.NET: Mitigation for issue 1315 (#1432)

* Adding mitigation for issue 1315, will follow up with long-term plan.

* Apply suggestion from @lokitoth

Co-authored-by: Jacob Alber <jaalber@microsoft.com>

* Apply suggestion from @Copilot

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Extracting common updates to a helper method.

* Fixing spelling mistake.

* Update per PR feedback.

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Co-authored-by: Jacob Alber <jaalber@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Ben Thomas
2025-10-13 11:06:58 -07:00
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parent d1ac2d9331
commit 64b57639b8
2 changed files with 260 additions and 12 deletions
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@ public sealed class InProcessExecutionEnvironment : IWorkflowExecutionEnvironmen
string? runId = null,
CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) where TInput : notnull
{
AsyncRunHandle runHandle = await this.BeginRunAsync(workflow, checkpointManager: null, runId: runId, [], cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
var runHandle = await this.GetRunHandleWithTurnTokenAsync(workflow: workflow, input: input, checkpointManager: null, runId: runId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await runHandle.EnqueueAndRunAsync(input, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
Run run = new(runHandle);
await run.RunToNextHaltAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return run;
}
/// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -139,10 +140,11 @@ public sealed class InProcessExecutionEnvironment : IWorkflowExecutionEnvironmen
string? runId = null,
CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) where TInput : notnull
{
AsyncRunHandle runHandle = await this.BeginRunAsync(workflow, checkpointManager: null, runId: runId, [typeof(TInput)], cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
var runHandle = await this.GetRunHandleWithTurnTokenAsync(workflow: workflow, input: input, checkpointManager: null, runId: runId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await runHandle.EnqueueAndRunAsync(input, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
Run run = new(runHandle);
await run.RunToNextHaltAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return run;
}
/// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -153,10 +155,11 @@ public sealed class InProcessExecutionEnvironment : IWorkflowExecutionEnvironmen
string? runId = null,
CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) where TInput : notnull
{
AsyncRunHandle runHandle = await this.BeginRunAsync(workflow, checkpointManager, runId: runId, [], cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
var runHandle = await this.GetRunHandleWithTurnTokenAsync(workflow: workflow, input: input, checkpointManager: checkpointManager, runId: runId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await runHandle.WithCheckpointingAsync(() => runHandle.EnqueueAndRunAsync(input, cancellationToken))
Run run = new(runHandle);
await run.RunToNextHaltAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await runHandle.WithCheckpointingAsync(() => new ValueTask<Run>(run))
.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
@@ -168,10 +171,11 @@ public sealed class InProcessExecutionEnvironment : IWorkflowExecutionEnvironmen
string? runId = null,
CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) where TInput : notnull
{
AsyncRunHandle runHandle = await this.BeginRunAsync(workflow, checkpointManager, runId: runId, [typeof(TInput)], cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
var runHandle = await this.GetRunHandleWithTurnTokenAsync(workflow: workflow, input: input, checkpointManager: checkpointManager, runId: runId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await runHandle.WithCheckpointingAsync(() => runHandle.EnqueueAndRunAsync(input, cancellationToken))
Run run = new(runHandle);
await run.RunToNextHaltAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await runHandle.WithCheckpointingAsync(() => new ValueTask<Run>(run))
.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
@@ -204,4 +208,48 @@ public sealed class InProcessExecutionEnvironment : IWorkflowExecutionEnvironmen
return await runHandle.WithCheckpointingAsync<Run>(() => new(new Run(runHandle)))
.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
// Helper to construct a RunHandle with the provided input enqueued. If the starting executor supports it, a TurnToken will be enqueued also.
private async ValueTask<AsyncRunHandle> GetRunHandleWithTurnTokenAsync<TInput>(
Workflow workflow,
TInput input,
CheckpointManager? checkpointManager,
string? runId,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var knownTypes = new List<Type>() { typeof(TInput) };
var needsTurnToken = await StartingExecutorHandlesTurnTokenAsync<TInput>(workflow).ConfigureAwait(false);
if (needsTurnToken)
{
knownTypes.Add(typeof(TurnToken));
}
AsyncRunHandle runHandle = await this.BeginRunAsync(workflow, checkpointManager: checkpointManager, runId: runId, knownTypes, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
await runHandle.EnqueueMessageAsync(input, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
if (needsTurnToken)
{
await runHandle.EnqueueMessageAsync(new TurnToken(emitEvents: true), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
return runHandle;
}
/// <summary>
/// Helper method to detect if the starting executor of a given workflow accepts the provided input type as well as a TurnToken.
/// </summary>
private static async ValueTask<bool> StartingExecutorHandlesTurnTokenAsync<TInput>(Workflow workflow)
{
if (workflow.Registrations.TryGetValue(workflow.StartExecutorId, out var registration))
{
// Create instance to check type
Executor startExecutor = await registration.CreateInstanceAsync(string.Empty)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
return startExecutor.CanHandle(typeof(TInput)) && startExecutor.CanHandle(typeof(TurnToken));
}
return false;
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using FluentAssertions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests;
/// <summary>
/// Tests for InProcessExecution to verify streaming and non-streaming execution behavior.
/// </summary>
public class InProcessExecutionTests
{
/// <summary>
/// The non-streaming version (RunAsync) should execute the workflow and produce events,
/// similar to the streaming version (StreamAsync + TrySendMessageAsync).
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task RunAsyncShouldExecuteWorkflowAsync()
{
// Arrange: Create a simple agent that responds to messages
var agent = new SimpleTestAgent("test-agent");
var workflow = AgentWorkflowBuilder.BuildSequential(agent);
var inputMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "Hello");
// Act: Execute using non-streaming RunAsync
Run run = await InProcessExecution.RunAsync(workflow, new List<ChatMessage> { inputMessage });
// Assert: The workflow should have executed and produced events
RunStatus status = await run.GetStatusAsync();
status.Should().Be(RunStatus.Idle, "workflow should complete execution");
// The run should have events (at minimum, a WorkflowOutputEvent)
run.OutgoingEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("workflow should produce events during execution");
// Check that we have an agent execution event
var agentEvents = run.OutgoingEvents.OfType<AgentRunUpdateEvent>().ToList();
agentEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("agent should have executed and produced update events");
// Check that we have output events
var outputEvents = run.OutgoingEvents.OfType<WorkflowOutputEvent>().ToList();
outputEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("workflow should produce output events");
}
/// <summary>
/// This test shows that the streaming version works correctly when TurnToken is sent following a message.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task StreamAsyncWithTurnTokenShouldExecuteWorkflowAsync()
{
// Arrange: Create a simple agent that responds to messages
var agent = new SimpleTestAgent("test-agent");
var workflow = AgentWorkflowBuilder.BuildSequential(agent);
var inputMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "Hello");
// Act: Execute using streaming version with TurnToken
await using StreamingRun run = await InProcessExecution.StreamAsync(workflow, new List<ChatMessage> { inputMessage });
// Send TurnToken to actually trigger execution (this is the key step)
bool messageSent = await run.TrySendMessageAsync(new TurnToken(emitEvents: true));
messageSent.Should().BeTrue("TurnToken should be accepted");
// Collect events
List<WorkflowEvent> events = new();
await foreach (WorkflowEvent evt in run.WatchStreamAsync())
{
events.Add(evt);
}
// Assert: The workflow should have executed and produced events
RunStatus status = await run.GetStatusAsync();
status.Should().Be(RunStatus.Idle, "workflow should complete execution");
events.Should().NotBeEmpty("workflow should produce events during execution");
// Check that we have agent execution events
var agentEvents = events.OfType<AgentRunUpdateEvent>().ToList();
agentEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("agent should have executed and produced update events");
// Check that we have output events
var outputEvents = events.OfType<WorkflowOutputEvent>().ToList();
outputEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("workflow should produce output events");
}
/// <summary>
/// This test compares the behavior of RunAsync vs StreamAsync to highlight the difference.
/// Both should produce similar results, but as of issue #1315, RunAsync fails to execute.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task RunAsyncAndStreamAsyncShouldProduceSimilarResultsAsync()
{
// Arrange: Create the same workflow for both tests
var agent1 = new SimpleTestAgent("test-agent-1");
var workflow1 = AgentWorkflowBuilder.BuildSequential(agent1);
var agent2 = new SimpleTestAgent("test-agent-2");
var workflow2 = AgentWorkflowBuilder.BuildSequential(agent2);
var inputMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "Test message");
// Act 1: Execute using RunAsync (non-streaming)
Run nonStreamingRun = await InProcessExecution.RunAsync(workflow1, new List<ChatMessage> { inputMessage });
var nonStreamingEvents = nonStreamingRun.OutgoingEvents.ToList();
// Act 2: Execute using StreamAsync (streaming) with TurnToken
await using StreamingRun streamingRun = await InProcessExecution.StreamAsync(workflow2, new List<ChatMessage> { inputMessage });
await streamingRun.TrySendMessageAsync(new TurnToken(emitEvents: true));
List<WorkflowEvent> streamingEvents = new();
await foreach (WorkflowEvent evt in streamingRun.WatchStreamAsync())
{
streamingEvents.Add(evt);
}
// Assert: Both should have produced events
// The streaming version works (we know this from the issue report)
streamingEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("streaming version should produce events");
// The non-streaming version should also produce events (this is the bug being tested)
nonStreamingEvents.Should().NotBeEmpty("non-streaming version should also produce events");
// Both should have similar types of events
var streamingAgentEvents = streamingEvents.OfType<AgentRunUpdateEvent>().Count();
var nonStreamingAgentEvents = nonStreamingEvents.OfType<AgentRunUpdateEvent>().Count();
nonStreamingAgentEvents.Should().Be(streamingAgentEvents,
"both versions should produce the same number of agent events");
}
/// <summary>
/// Simple test agent that echoes back the input message.
/// </summary>
private sealed class SimpleTestAgent : AIAgent
{
private readonly string _name;
public SimpleTestAgent(string name)
{
this._name = name;
}
public override string Name => this._name;
public override AgentThread GetNewThread() => new SimpleTestAgentThread();
public override AgentThread DeserializeThread(System.Text.Json.JsonElement serializedThread,
System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions? jsonSerializerOptions = null) => new SimpleTestAgentThread();
public override Task<AgentRunResponse> RunAsync(
IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages,
AgentThread? thread = null,
AgentRunOptions? options = null,
CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
var lastMessage = messages.LastOrDefault();
var responseMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, $"Echo: {lastMessage?.Text ?? "no message"}");
return Task.FromResult(new AgentRunResponse(responseMessage));
}
public override async IAsyncEnumerable<AgentRunResponseUpdate> RunStreamingAsync(
IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages,
AgentThread? thread = null,
AgentRunOptions? options = null,
[EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
await Task.Yield();
var lastMessage = messages.LastOrDefault();
var responseText = $"Echo: {lastMessage?.Text ?? "no message"}";
string messageId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
// Yield role first
yield return new AgentRunResponseUpdate(ChatRole.Assistant, this._name)
{
AuthorName = this._name,
MessageId = messageId
};
// Then yield content
yield return new AgentRunResponseUpdate(ChatRole.Assistant, responseText)
{
AuthorName = this._name,
MessageId = messageId
};
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Simple thread implementation for SimpleTestAgent.
/// </summary>
private sealed class SimpleTestAgentThread : InMemoryAgentThread
{
}
}