* Replace Role and FinishReason classes with NewType + Literal
- Remove EnumLike metaclass from _types.py
- Replace Role class with NewType('Role', str) + RoleLiteral
- Replace FinishReason class with NewType('FinishReason', str) + FinishReasonLiteral
- Update all usages across codebase to use string literals
- Remove .value access patterns (direct string comparison now works)
- Add backward compatibility for legacy dict serialization format
- Update tests to reflect new string-based types
Addresses #3591, #3615
* Simplify ChatResponse and AgentResponse type hints (#3592)
- Remove overloads from ChatResponse.__init__
- Remove text parameter from ChatResponse.__init__
- Remove | dict[str, Any] from finish_reason and usage_details params
- Remove **kwargs from AgentResponse.__init__
- Both now accept ChatMessage | Sequence[ChatMessage] | None for messages
- Update docstrings and examples to reflect changes
- Fix tests that were using removed kwargs
- Fix Role type hint usage in ag-ui utils
* Remove text parameter from ChatResponseUpdate and AgentResponseUpdate (#3597)
- Remove text parameter from ChatResponseUpdate.__init__
- Remove text parameter from AgentResponseUpdate.__init__
- Remove **kwargs from both update classes
- Simplify contents parameter type to Sequence[Content] | None
- Update all usages to use contents=[Content.from_text(...)] pattern
- Fix imports in test files
- Update docstrings and examples
* Rename from_chat_response_updates to from_updates (#3593)
- ChatResponse.from_chat_response_updates โ ChatResponse.from_updates
- ChatResponse.from_chat_response_generator โ ChatResponse.from_update_generator
- AgentResponse.from_agent_run_response_updates โ AgentResponse.from_updates
* Remove try_parse_value method from ChatResponse and AgentResponse (#3595)
- Remove try_parse_value method from ChatResponse
- Remove try_parse_value method from AgentResponse
- Remove try_parse_value calls from from_updates and from_update_generator methods
- Update samples to use try/except with response.value instead
- Update tests to use response.value pattern
- Users should now use response.value with try/except for safe parsing
* Add agent_id to AgentResponse and clarify author_name documentation (#3596)
- Add agent_id parameter to AgentResponse class
- Document that author_name is on ChatMessage objects, not responses
- Update ChatResponse docstring with author_name note
- Update AgentResponse docstring with author_name note
* Simplify ChatMessage.__init__ signature (#3618)
- Make contents a positional argument accepting Sequence[Content | str]
- Auto-convert strings in contents to TextContent
- Remove overloads, keep text kwarg for backward compatibility with serialization
- Update _parse_content_list to handle string items
- Update all usages across codebase to use new format: ChatMessage("role", ["text"])
* Allow Content as input on run and get_response
- Update prepare_messages and normalize_messages to accept Content
- Update type signatures in _agents.py and _clients.py
- Add tests for Content input handling
* Fix ChatMessage usage across packages and samples
Update all remaining ChatMessage(role=..., text=...) to use new
ChatMessage('role', ['text']) signature.
* Fix Role string usage and response format parsing
- Fix redis provider: remove .value access on string literals
- Fix durabletask ensure_response_format: set _response_format before accessing .value
* Fix ollama .value and ai_model_id issues, handle None in content list
- Fix ollama _chat_client: remove .value on string literals
- Fix ollama _chat_client: rename ai_model_id to model_id
- Fix _parse_content_list: skip None values gracefully
* Fix A2AAgent type signature to include Content
* Fix Role/FinishReason NewType dict annotations and improve test coverage to 95%
* Fix mypy errors for Role/FinishReason NewType usage
* Fix Role.TOOL and Role.ASSISTANT usage in _orchestrator_helpers.py
* Fix Role NewType usage in durabletask _models.py
Get Started with Microsoft Agent Framework Redis
Please install this package via pip:
pip install agent-framework-redis --pre
Components
Memory Context Provider
The RedisProvider enables persistent context & memory capabilities for your agents, allowing them to remember user preferences and conversation context across sessions and threads.
Basic Usage Examples
Review the set of getting started examples for using the Redis context provider.
Redis Chat Message Store
The RedisChatMessageStore provides persistent conversation storage using Redis Lists, enabling chat history to survive application restarts and support distributed applications.
Key Features
- Persistent Storage: Messages survive application restarts
- Thread Isolation: Each conversation thread has its own Redis key
- Message Limits: Configurable automatic trimming of old messages
- Serialization Support: Full compatibility with Agent Framework thread serialization
- Production Ready: Connection pooling, error handling, and performance optimized
Basic Usage Examples
See the complete Redis chat message store examples including:
- User session management
- Conversation persistence across restarts
- Thread serialization and deserialization
- Automatic message trimming
- Error handling patterns
Installing and running Redis
You have 3 options to set-up Redis:
Option A: Local Redis with Docker
docker run --name redis -p 6379:6379 -d redis:8.0.3
Option B: Redis Cloud
Get a free db at https://redis.io/cloud/
Option C: Azure Managed Redis
Here's a quickstart guide to create Azure Managed Redis for as low as $12 monthly: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/redis/quickstart-create-managed-redis