.NET: [Durable Agents] Filter empty AIContent from durable agent state responses#4670
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.NET: [Durable Agents] Filter empty AIContent from durable agent state responses#4670
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Prevent opaque AIContent objects (e.g., with only RawRepresentation set) from being stored in durable entity state, where they serialize to empty JSON payloads. Base AIContent instances are kept only if they have Annotations or AdditionalProperties. Fixes #4481
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Updates DurableTask state serialization to avoid persisting response messages that contain only non-serializable/opaque AIContent, reducing noisy/empty durable state entries.
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- Filter
AgentResponse.MessagesduringDurableAgentStateResponse.FromResponseto keep only messages with serializable content. - Add unit tests covering the filtering behavior (drop opaque-only messages; keep mixed content; keep base
AIContentwhen it has annotations/additional properties).
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| File | Description |
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| dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/State/DurableAgentStateResponse.cs | Filters out response messages that would serialize as empty/meaningless state. |
| dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.UnitTests/State/DurableAgentStateResponseTests.cs | Adds test coverage for the new filtering rules. |
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Prevent opaque
AIContentobjects (e.g., with onlyRawRepresentationset) from being stored in durable entity state, where they serialize to empty JSON payloads. BaseAIContentinstances are kept only if they haveAnnotationsorAdditionalProperties.Fixes #4481, which has more context
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