instructions more reliably while still being small enough
for fast CI pulls (~1GB).

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* Re-enable reliable streaming integration tests

Remove the hard skip on test_03_reliable_streaming tests that was
temporarily disabled for instability investigation. CI infrastructure
(Azurite, DTS emulator, Redis, func CLI) is already in place.

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* Re-enable skipped Functions/DurableTask tests and bump timeout to 480s

- Remove hard skips from 4 tests in test_11_workflow_parallel.py
- Remove hard skip from test_conditional_branching in test_06_dt_multi_agent_orchestration_conditionals.py
- Increase pytest --timeout from 360 to 480 for Functions+DurableTask CI job
- Updated in both python-merge-tests.yml and python-integration-tests.yml

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* Re-skip failing Functions/DurableTask tests with specific root causes

- test_11_workflow_parallel (4 tests): xdist worker crashes during execution
- test_conditional_branching: orchestration fails with RuntimeError, not a timeout
- Keep 480s timeout bump for remaining Functions tests

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* Fix auth routing in samples 06/11: api_key -> credential for Azure OpenAI

Both samples passed a bearer token provider via api_key= which caused the
client to route to api.openai.com instead of Azure OpenAI, resulting in
401 Unauthorized. Changed to credential= which correctly triggers Azure
routing and picks up AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT from the environment.

- samples/azure_functions/11_workflow_parallel/function_app.py: 1 fix
- samples/durabletask/06_multi_agent_orchestration_conditionals/worker.py: 2 fixes
- Re-enable 4 parallel workflow tests and 1 conditional branching test

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* Re-skip parallel workflow tests: xdist worker distribution issue

The 4 parallel workflow tests crash because xdist worksteal distributes
them across separate workers, each spawning its own func process against
shared emulators. Auth fix (api_key->credential) was valid and stays.
test_conditional_branching now passes with the auth fix.

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* Fix E501 line-too-long in azurefunctions parallel test skip reasons

Wrap skip reason strings to stay within 120 char line limit.

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* Add retry logic and port-conflict fix for Ollama CI setup

- Kill any auto-started Ollama before launching serve (fixes port
  conflict: 'address already in use')
- Retry ollama pull up to 3 times with 15s backoff (fixes 429 rate
  limit failures)
- Applied to both python-merge-tests.yml and python-integration-tests.yml

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* Fix flaky integration tests and re-enable skipped tests

- Foundry agent: add allow_preview=True to custom client test
- Foundry hosting: raise max_output_tokens 50->200, add temperature,
  relax assertion in test_temperature_and_max_tokens
- Foundry embedding: update skip reason with root cause (endpoint mismatch)
- OpenAI file search: fix vector store indexing race condition by polling
  file_counts before querying; fix get_streaming_response -> get_response(stream=True)
- Azure OpenAI file search: remove skip (transient 500 resolved)

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* Remove temperature from foundry hosting test (unsupported by CI model)

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* Stabilize Ollama tool call integration tests with no-arg function

Use a no-argument greet() function instead of hello_world(arg1) for
integration tests. The 1.5B model in CI is unreliable at generating
correct tool call arguments, causing 'Argument parsing failed' errors.
A no-arg function eliminates this flakiness entirely.

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* Increase reliable streaming test timeouts from 30s to 60s

The LLM call through Azure OpenAI + Redis streaming pipeline can exceed
30s in CI due to cold starts or throttling. Raise to 60s to reduce
flaky timeouts while still bounded by pytest's 120s per-test limit.

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* Re-enable workflow parallel tests with xdist_group marker

The tests were skipped because xdist distributes module tests across
workers, each spawning their own func process (port conflicts). Adding
xdist_group forces all tests in this module onto a single worker so
the module-scoped function_app_for_test fixture works correctly.

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* Revert "Re-enable workflow parallel tests with xdist_group marker"

This reverts commit 455c28da62.

* Rename flaky_report to integration_test_report and add try/finally cleanup

- Rename scripts/flaky_report/ to scripts/integration_test_report/ to
  reflect expanded scope beyond flaky-test detection
- Update workflow references in both CI files
- Wrap file search integration tests in try/finally to ensure vector
  store cleanup runs even on test failure or timeout

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* Fix Ollama pull failure propagation and Azure OpenAI vector store readiness

- Ollama CI: fail the step immediately if model pull fails after 3
  retries instead of silently proceeding to tests
- Azure OpenAI file search: add the same vector-store readiness polling
  that was applied to the non-Azure OpenAI tests, preventing eventual
  consistency race conditions

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* remove load_dotenv from test file

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python/packages/openai/tests/openai/test_openai_chat_client.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
+import asyncio
 import base64
 import inspect
 import json
@@ -120,6 +121,15 @@ async def create_vector_store(
     if result.last_error is not None:
         raise Exception(f"Vector store file processing failed with status: {result.last_error.message}")
 
+    # Wait for the vector store index to be fully searchable.
+    # create_and_poll confirms file processing, but the search index is eventually consistent.
+    for _ in range(10):
+        vs = await client.client.vector_stores.retrieve(vector_store.id)
+        if vs.file_counts.completed >= 1 and vs.file_counts.in_progress == 0:
+            break
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+    await asyncio.sleep(2)
+
     return file.id, Content.from_hosted_vector_store(vector_store_id=vector_store.id)
 
 
@@ -4385,10 +4395,6 @@ async def test_integration_web_search() -> None:
     assert response.text is not None
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(
-    reason="Unreliable due to OpenAI vector store indexing potential "
-    "race condition. See https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/issues/1669"
-)
 @pytest.mark.flaky
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @skip_if_openai_integration_tests_disabled
@@ -4398,31 +4404,29 @@ async def test_integration_file_search() -> None:
     assert isinstance(openai_responses_client, SupportsChatGetResponse)
 
     file_id, vector_store = await create_vector_store(openai_responses_client)
-    # Use static method for file search tool
-    file_search_tool = OpenAIChatClient.get_file_search_tool(vector_store_ids=[vector_store.vector_store_id])
-    # Test that the client will use the file search tool
-    response = await openai_responses_client.get_response(
-        messages=[
-            Message(
-                role="user",
-                contents=["What is the weather today? Do a file search to find the answer."],
-            )
-        ],
-        options={
-            "tool_choice": "auto",
-            "tools": [file_search_tool],
-        },
-    )
+    try:
+        # Use static method for file search tool
+        file_search_tool = OpenAIChatClient.get_file_search_tool(vector_store_ids=[vector_store.vector_store_id])
+        # Test that the client will use the file search tool
+        response = await openai_responses_client.get_response(
+            messages=[
+                Message(
+                    role="user",
+                    contents=["What is the weather today? Do a file search to find the answer."],
+                )
+            ],
+            options={
+                "tool_choice": "auto",
+                "tools": [file_search_tool],
+            },
+        )
 
-    await delete_vector_store(openai_responses_client, file_id, vector_store.vector_store_id)
-    assert "sunny" in response.text.lower()
-    assert "75" in response.text
+        assert "sunny" in response.text.lower()
+        assert "75" in response.text
+    finally:
+        await delete_vector_store(openai_responses_client, file_id, vector_store.vector_store_id)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(
-    reason="Unreliable due to OpenAI vector store indexing "
-    "potential race condition. See https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/issues/1669"
-)
 @pytest.mark.flaky
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @skip_if_openai_integration_tests_disabled
@@ -4432,35 +4436,37 @@ async def test_integration_streaming_file_search() -> None:
     assert isinstance(openai_responses_client, SupportsChatGetResponse)
 
     file_id, vector_store = await create_vector_store(openai_responses_client)
-    # Use static method for file search tool
-    file_search_tool = OpenAIChatClient.get_file_search_tool(vector_store_ids=[vector_store.vector_store_id])
-    # Test that the client will use the web search tool
-    response = openai_responses_client.get_streaming_response(
-        messages=[
-            Message(
-                role="user",
-                contents=["What is the weather today? Do a file search to find the answer."],
-            )
-        ],
-        options={
-            "tool_choice": "auto",
-            "tools": [file_search_tool],
-        },
-    )
+    try:
+        # Use static method for file search tool
+        file_search_tool = OpenAIChatClient.get_file_search_tool(vector_store_ids=[vector_store.vector_store_id])
+        # Test that the client will use the file search tool
+        response = openai_responses_client.get_response(
+            messages=[
+                Message(
+                    role="user",
+                    contents=["What is the weather today? Do a file search to find the answer."],
+                )
+            ],
+            stream=True,
+            options={
+                "tool_choice": "auto",
+                "tools": [file_search_tool],
+            },
+        )
 
-    assert response is not None
-    full_message: str = ""
-    async for chunk in response:
-        assert chunk is not None
-        assert isinstance(chunk, ChatResponseUpdate)
-        for content in chunk.contents:
-            if content.type == "text" and content.text:
-                full_message += content.text
+        assert response is not None
+        full_message: str = ""
+        async for chunk in response:
+            assert chunk is not None
+            assert isinstance(chunk, ChatResponseUpdate)
+            for content in chunk.contents:
+                if content.type == "text" and content.text:
+                    full_message += content.text
 
-    await delete_vector_store(openai_responses_client, file_id, vector_store.vector_store_id)
-
-    assert "sunny" in full_message.lower()
-    assert "75" in full_message
+        assert "sunny" in full_message.lower()
+        assert "75" in full_message
+    finally:
+        await delete_vector_store(openai_responses_client, file_id, vector_store.vector_store_id)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.flaky

python/packages/openai/tests/openai/test_openai_chat_client_azure.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import os
 from functools import wraps
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ async def create_vector_store(client: OpenAIChatClient) -> tuple[str, Content]:
     if result.last_error is not None:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Vector store file processing failed with status: {result.last_error.message}")
 
+    # Wait for the vector store index to be fully searchable.
+    # create_and_poll confirms file processing, but the search index is eventually consistent.
+    for _ in range(10):
+        vs = await client.client.vector_stores.retrieve(vector_store.id)
+        if vs.file_counts.completed >= 1 and vs.file_counts.in_progress == 0:
+            break
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+    await asyncio.sleep(2)
+
     return file.id, Content.from_hosted_vector_store(vector_store_id=vector_store.id)
 
 
@@ -355,7 +365,6 @@ async def test_integration_web_search() -> None:
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @skip_if_azure_openai_integration_tests_disabled
 @_with_azure_openai_debug()
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Azure OpenAI with files raises 500 error. Needs investigation.")
 async def test_integration_client_file_search() -> None:
     async with AzureCliCredential() as credential:
         client = OpenAIChatClient(credential=credential)
@@ -381,7 +390,6 @@ async def test_integration_client_file_search() -> None:
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @skip_if_azure_openai_integration_tests_disabled
 @_with_azure_openai_debug()
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Azure OpenAI with files raises 500 error. Needs investigation.")
 async def test_integration_client_file_search_streaming() -> None:
     async with AzureCliCredential() as credential:
         client = OpenAIChatClient(credential=credential)