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Python: Defer experimental AgentFactory creation in WorkflowFactory - #10114
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What changed in this PR
This PR addresses #10092 by deferring experimental agent-factory creation until a workflow loads an agent definition. Action-only workflows and workflows using pre-registered agents can therefore avoid the experimental warning.
Changes:
- Lazily create and cache the default
AgentFactory, deferring environment-file loading until first use. - Document the warning boundary and how pre-registered agents bypass declarative-agent loading.
- Add six regression cases covering warning behavior, registration precedence, factory reuse, and explicit factories.
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python/packages/declarative/tests/test_workflow_factory.py |
Adds regression coverage for lazy initialization and warning behavior. |
python/packages/declarative/tests/conftest.py |
Adds a fixture isolating once-per-feature warning state. |
python/packages/declarative/README.md |
Explains deferred loading and the pre-registered-agent option. |
python/packages/declarative/agent_framework_declarative/_workflows/_factory.py |
Defers default factory creation and documents initialization timing. |
Review effort: Balanced
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ZedingZhang (@ZedingZhang), I found one material issue on the current head:
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Thanks, Eduard van Valkenburg (@eavanvalkenburg) ! Fixed in 5254e80: environment loading now happens independently of lazy AgentFactory creation. Added regression coverage for action-only workflows and both agent registration paths. All declarative tests pass. |
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Motivation & Context
Constructing
WorkflowFactory()eagerly creates an experimentalAgentFactory, so even a workflow containing onlySendActivityemits aDECLARATIVE_AGENTSwarning. Applications using the stable workflow APIs should enter the declarative-agent loading path only when their workflow requires it.Description & Review Guide
WorkflowFactoryloadsenv_fileduring initialization independently of agent creation, preserving=Env.NAMEvalues for workflows that enable process-environment fallback withrestrict_env_to_configuration=False. Subsequent agent definitions reuse the default agent factory.Related Issue
Fixes #10092.
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ready-for-implementationlabel. No competing open PR referencing #10092 was found before submission.AI Assistance
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breaking changelabel (or add "[BREAKING]" to the title prefix, before or after any language prefix) — a workflow keeps the label and title prefix in sync automatically.