microsoft/agent-framework dotnet-1.0.0-rc4

dotnet-1.0.0-rc4

Repository: microsoft/agent-framework

Tag: dotnet-1.0.0-rc4

Published: 2026-03-11T22:58:44Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

What's Changed

• .NET: bug fix for duplicate output on GitHubCopilotAgent by @normalian in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/3981
• .NET: Increase credential timeout for Integration Tests by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4472
• .NET: Add foundry extension samples for dotnet by @yaoleo34 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4359
• .NET: CI Build time end to end improvement by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4208
• .NET: Switch auth sample to use Singletons by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4454
• .NET: Add ServiceLifetime support for Hosting DI registration by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4476
• .NET: Fix filter combine logic for ChatHistoryMemoryProvider by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4501
• .NET: Update HostedAgents samples to Azure.AI.AgentServer.AgentFramework 1.0.0-beta.9 and MEAI 10.3.0 by @Copilot in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4477
• .NET: Improve skill name validation: reject consecutive hyphens and enforce directory name match by @SergeyMenshykh in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4526
• .NET: Create a sample to show bounded chat history with overflow into chat history memory by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4136
• .NET: Update Anthropic to 12.8.0 and Anthropic.Foundry to 0.4.2 by @Copilot in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4475
• .NET: Add security warnings to xml comments for core components by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4527
• Auto-finalize ResponseStream on iteration completion by @giles17 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4478
• .NET: Skip Azure Persistent (V1) flaky CodeInterpreter integration tests by @rogerbarreto in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4583
• .NET: Enable Microsoft.Agents.AI.FoundryMemory for NuGet release by @rogerbarreto in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4559
• Fix Strands Agents documentation links in ADR by @Copilot in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4584
• .NET: Cleanup unnecessary usages of AsIChatClient by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4561
• .NET: Added support for polymorphic type as workflow output by @peibekwe in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4485
• .NET Compaction - Introducing compaction strategies and pipeline by @crickman in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4533
• .NET: SDK Patch Bump (10.0.200) - Address false positive trigger of IL2026/IL3050 diagnostics in hosting projects by @rogerbarreto in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4586
• .NET: Add FinishReason to AgentResponses by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4617
• .NET: Updated package versions by @dmytrostruk in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4632
• .NET: Fixed CA1873 warning by @dmytrostruk in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4634

New Contributors

• @normalian made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/3981
• @yaoleo34 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/4359

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/compare/dotnet-1.0.0-rc3...dotnet-1.0.0-rc4