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Eduard van Valkenburg 57c901a245 Python: Fix hyperlight WasmSandbox cross-thread Drop and harden hosted-agent sample (#5603)
* update hyperlight to beta and move samples, add hosted agent sample

* Python: Fix hyperlight WasmSandbox cross-thread Drop and harden sample

Root cause: when a worker-side closure raised, the exception's __traceback__
retained frame locals that included the partially constructed PyO3 sandbox.
Future.result() re-raised that exception on the caller thread, and when the
caller's exception was eventually GC'd the frame locals were released
off-thread, dec_ref'ing the unsendable sandbox from the wrong thread and
tripping the PyO3 panic
'_native_wasm::WasmSandbox is unsendable, but is being dropped on another thread'.

Fix:
* Add _SandboxWorker._run_on_worker which catches every exception on the
  worker, drops __traceback__ there, deletes the original exception, and
  re-raises a fresh instance on the caller thread. initialize and execute
  route through it; dispose keeps its bare-submit semantics.
* Add an opt-in diagnostic module _drop_diagnostic (no-op unless
  HYPERLIGHT_TRACE_DROPS=1) that installs a sys.unraisablehook and dumps
  owner-thread + per-thread stacks on any future cross-thread unsendable
  Drop. Useful for triaging similar PyO3 regressions.
* Tests: cross-thread invocation, traceback-leak isolation, _SandboxEntry
  attribute-shape check, and a stale-reference stress test driven through
  asyncio.to_thread.

Sample (samples/04-hosting/foundry-hosted-agents/responses/06_hyperlight_codeact):
* Dockerfile installs agent-framework-* from in-tree source with python/ as
  build context so unreleased fixes can be validated end-to-end.
* call_server.py pins the Responses API version.
* main.py enables include_detailed_errors=True so future tool failures
  surface the actual exception text instead of a bare 'Error: Function
  failed.' string.
* README.md documents the in-tree-package build and the Hyperlight
  hypervisor requirement (/dev/kvm on Linux, MSHV on Windows). Hosted
  environments without hypervisor passthrough surface 'No Hypervisor was
  found for Sandbox'; this is a hosting constraint, not a hyperlight bug.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Python: remove _drop_diagnostic from hyperlight package

The diagnostic module was useful while bisecting the cross-thread Drop bug,
but it is no longer needed now that _SandboxWorker._run_on_worker prevents
the panic at the source.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Python: address PR review feedback on hyperlight

- Use lazy agent_framework.hyperlight import in sample main.py.
- Env-driven endpoint (FOUNDRY_AGENT_ENDPOINT) in call_server.py; remove personal URLs.
- Align agent.yaml model deployment with manifest (gpt-4.1-mini).
- Tighten Dockerfile requirements guard; drop dangling deploy.ps1 reference.
- Preserve exception args when sanitizing tracebacks in _run_on_worker.
- Add public _SandboxWorker.is_alive(); update test to avoid private attr.
- Add namespace coverage tests for agent_framework.hyperlight lazy loader.
- Add prominent note: Foundry hosted-agent runtime does not yet support
  Hyperlight (no hypervisor exposed); container works locally with /dev/kvm.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Python: bump hyperlight-sandbox dependencies to 0.4.x

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Python: renumber hyperlight codeact sample to 08

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* Coerce worker exception args to strings for cross-thread safety

Stringify exc.args on the worker thread before propagating, so any
PyO3 unsendable object captured in args (e.g. via a caller-supplied
callback or underlying SDK) cannot be Dropped on the calling thread.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* moved sample

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Python Samples

This directory contains samples demonstrating the capabilities of Microsoft Agent Framework for Python.

Structure

Folder Description
01-get-started/ Progressive tutorial: hello agent → hosting
02-agents/ Deep-dive by concept: tools, middleware, providers, orchestrations
03-workflows/ Workflow patterns: sequential, concurrent, state, declarative
04-hosting/ Deployment: Azure Functions, Durable Tasks, A2A
05-end-to-end/ Full applications, evaluation, demos

Getting Started

Start with 01-get-started/ and work through the numbered files:

  1. 01_hello_agent.py — Create and run your first agent
  2. 02_add_tools.py — Add function tools with @tool
  3. 03_multi_turn.py — Multi-turn conversations with AgentSession
  4. 04_memory.py — Agent memory with ContextProvider
  5. 05_functional_workflow_with_agents.py — Call agents inside a functional workflow
  6. 06_functional_workflow_basics.py — Write a workflow as a plain async function
  7. 07_first_graph_workflow.py — Build a workflow with executors and edges
  8. 08_host_your_agent.py — Host your agent via Azure Functions

Prerequisites

pip install agent-framework

Environment Variables

Samples call load_dotenv() to automatically load environment variables from a .env file in the python/ directory. This is a convenience for local development and testing.

For local development, set up your environment using any of these methods:

Option 1: Using a .env file (recommended for local development):

  1. Copy .env.example to .env in the python/ directory:
    cp .env.example .env
    
  2. Edit .env and set your values (API keys, endpoints, etc.)

Option 2: Export environment variables directly:

export FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT="your-foundry-project-endpoint"
export FOUNDRY_MODEL="gpt-4o"

Option 3: Using env_file_path parameter (for per-client configuration):

All client classes (e.g., OpenAIChatClient, OpenAIChatCompletionClient) support an env_file_path parameter to load environment variables from a specific file:

from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatClient

# Load from a custom .env file
client = OpenAIChatClient(env_file_path="path/to/custom.env")

This allows different clients to use different configuration files if needed.

For the generic OpenAI clients (OpenAIChatClient and OpenAIChatCompletionClient), routing precedence is:

  1. Explicit Azure inputs such as credential, azure_endpoint, or api_version
  2. OPENAI_API_KEY / explicit OpenAI API-key parameters
  3. Azure environment fallback such as AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT and AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY

If you keep both OpenAI and Azure variables in your shell, the generic clients stay on OpenAI until you pass an explicit Azure input.

For the getting-started samples, you'll need at minimum:

FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT="your-foundry-project-endpoint"
FOUNDRY_MODEL="gpt-4o"

Consolidated sample env inventory

This is the single source of truth for package-level environment variables read by packages included by agent-framework-core[all]. It intentionally excludes variables that are only read by standalone samples, package sample folders, or tests. When package code adds, removes, or renames an environment variable, update this table in the same change.

Example values below are illustrative. For entries not backed by a single public class, the class column names the closest public surface, helper, or package-level initialization point that reads the variable.

package class env var example value
agent-framework-anthropic AnthropicClient ANTHROPIC_API_KEY sk-ant-api03-...
agent-framework-anthropic AnthropicClient ANTHROPIC_CHAT_MODEL claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
agent-framework-foundry FoundryEmbeddingClient FOUNDRY_MODELS_ENDPOINT https://my-endpoint.inference.ai.azure.com
agent-framework-foundry FoundryEmbeddingClient FOUNDRY_MODELS_API_KEY env-key
agent-framework-foundry FoundryEmbeddingClient FOUNDRY_EMBEDDING_MODEL text-embedding-3-small
agent-framework-foundry FoundryEmbeddingClient FOUNDRY_IMAGE_EMBEDDING_MODEL Cohere-embed-v3-english
agent-framework-azure-ai-search AzureAISearchContextProvider AZURE_SEARCH_ENDPOINT https://my-search.search.windows.net
agent-framework-azure-ai-search AzureAISearchContextProvider AZURE_SEARCH_API_KEY search-key
agent-framework-azure-ai-search AzureAISearchContextProvider AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME hotels-index
agent-framework-azure-ai-search AzureAISearchContextProvider AZURE_SEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_BASE_NAME hotels-kb
agent-framework-azure-cosmos CosmosHistoryProvider AZURE_COSMOS_ENDPOINT https://my-cosmos.documents.azure.com:443/
agent-framework-azure-cosmos CosmosHistoryProvider AZURE_COSMOS_DATABASE_NAME agent-history
agent-framework-azure-cosmos CosmosHistoryProvider AZURE_COSMOS_CONTAINER_NAME messages
agent-framework-azure-cosmos CosmosHistoryProvider AZURE_COSMOS_KEY C2F...==
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockChatClient BEDROCK_REGION us-east-1
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockChatClient BEDROCK_CHAT_MODEL anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockEmbeddingClient BEDROCK_REGION us-east-1
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockEmbeddingClient BEDROCK_EMBEDDING_MODEL amazon.titan-embed-text-v2:0
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockChatClient / BedrockEmbeddingClient AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockChatClient / BedrockEmbeddingClient AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
agent-framework-bedrock BedrockChatClient / BedrockEmbeddingClient AWS_SESSION_TOKEN IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEO7//////////wEaCXVzLXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCIQD...
agent-framework-copilotstudio CopilotStudioAgent COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__ENVIRONMENTID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
agent-framework-copilotstudio CopilotStudioAgent COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__SCHEMANAME cr123_agentname
agent-framework-copilotstudio CopilotStudioAgent COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__TENANTID 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
agent-framework-copilotstudio CopilotStudioAgent COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__AGENTAPPID 22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION true
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() ENABLE_SENSITIVE_DATA false
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() ENABLE_CONSOLE_EXPORTERS true
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4317
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4318/v1/logs
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL grpc
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS api-key=demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS api-key=trace-demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS api-key=metric-demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS api-key=log-demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_SERVICE_NAME sample-agent
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION 1.0.0
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES deployment.environment=dev,service.namespace=agent-framework
agent-framework-devui DevUI server DEVUI_AUTH_TOKEN my-devui-token
agent-framework-foundry FoundryChatClient FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT https://my-project.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/my-project
agent-framework-foundry FoundryChatClient FOUNDRY_MODEL gpt-4o
agent-framework-foundry FoundryAgent FOUNDRY_AGENT_NAME travel-planner
agent-framework-foundry FoundryAgent FOUNDRY_AGENT_VERSION v1
agent-framework-github-copilot GitHubCopilotAgent GITHUB_COPILOT_CLI_PATH copilot
agent-framework-github-copilot GitHubCopilotAgent GITHUB_COPILOT_MODEL gpt-5
agent-framework-github-copilot GitHubCopilotAgent GITHUB_COPILOT_TIMEOUT 60
agent-framework-github-copilot GitHubCopilotAgent GITHUB_COPILOT_LOG_LEVEL info
agent-framework-mem0 agent_framework_mem0 package import MEM0_TELEMETRY false
agent-framework-ollama OllamaChatClient OLLAMA_HOST http://localhost:11434
agent-framework-ollama OllamaChatClient OLLAMA_MODEL llama3.1:8b
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient OPENAI_API_KEY sk-proj-...
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient OPENAI_MODEL gpt-4o-mini
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL gpt-4.1-mini
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatCompletionClient OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETION_MODEL gpt-4o
agent-framework-openai OpenAIEmbeddingClient OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL text-embedding-3-small
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient OPENAI_BASE_URL https://api.openai.com/v1/
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient OPENAI_ORG_ID org_123456789
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT https://my-resource.openai.azure.com/
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY sk-azure-...
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION 2024-10-21
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL https://my-resource.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_MODEL gpt-4o
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL gpt-4.1
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatCompletionClient AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETION_MODEL gpt-4o-mini
agent-framework-openai OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL text-embedding-3-large
agent-framework-openai OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient AZURE_OPENAI_RESOURCE_URL https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/

agent-framework-openai supports the Azure OpenAI client-specific deployment aliases listed above; keep packages/openai/README.md as the authoritative reference for the exact fallback order and package-specific behavior.

Note for production: In production environments, set environment variables through your deployment platform (e.g., Azure App Settings, Kubernetes ConfigMaps/Secrets) rather than using .env files. The load_dotenv() call in samples will have no effect when a .env file is not present, allowing environment variables to be loaded from the system.

For Azure authentication, run az login before running samples.

Note on XML tags

Some sample files include XML-style snippet tags (for example <snippet_name> and </snippet_name>). These are used by our documentation tooling and can be ignored or removed when you use the samples outside this repository.

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