v3.6.0

Summary

• Autonomous agents
• Rewrite multi-agent orchestration documentation
• Support large session memory
• Remove deprecated API since SDK 3.4.x and older
• Runtime 1.6.3

What's Changed

Java SDK

• feat: task-based autonomous agents and coordination patterns by @pvlugter in #1373
• chore: Adjustments to capabilities api by @patriknw in #1449
• feat: autonomous agent backlog close support by @pvlugter in #1456
• feat: task result subscriptions and approval-as-tasks sample by @pvlugter in #1457
• feat: support delegation to request-based agents by @patriknw in #1460

Other

• sample: Specs for autonomous agent samples by @patriknw in #1400
• test: Integration test for autonomous agent by @patriknw in #1461
• feat: support new team creation and maxConcurrentTeams by @pvlugter in #1468
• feat: Notifications from autonomous agent by @patriknw in #1476
• docs: Minor update of the autonomous agent docs by @patriknw in #1474
• fix: Session memory is mandatory for autonomous agent by @patriknw in #1491
• chore: Minor conf, logging, readme in autonomous-agent-playground by @patriknw in #1483
• feat: Token usage in session memory of autonomous agent by @patriknw in #1490
• fix: runSingleTask automically pass stopWhenDone by @patriknw in #1492
• fix: avoid creating agentCapabilityConverter early by @johanandren in #1496
• feat: More notifications from autonomous agent by @patriknw in #1479
• feat: Pause, resume and getState by @patriknw in #1500
• feat: autonomous agent moderation capability by @pvlugter in #1502
• fix: Unwrap delegated command payloads by @johanandren in #1505
• feat: Tasks in AgentState by @patriknw in #1506
• feat: validate task definition on get and result by @pvlugter in #1510
• chore: Improved delegation in testkit and test coverage by @johanandren in #1509
• chore: Correction of Agent vs AutonomousAgent classes in TestModelProvider by @patriknw in #1511
• test: More integration tests of autonomous agents by @patriknw in #1512
• test: completeTask with json vs string vs object task types by @patriknw in #1513
• feat: tracing propagation by @aludwiko in #1518
• test: Support sendMessage in TestModelProvider by @patriknw in #1516
• feat: task rules for result validation by @pvlugter in #1514
• chore: Javadoc warnings by @patriknw in #1521
• feat: task status for result rejected by @pvlugter in #1525
• chore: Merge main into multi-agent-dev by @patriknw in #1532
• sample: Encourage team messaging in devteam sample by @patriknw in #1517
• feat: TaskKey to propagate name by @octonato in #1537
• feat: Notifications from BacklogEntity by @patriknw in #1544
• feat: TaskResultRejected notification by @patriknw in #1553
• chore: runtime version bump v1.6.0-M2 by @octonato in #1554
• sample: SDK 3.6.0-M2 in autonomous-agent-playground by @patriknw in #1555
• chore: remove deprecated Workflow methods by @octonato in #1549
• chore: remove deprecated Metadata methods by @octonato in #1550
• chore: remove deprecated Context commandId by @octonato in #1548
• chore: remove deprecated annotations by @octonato in #1551
• chore: Remove unused nowarn by @patriknw in #1556
• feat: More notifications from autonomous agents by @patriknw in #1558
• fix: Notifications as records, to solve serialization problems by @patriknw in #1562
• sample: Web UI for the autonomous agent samples by @patriknw in #1563
• chore: Include AutonomousAgent in AgentRegistry by @patriknw in #1567
• sample: Color code different agents in the events log by @patriknw in #1568
• docs: Autonomous Agents documentation by @patriknw in #1564
• sample: Use AutonomousAgentTools instead of ToolInvocationRequest by @patriknw in #1565
• feat: notification stream directly from TaskClient by @patriknw in #1570
• chore: Make BacklogEntity internal by @patriknw in #1571
• chore: Rename pause to suspend, stop to terminate by @patriknw in #1576
• docs: Link to autonomous-agent-playground samples repo by @patriknw in #1578
• bump: Runtime 1.6.0-M3 by @patriknw in #1579
• chore: Optional result and failureReason in TaskSnapshot by @patriknw in #1577
• docs: Clarify end condition by @patriknw in #1581
• docs: Correction and clarification of task status by @patriknw in #1582
• chore: add 'since' to all deprecated methods by @octonato in #1586
• chore: Misleading goal missing warning log by @patriknw in #1585
• chore: remove deprecated timer APIs by @octonato in #1594
• chore: remove deprecated JsonSupport APIs by @octonato in #1595
• docs: Clarify when to use autonomous agents by @patriknw in #1591
• chore: remove deprecated TestKit APIs by @octonato in #1598
• feat: optional suspend/terminate reasons for autonomous agents by @pvlugter in #1601
• chore: explicit @Deprecated.forRemoval by @octonato in #1604
• chore: Rename goal to instructions, and make description mandatory by @patriknw in #1603
• feat: add get_task to testkit autonomous agent tools by @pvlugter in #1605
• chore: Merge main into multi-agent-dev by @patriknw in #1607
• feat: Include task name in task events and snapshot by @patriknw in #1619
• Auto PR - Bump SDK versions to 3.5.19 by @github-actions[bot] in #1625
• chore: release notes 3.5.19 by @aludwiko in #1626
• chore: reapply runtime 1.6.0 changes by @aludwiko in #1622
• docs: Rewrite multi-agent orchestration docs, and multi-agent tutorial by @patriknw in #1614
• Auto PR - Akka Runtime version 1.6.1 by @kalix-bot in #1628
• chore: Merge main into multi-agent-dev by @patriknw in #1629
• chore: Merge autonomous agents to main by @patriknw in #1631
• Auto PR - Akka Runtime version 1.6.2 by @kalix-bot in #1632
• Auto PR - Akka Runtime version 1.6.3 by @kalix-bot in #1634
• test: re-enable agent early suspend tests by @pvlugter in #1637
• fix: catch FileNotFoundException when reading existing component descriptor by @retronym in #1635
• feat: Content loader in autonomous agent by @patriknw in #1572
• feat: fetch large session with memory client by @octonato in #1589
• sample: add autonomous agent editorial sample by @pvlugter in #1630
• feat: global uncaught user exception callback by @johanandren in #1633
• chore: remove deepdive sample by @patriknw in #1639
• docs: Autonomous agent replication, not yet by @patriknw in #1640
• chore: SystemMaterializer in test by @patriknw in #1642
• chore: Unwrap some more CompletionException by @patriknw in #1641
• docs: remove billing page by @mblund in #1643
• chore: Update docs content in ask-akka-agent by @patriknw in #1644
• docs: Release notes for SDK 1.6.0 by @patriknw in #1647
• chore: License change date for 3.6.0 by @patriknw in #1646

New Contributors

• @retronym made their first contribution in #1635

Full Changelog: v3.5.19...v3.6.0