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Auto-finalize ResponseStream on iteration completion - #4478
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- Rename 03_multi_turn.py to 03a_multi_turn.py - Add 03b_multi_turn_streaming.py showing streaming with session history - The new sample demonstrates calling get_final_response() after iterating the stream to persist conversation history - Update READMEs to reflect the new file names Closes microsoft#4447 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds a new getting-started sample that demonstrates multi-turn + streaming with session persistence, and renames/reframes the existing multi-turn sample as 03a to clarify the non-streaming vs streaming patterns.
Changes:
- Renames the multi-turn getting-started sample to
03a_multi_turn.py(session-based multi-turn, non-streaming). - Adds
03b_multi_turn_streaming.pydemonstrating streaming across turns and the need to callget_final_response()to persist history. - Updates sample READMEs to reference the new filenames.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| python/samples/README.md | Updates top-level sample index to point at 03a/03b. |
| python/samples/01-get-started/README.md | Updates getting-started table to include 03a and new 03b. |
| python/samples/01-get-started/03a_multi_turn.py | New/renamed non-streaming multi-turn session sample. |
| python/samples/01-get-started/03b_multi_turn_streaming.py | New multi-turn streaming sample showing get_final_response() for session persistence. |
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python/samples/README.md:22
3b.won’t be parsed as part of the ordered list in Markdown (ordered list markers must be numeric), so this line will render as plain text and break list numbering/formatting. Consider switching this section to a table (like01-get-started/README.md) or using a normal numeric list item (e.g.,4.) while keeping the link text/file name as03b_multi_turn_streaming.py.
3. **[03a_multi_turn.py](./01-get-started/03a_multi_turn.py)** — Multi-turn conversations with `AgentSession`
3b. **[03b_multi_turn_streaming.py](./01-get-started/03b_multi_turn_streaming.py)** — Multi-turn streaming conversations
python/samples/01-get-started/03b_multi_turn_streaming.py:61
- All other
01-get-startedsamples include XML-style snippet tags (e.g.,<create_agent>...</create_agent>) for docs extraction, but this new sample doesn’t. Please add snippet tags around the client/agent setup and the multi-turn streaming example blocks so it stays consistent with the get-started docs tooling.
async def main() -> None:
# 1. Create the client and agent.
credential = AzureCliCredential()
client = AzureOpenAIResponsesClient(
project_endpoint=os.environ["AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT"],
deployment_name=os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_RESPONSES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME"],
credential=credential,
)
agent = client.as_agent(
name="ConversationAgent",
instructions="You are a friendly assistant. Keep your answers brief.",
)
# 2. Create a session to maintain conversation history.
session = agent.create_session()
# 3. First turn — stream the response, then finalize to save history.
print("Agent: ", end="")
stream = agent.run("My name is Alice and I love hiking.", session=session, stream=True)
async for chunk in stream:
if chunk.text:
print(chunk.text, end="", flush=True)
await stream.get_final_response() # Persists messages to the session
print("\n")
# 4. Second turn — the agent remembers context from the first turn.
print("Agent: ", end="")
stream = agent.run("What do you remember about me?", session=session, stream=True)
async for chunk in stream:
if chunk.text:
print(chunk.text, end="", flush=True)
await stream.get_final_response()
python/samples/01-get-started/03b_multi_turn_streaming.py:57
- For streaming output, consider adding
flush=Trueto theprint("Agent: ", end="")calls so the prefix is displayed immediately before the first streamed chunk arrives (this matches the pattern used in other streaming samples in this folder).
print("Agent: ", end="")
stream = agent.run("My name is Alice and I love hiking.", session=session, stream=True)
async for chunk in stream:
if chunk.text:
print(chunk.text, end="", flush=True)
await stream.get_final_response() # Persists messages to the session
print("\n")
# 4. Second turn — the agent remembers context from the first turn.
print("Agent: ", end="")
stream = agent.run("What do you remember about me?", session=session, stream=True)
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When a ResponseStream is fully consumed via async iteration, automatically trigger finalization (finalizer + result hooks). This ensures session history is persisted in streaming multi-turn conversations without requiring an explicit get_final_response() call. - Add auto-finalize call in __anext__ on StopAsyncIteration - Guard inner stream finalization to prevent double-execution - Re-check _finalized after iteration in get_final_response() - Add tests for auto-finalization and streaming session history - Revert sample file renames from previous commit Closes microsoft#4447 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Auto-finalize
ResponseStreamwhen async iteration completes, so that result hooks (including session history persistence) run without requiring an explicitget_final_response()call.Previously, streaming multi-turn conversations would lose context between turns because the
_post_hookresult hook — which saves messages to the session viaInMemoryHistoryProvider— only ran insideget_final_response(). Users who simply iterated the stream withasync forhad no history persisted.Changes
_types.py—ResponseStream__anext__: Callget_final_response()onStopAsyncIteration(after cleanup hooks) to auto-trigger finalizationget_final_response(): Re-check_finalizedafter iteration to avoid double-finalization when__anext__already finalized; guard inner stream finalization with_finalizedcheck for wrapped/mapped streamstest_types.pytest_auto_finalize_on_iteration_completion— stream is finalized afterasync fortest_auto_finalize_runs_result_hooks— result hooks run without explicitget_final_response()test_get_final_response_idempotent_after_auto_finalize— finalizer runs only oncetest_agents.pytest_chat_client_agent_streaming_session_history_saved_without_get_final_response— session history is persisted after streaming iteration withoutget_final_response()Closes #4447