Python: [BREAKING] PR2 — Wire context provider pipeline, remove old types, update all consumers #3850

eavanvalkenburg · 2026-02-11T15:06:38Z

Summary

Completes the context provider migration from ADR 0016. PR1 (#3763) added the new types side-by-side; this PR wires them into the agent execution flow, removes all old types, and updates every consumer.

What changed

Core agent wiring (`_agents.py`)

run() now accepts session: AgentSession | None instead of thread: AgentThread | None
New _prepare_session_and_messages() runs before_run on all context providers (forward order), assembles messages from SessionContext
New _finalize_response() / _run_after_providers() runs after_run on all providers (reverse order)
Auto-injects InMemoryHistoryProvider(source_id="memory") when: session is passed, no context providers on agent, no service_session_id, no response_id, store not True
create_session() and get_session(*, service_session_id=) (keyword-only) on SupportsAgentRun protocol
_RunContext uses session_messages (renamed from thread_messages)

Old types removed

Deleted: _threads.py (AgentThread), _memory.py (ContextProvider, ChatMessageStore, Context)
Deleted: old external provider files (_provider.py in redis/mem0, _search_provider.py in azure-ai-search, _chat_message_store.py in redis)
Deleted: corresponding old test files

External providers renamed

_RedisContextProvider → RedisContextProvider, _RedisHistoryProvider → RedisHistoryProvider
_Mem0ContextProvider → Mem0ContextProvider
_AzureAISearchContextProvider → AzureAISearchContextProvider

Lazy-loader stubs updated

redis/__init__.pyi: RedisChatMessageStore/RedisProvider → RedisContextProvider/RedisHistoryProvider
mem0/__init__.pyi: Mem0Provider → Mem0ContextProvider
redis/__init__.py _IMPORTS list updated

Session state serialization

Added Pydantic BaseModel support: models stored in session.state are auto-serialized via model_dump() and restored via model_validate() during to_dict()/from_dict() round-trips
New public API: register_state_type() for pre-registering types for cold-start deserialization

Lab/tau2

SlidingWindowChatMessageStore → SlidingWindowHistoryProvider(InMemoryHistoryProvider) with token-based truncation
runner.py reads full history from session.state["memory"]["messages"] instead of reaching into provider internals

DevUI

Migrated from AgentThread to plain list[Message] for internal message storage

Samples

Merged context_providers/ and sessions/ (née threads/) into single sessions/ folder
Removed aggregate_context_provider.py
Updated all ~54 sample files: AgentThread → AgentSession, get_new_thread() → create_session(), context_provider= → context_providers=[...], etc.
Fixed stale message_store, _notify_thread_of_new_messages, session_id.key references
UserInfoMemory sample refactored to use session.state instead of instance attributes
Updated all READMEs with new terminology

Tests

All tests updated for new API
Old test files removed
1597 core tests pass, 2969+ total pass

Fixes

Fixes #3587 — Rename AgentThread to AgentSession
Fixes #3588 — Add session management methods (create_session, get_session)
Fixes #3589 — Move serialize into the agent (AgentSession.to_dict()/from_dict())
Fixes #3590 — Orthogonal ChatMessageStore for service vs local (BaseHistoryProvider with load_messages/store_* flags)
Fixes #3601 — Rename ChatMessageStore to ChatHistoryProvider (BaseHistoryProvider)

Breaking changes

AgentThread removed — use AgentSession
ContextProvider / ChatMessageStore / Context removed — use BaseContextProvider / BaseHistoryProvider
agent.get_new_thread() → agent.create_session()
agent.get_new_thread(service_thread_id=X) → agent.get_session(service_session_id=X)
context_provider= (singular) → context_providers= (list)
chat_message_store_factory= → context_providers=[...]

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python/packages/core/agent_framework/_agents.py

python/packages/durabletask/agent_framework_durabletask/_shim.py

python/packages/orchestrations/agent_framework_orchestrations/_handoff.py

python/packages/core/agent_framework/_agents.py

- 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

…, remove old test files

…tThread→AgentSession, ContextProvider→BaseContextProvider)

…rted sample)

…ion with session_id

…rate devui to use plain message lists

…ryProvider(InMemoryHistoryProvider)

…g into provider internals

…or new provider types

…session_id.key references in samples

…ssions, remove aggregate_context_provider

…tance attributes

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.

- 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)

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 microsoft#3844 to new Mem0ContextProvider.

…int 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)

…der 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.

python/packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py

python/packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_conversation_state.py

python/packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent_executor.py

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python/packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows/_agent.py

… 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'

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Core agent wiring (_agents.py)

Old types removed

External providers renamed

Lazy-loader stubs updated

Session state serialization

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