Headsup: in the next release we will change the default setting of use_docker in code_execution_config to True. It needs to be set to False or None explicitly to disable docker.

Highlights

• Support Python 3.12.
• Support function call style API in function decorator.
• Support AzureOpenAI when using azure endpoints.
• Add usage summary for agents.
• Improvement in docker usage and documentation.
• Bug fix for tool call, async, group chat.
• Improvement in AutoGen studio.
• Filter llm configurations by tag.

Thanks to @ekzhu, @maxim-saplin, @kevin666aa, @r3d91ll, @Yanni8, @yenif, @davorrunje, @shhdgit, @ashutoshpw, @afourney and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Update studio README.md with badges by @gagb in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1225
• Add documentation and raise exception when registering async reply function in sync chat by @davorrunje in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1208
• Upgrade docusaurus by @olaoluwasalami in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1101
• fix: forward kwargs to conversable agent + fix typing by @joseferben in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1193
• [Core] Sanitize filename before using it as docker image tag. Fix #1069 by @ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1127
• [Core] Compatibility with function call style API (Azure OpenAI and Gemini) by @ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1227
• Refined the user_proxy description. by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/951
• update default aoai version by @sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1229
• Fix bug in async group chat with func/tool call by @sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1243
• fix: Fixed typo from 'mont' to 'mount' by @eaandersen in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1250
• Improve test for function call in groupchat by @sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1252
• run sync and async in async by @yenif in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1242
• Added the ability to add tags to the OAI_CONFIG_LIST, and filter by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1226
• Docker Documentation by @r3d91ll in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1251
• Replaced asyncio.coroutines.iscoroutinefunction with inspect.iscoroutinefunction by @davorrunje in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1267
• remove name from tool response by @yenif in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1263
• [Core] Update documentation for function call compatibility by @ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1237
• add workdir in test by @sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1274
• remove filter_dict by @sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1284
• Add usage summary for agents by @kevin666aa in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1269
• [AutoGen Studio] Fix the new workflow process by @shhdgit in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1181
• Switched to AzureOpenAI for api_type=="azure" by @maxim-saplin in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1232
• removed alpine image by @Yanni8 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1279
• Update README.md by @olivMertens in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1306
• Chore: Updated Blog and removed cd frontend by @ashutoshpw in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1301
• def _prepare_chat for groupchat manager to reset the groupchat by @yenif in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1254
• Fix website accessibility by @cheng-tan in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1153
• Support for Python 3.12 by @ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1317

New Contributors

• @joseferben made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1193
• @eaandersen made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1250
• @r3d91ll made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1251
• @shhdgit made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1181
• @Yanni8 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1279
• @olivMertens made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1306
• @ashutoshpw made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1301
• @cheng-tan made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/1153

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.6...v0.2.7