Release Notes
New Features
-
Add support for Azure AI Agent Service (#10414)
- Refer to the
getting_started_with_agents/azure_ai_agent
README for guidance on using Azure AI Agents in Semantic Kernel. - Run your first sample to integrate an Azure AI Agent with a Semantic Kernel plugin.
- Refer to the
-
Add Bedrock Agent (#10307)
- See the
bedrock_agent
README for setup instructions and usage details.
- See the
-
Add vector search to Postgres connector (#10213)
-
Document generator agent framework demo (#10184)
-
Implement MongoDB Atlas store (#10177)
-
Allow AI Inference connector to use Azure AI Services resource (#10427)
-
Allow factory callbacks in the process framework (#10451)
-
Add Azure AI Agent AI Search Sample. Update memory sample with README. (#10497)
- Refer to the sample here.
Python Package Updates
- Bump
torch
from 2.5.1 to 2.6.0 (#10380) - Update
pymongo
requirement from<4.11,>=4.8.0
to>=4.8.0,<4.12
(#10379) - Bump
google-cloud-aiplatform
from1.60
to1.79.0
(#10377) - Set
openai
package to newer version and remove default value of parallel tool calls (#10502) - Experimental Python 3.13 support (#10276)
- Bump Python version to 1.21.0 for a release (#10500)
Enhancements and Fixes
- Introduce allowed content types in chat history channel receive. Add mixed chat image sample. (#10347)
- Update
README.md
to add clarity regarding.env
file (#10360) - Update document generator demo
README
(#10386) - Update agent tracing span name and attributes (#10398)
- Improve streaming output formatting with code present and fix CSV file paths for learn site sample (#10498)
- Improved content initializations, added
ndarray
support for binary content, and small fixes to defaults (#10469) - Remove old references of plugin import (#10462)
- Fixes to Cosmos DB NoSQL query syntax generation (#10373)
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Bug fix for issue
#10340
(#10341) - Fix OpenAI assistant metadata type (#10383)
- Fixed Python bug when
enable_json_response=True
(#10376) - Skip Ollama integration tests temporarily to unblock PRs (#10405)
- Bug fix: Type Definition Error
ImageContent
(#10395) - Add unit tests for Bedrock agent integration (#10362)
- Add Bedrock agent integration tests (#10400)
New Contributors
- @drdrew42 made their first contribution in #10341
- @jenfoxbot made their first contribution in #10360
- @davidatorres made their first contribution in #10373
Full Changelog: python-1.20.0...python-1.21.0
Full Changelog: python-1.20.0...python-1.21.0