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Summary

Updated agent/harness/toolautocall so invocable local tool calls still run when the same assistant turn also includes declaration-only schema tools. The middleware now executes the invocable siblings, leaves declaration-only calls actionable for the caller, and marks only the executed local calls informational-only. Added a regression test covering mixed-call ordering.

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Tests and Examples

  • go test ./agent/harness/toolautocall
  • Added TestFunctionInvoking_MixedInvocableAndNonInvocableSchemaToolExecutesInvocableSibling
  • No examples changed

Notes

  • Kept the fix internal to agent/harness/toolautocall; no exported Go API changed.
  • Preserved existing TerminateOnUnknownCalls behavior for unknown tools and only realigned mixed invocable/declaration-only schema-tool handling.

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Closes #842

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Parity Review — PR #930: Execute invocable tool siblings

Scope: public API, user-visible behavior

Changed Go contract:

  • New exported field Config.EnableExecutableFunctionBypassing bool in agent/harness/toolautocall
  • New unexported type functionCallExecutionPlan
  • Refactored shouldTerminateLoopBasedOnHandleableFunctionsbuildFunctionCallExecutionPlan (unexported)
  • Observable behavior change: when the new field is true, invocable tool calls now execute even when a declaration-only schema tool appears in the same assistant turn

Upstream evidence reviewed:

  • dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI/ChatClient/InvocableFunctionBypassingChatClient.cs (commit aaaa56bc60b6703b305664f196e74b284e425918, PR #7388)
  • dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.UnitTests/ChatClient/InvocableFunctionBypassingChatClientTests.cs

Result: findings reported


Parity finding: default enablement diverges from upstream

The upstream .NET implementation (InvocableFunctionBypassingChatClient) is an internal sealed class that is always active in the default agent pipeline — it requires no opt-in from the caller. The class doc states: "The default agent pipeline already orders them correctly." The behavior is on by default for all agents.

The Go port exposes the same behavior as opt-in and default-disabled via Config.EnableExecutableFunctionBypassing (defaults to false). Callers who use the default toolautocall configuration will continue to see the pre-fix behavior (invocable siblings are not executed when a declaration-only call is present), while .NET users get the corrected behavior automatically.

This is a meaningful semantic divergence from the upstream fix. The bug being corrected in .NET (#7388) is now fixed unconditionally for .NET users but requires explicit opt-in for Go users, leaving Go callers exposed to the same bug that motivated the fix.

Suggested resolution: Either enable EnableExecutableFunctionBypassing by default (matching .NET semantics), or document explicitly why Go intentionally diverges. If the stateless-vs-stateful difference (the Go doc notes invocable calls are executed in-place rather than stored and replayed) justifies a different default, that rationale should be captured in the field comment or a CHANGELOG entry.

Note: The public-api-change label has been added because Config.EnableExecutableFunctionBypassing is a new exported API field.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the agent/harness/toolautocall middleware’s function-call loop to support an opt-in mode where invocable local tool calls are still executed even when the same assistant response also includes declaration-only (non-invocable) schema tool calls. It also adds regression tests and updates the .NET vs Go feature comparison docs to reflect the new behavior and configuration.

Changes:

  • Add Config.EnableExecutableFunctionBypassing and integrate an execution-plan step to selectively process invocable function calls in mixed tool-call responses.
  • Adjust loop termination and assistant/tool-result message handling to support “execute invocable siblings, then stop”.
  • Add regression tests for mixed invocable + non-invocable schema tool-call ordering; update feature comparison documentation accordingly.

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Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File Description
docs/dotnet-go-sdk-feature-comparison.md Documents the new opt-in mixed-call handling behavior and notes the intentional divergence from .NET.
agent/harness/toolautocall/autocall.go Implements execution planning for mixed tool-call batches and wires the new config flag through.
agent/harness/toolautocall/autocall_test.go Adds regression tests ensuring default termination behavior and the opt-in sibling-execution behavior.

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Comment on lines +596 to 600
if len(processable) == 0 {
return functionCallExecutionPlan{terminate: true}
}
return false
return functionCallExecutionPlan{process: processable, terminate: terminate}
}
Comment on lines 584 to +586
// The schema tool was found but it's not invocable. Regardless of TerminateOnUnknownCallRequests,
// we need to break out of the loop so that callers can handle all the call requests.
// callers need to receive the call request. Unless executable function bypassing is enabled,
// return the complete batch without executing any invocable siblings.
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