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Summary
AI summaryImproved workflow intermediate output handling and added Foundry Hosted Agents samples for RAG, Skills, and Memory.
Changes in this release
| Type | Severity | Summary | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Medium |
Record actual served model from Azure OpenAI in agent-framework-core, agent-framework-foundry, and agent-framework-openai. Record actual served model from Azure OpenAI in agent-framework-core, agent-framework-foundry, and agent-framework-openai. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Medium |
New Foundry Hosted Agents samples for RAG, Skills, and Memory added to samples. New Foundry Hosted Agents samples for RAG, Skills, and Memory added to samples. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: low |
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| Feature | Medium |
Bumped agent-framework-orchestrations package to release candidate stage. Bumped agent-framework-orchestrations package to release candidate stage. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: low |
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| Dependency | Medium |
Pinned durabletask and durabletask-azuremanaged floors to >=1.4.0, excluding versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.3. Pinned durabletask and durabletask-azuremanaged floors to >=1.4.0, excluding versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.3. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Parsed YAML block scalars in SKILL.md frontmatter in agent-framework-core. Parsed YAML block scalars in SKILL.md frontmatter in agent-framework-core. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Included tools added by ContextProvider.before_run in session creation for agent-framework-github-copilot. Included tools added by ContextProvider.before_run in session creation for agent-framework-github-copilot. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Skipped symlinks when staging sandbox input in agent-framework-hyperlight. Skipped symlinks when staging sandbox input in agent-framework-hyperlight. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: low |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Removed duplicate pop in InMemoryCacheProvider.remove for agent-framework-purview. Removed duplicate pop in InMemoryCacheProvider.remove for agent-framework-purview. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: low |
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| Refactor | Medium |
Improved handling of intermediate outputs for workflows and orchestrations across multiple frameworks. Improved handling of intermediate outputs for workflows and orchestrations across multiple frameworks. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-20 Confidence: high |
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Full changelog
[1.5.0] - 2026-05-19
Added
- agent-framework-core, agent-framework-foundry, agent-framework-openai: Record actual served model from Azure OpenAI (#5910)
- samples: New Foundry Hosted Agents samples for RAG, Skills, and Memory (#5822)
Changed
- agent-framework-core, agent-framework-azurefunctions, agent-framework-devui, agent-framework-foundry, agent-framework-orchestrations: Improve handling of intermediate outputs for workflows and orchestrations (#5623)
- agent-framework-durabletask: Pin
durabletaskanddurabletask-azuremanagedfloors to>=1.4.0and exclude upstreamdurabletask1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.3 from the supported version range. - agent-framework-orchestrations: Bumped package to release candidate stage.
Fixed
- agent-framework-core: Parse YAML block scalars in SKILL.md frontmatter (#5863)
- agent-framework-github-copilot: Include tools added by
ContextProvider.before_runin session creation (#5780) - agent-framework-hyperlight: Skip symlinks when staging sandbox input (#5919)
- agent-framework-purview: Remove duplicate pop in
InMemoryCacheProvider.remove(#5795)
Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/compare/python-1.4.0...python-1.5.0
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A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.
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Earlier breaking changes
- vdotnet-1.9.0 Removes [Experimental] tag from .NET Orchestrations, marking them stable.
- vpython-1.7.0 Remove Python-only declarative actions and rename alias kinds to C# canonical names in agent-framework-declarative.
- vpython-1.6.0 Enable instrumentation by default in agent-framework-core and agent-framework-foundry.
- vpython-1.4.0 Migrate to a2a-sdk v1.0 in agent-framework-a2a
- vpython-1.4.0 Tighten default access controls and CORS posture in agent-framework-devui
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