microsoft/agent-framework python-1.7.0 on GitHub

[1.7.0] - 2026-05-28

agent-framework-core: Add HarnessAgent and background-agents harness provider (#6041, #6069)
agent-framework-core, agent-framework-a2a: Add A2AAgentSession with referenced task IDs and input-required support (#5980)
agent-framework-foundry: Add experimental prompt-agent conversion and deployment APIs (#5959)
agent-framework-declarative: Add Foundry Toolbox MCP invocation support and sample (#5933)
samples: Add hosting samples overview README (#5407)

agent-framework-core: Align TodoProvider tool names with the C# implementation (#6107)
agent-framework-core: Align ModeProvider tool names and instructions (#6071)
agent-framework-chatkit: Raise the openai-chatkit dependency floor to >=1.6.4 to match the current typed API usage.
agent-framework-declarative: [BREAKING] Remove Python-only declarative actions and rename alias kinds to C# canonical names (#6126)
tests: Replace deprecated asyncio.iscoroutinefunction usage in DevUI cleanup-hook tests (#4563)

agent-framework-core: Point @experimental warnings at user code (#5996)
agent-framework-declarative: Fix Foreach body exit wiring (#6050)
agent-framework-devui: Fix streaming memory growth regression (#6038)
agent-framework-foundry: Pass default headers to Foundry agents (#6040)
agent-framework-foundry-hosting: Fix hosted handoff argument serialization (#5861)
agent-framework-foundry-hosting: Allow hosted checkpoints to restore MessageRole values (#6049)
agent-framework-openai: Preserve citation get_url metadata (#6037)
agent-framework-openai: Guard Chat Completions streaming against null deltas (#5734)
agent-framework-openai: Read response headers defensively for stream wrappers without .headers (#6028, #6029)
samples: Fix sequential workflow sample output handling (#5976)

Full Changelog: python-1.6.0...python-1.7.0