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Eduard van Valkenburg 1e350ea22f Python: [BREAKING] PR2 — Wire context provider pipeline, remove old types, update all consumers (#3850)
* PR2: Wire context provider pipeline and update all internal consumers

- Replace AgentThread with AgentSession across all packages
- Replace ContextProvider with BaseContextProvider across all packages
- Replace context_provider param with context_providers (Sequence)
- Replace thread= with session= in run() signatures
- Replace get_new_thread() with create_session()
- Add get_session(service_session_id) to agent interface
- DurableAgentThread -> DurableAgentSession
- Remove _notify_thread_of_new_messages from WorkflowAgent
- Wire before_run/after_run context provider pipeline in RawAgent
- Auto-inject InMemoryHistoryProvider when no providers configured

* fix: update all tests for context provider pipeline, fix lazy-loaders, remove old test files

* refactor: update all sample files for context provider pipeline (AgentThread→AgentSession, ContextProvider→BaseContextProvider)

* fix: update remaining ag-ui references (client docstring, getting_started sample)

* fix: make get_session service_session_id keyword-only to avoid confusion with session_id

* refactor: rename _RunContext.thread_messages to session_messages

* refactor: remove _threads.py, _memory.py, and old provider files; migrate devui to use plain message lists

* rename: remove _new_ prefix from test files

* refactor: rewrite SlidingWindowChatMessageStore as SlidingWindowHistoryProvider(InMemoryHistoryProvider)

* fix: read full history from session state directly instead of reaching into provider internals

* fix: update stale .pyi stubs, sample imports, and README references for new provider types

* fix: remove stale message_store, _notify_thread_of_new_messages, and session_id.key references in samples

* refactor: merge context_providers and sessions sample folders into sessions, remove aggregate_context_provider

* refactor: UserInfoMemory stores state in session.state instead of instance attributes

* feat: add Pydantic BaseModel support to session state serialization

Pydantic models stored in session.state are now automatically serialized
via model_dump() and restored via model_validate() during to_dict()/from_dict()
round-trips. Models are auto-registered on first serialization; use
register_state_type() for cold-start deserialization.

Also export register_state_type as a public API.

* fix mem0

* Update sample README links and descriptions for session terminology

- Replace 'thread' with 'session' in sample descriptions across all READMEs
- Update file links for renamed samples (mem0_sessions, redis_sessions, etc.)
- Fix Threads section → Sessions section in main samples/README.md
- Update tools, middleware, workflows, durabletask, azure_functions READMEs
- Update architecture diagrams in concepts/tools/README.md
- Update migration guides (autogen, semantic-kernel)

* Fix broken Redis README link to renamed sample

* Fix Mem0 OSS client search: pass scoping params as direct kwargs

AsyncMemory (OSS) expects user_id/agent_id/run_id as direct kwargs,
while AsyncMemoryClient (Platform) expects them in a filters dict.
Adds tests for both client types.

Port of fix from #3844 to new Mem0ContextProvider.

* Fix rebase issues: restore missing _conversation_state.py and checkpoint decode logic

- Add back _conversation_state.py (encode/decode_chat_messages) lost in rebase
- Fix on_checkpoint_restore to decode cache/conversation with decode_chat_messages
- Fix on_checkpoint_restore to use decode_checkpoint_value for pending requests
- Add tests/workflow/__init__.py for relative import support
- Fix test_agent_executor checkpoint selection (checkpoints[1] not superstep)

* Add STORES_BY_DEFAULT ClassVar to skip redundant InMemoryHistoryProvider injection

Chat clients that store history server-side by default (OpenAI Responses API,
Azure AI Agent) now declare STORES_BY_DEFAULT = True. The agent checks this
during auto-injection and skips InMemoryHistoryProvider unless the user
explicitly sets store=False.

* Fix broken markdown links in azure_ai and redis READMEs

* Fix getting-started samples to use session API instead of removed thread/ContextProvider API

* updates to workflow as agent

* fix group chat import

* Rename Thread→Session throughout, fix service_session_id propagation, remove stale AGUIThread

- Fix: Propagate conversation_id from ChatResponse back to session.service_session_id
  in both streaming and non-streaming paths in _agents.py
- Rename AgentThreadException → AgentSessionException
- Remove stale AGUIThread from ag_ui lazy-loader
- Rename use_service_thread → use_service_session in ag-ui package
- Rename test functions from *_thread_* to *_session_*
- Rename sample files from *_thread* to *_session*
- Update docstrings and comments: thread → session
- Update _mcp.py kwargs filter: add 'session' alongside 'thread'
- Fix ContinuationToken docstring example: thread=thread → session=session
- Fix _clients.py docstring: 'Agent threads' → 'Agent sessions'

* Fix broken markdown links after thread→session file renames

* fix azure ai test
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Function Tools Workflow

This sample demonstrates an agent with function tools responding to user queries about a restaurant menu.

Overview

The workflow showcases:

  • Function Tools: Agent equipped with tools to query menu data
  • Real Azure OpenAI Agent: Uses AzureOpenAIChatClient to create an agent with tools
  • Agent Registration: Shows how to register agents with the WorkflowFactory

Tools

The MenuAgent has access to these function tools:

Tool Description
get_menu() Returns all menu items with category, name, and price
get_specials() Returns today's special items
get_item_price(name) Returns the price of a specific item

Menu Data

Soups:
  - Clam Chowder - $4.95 (Special)
  - Tomato Soup - $4.95

Salads:
  - Cobb Salad - $9.99
  - House Salad - $4.95

Drinks:
  - Chai Tea - $2.95 (Special)
  - Soda - $1.95

Prerequisites

  • Azure OpenAI configured with required environment variables
  • Authentication via azure-identity (run az login before executing)

Usage

python main.py

Example Output

Loaded workflow: function-tools-workflow
============================================================
Restaurant Menu Assistant
============================================================

[Bot]: Welcome to the Restaurant Menu Assistant!

[Bot]: Today's soup special is the Clam Chowder for $4.95!

============================================================
Session Complete
============================================================

How It Works

  1. Create an Azure OpenAI chat client
  2. Create an agent with instructions and function tools
  3. Register the agent with the workflow factory
  4. Load the workflow YAML and run it with run() and stream=True
# Create the agent with tools
client = AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=AzureCliCredential())
menu_agent = client.as_agent(
    name="MenuAgent",
    instructions="You are a helpful restaurant menu assistant...",
    tools=[get_menu, get_specials, get_item_price],
)

# Register with the workflow factory
factory = WorkflowFactory(execution_mode="graph")
factory.register_agent("MenuAgent", menu_agent)

# Load and run the workflow
workflow = factory.create_workflow_from_yaml_path(workflow_path)
async for event in workflow.run(inputs={"userInput": "What is the soup of the day?"}, stream=True):
    ...