Python: Improve function call invocation parameter consistency

[SergeyMenshykh]

Description

This PR improves the consistency of how the function_behavior parameter is passed through internal invoke_function_call callsites.

Changes

• Thread function_behavior parameter through all internal invoke_function_call callsites for consistent parameter handling:
  • Realtime connector (_open_ai_realtime.py)
  • Responses agent (responses_agent_thread_actions.py)
  • Assistant agent (assistant_thread_actions.py)
  • Azure AI agent (agent_thread_actions.py)
  • Bedrock agent (bedrock_agent.py)
• Add defensive logging in kernel.py when function_behavior is not provided
• Add unit tests covering parameter handling scenarios

Testing

• All existing tests pass (678 passed, 0 failed)
• 5 new tests added covering the updated parameter handling

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Pull request overview

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This PR standardizes passing function_behavior into Kernel.invoke_function_call across multiple internal call sites, adds a warning when it’s omitted, and introduces unit tests around allowlist/filter behavior.

Changes:

• Thread function_behavior through realtime + agent invocation paths for consistent allowlist/filter validation behavior.
• Add warning log in Kernel.invoke_function_call when function_behavior is omitted.
• Add unit tests covering allow/deny filtering and missing function_behavior scenarios.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
python/semantic_kernel/kernel.py	Adds warning when function_behavior is missing (no allowlist validation).
python/semantic_kernel/connectors/ai/open_ai/services/_open_ai_realtime.py	Passes execution settings’ function_choice_behavior into invoke_function_call.
python/semantic_kernel/agents/open_ai/responses_agent_thread_actions.py	Threads function_behavior through internal async function-call gather.
python/semantic_kernel/agents/open_ai/assistant_thread_actions.py	Adds function_behavior parameter and forwards it into invocation.
python/semantic_kernel/agents/azure_ai/agent_thread_actions.py	Adds function_behavior parameter and forwards it into invocation.
python/semantic_kernel/agents/bedrock/bedrock_agent.py	Forwards agent’s configured function_choice_behavior into invocation.
python/tests/unit/kernel/test_kernel.py	Adds tests for filter blocking/allowing and warning when behavior omitted.
python/tests/unit/connectors/ai/open_ai/services/test_openai_realtime.py	Adds tests ensuring realtime path forwards function_behavior and enforces filters.

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Python Test Coverage Report •

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
kernel.py	236	58	75%	149, 160, 164, 320–321, 323, 412, 418–419, 423–424, 477–481, 483–484, 497–506, 508, 510–511, 513–533, 535–540
agents/bedrock
bedrock_agent.py	262	56	78%	79, 85–86, 95, 161, 288, 301, 320, 336–339, 345, 347, 350, 355, 387, 390, 403, 435–436, 443–446, 454–455, 459, 492, 495, 508, 527–530, 532–535, 577, 588–589, 601, 637–638, 648, 659, 676–677, 690, 707, 709, 711, 713–714, 716
agents/open_ai
responses_agent_thread_actions.py	443	128	71%	177, 194, 207, 218–219, 227, 234, 247, 407–408, 410, 424, 429, 436, 451–452, 462, 469, 471–472, 481, 488, 490–491, 502, 509, 511–512, 522, 529, 534–535, 539, 551, 585–587, 590, 608–609, 620–622, 626, 630–631, 635–637, 648–650, 672, 674–675, 682–683, 685–686, 688, 690–691, 693–694, 792, 797, 805–806, 808, 814, 819, 824–826, 832–834, 839–840, 842–847, 849, 853–854, 856, 860, 864, 869–870, 875, 878–879, 939–942, 965, 1011–1014, 1055–1056, 1060–1062, 1064, 1089–1090, 1092–1096, 1098, 1108–1109, 1121, 1127, 1134, 1140, 1221, 1224, 1227
connectors/ai/open_ai/services
_open_ai_realtime.py	453	96	78%	288, 290, 292, 329, 384, 392, 436–440, 464–467, 559–560, 563–564, 574, 582–585, 592, 594, 597–598, 648–651, 660–663, 675–676, 720–722, 724–725, 728–729, 732, 743, 745, 747–749, 788–789, 796–798, 817, 824, 829–831, 833–836, 843–845, 853–854, 858–862, 885–886, 891–893, 928, 931, 934–937, 942–944, 947–953
TOTAL	28650	5638	80%

Python Unit Test Overview

Tests	Skipped	Failures	Errors	Time
3929	23 💤	0 ❌	0 🔥	1m 51s ⏱️

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Automated Code Review

Reviewers: 4 | Confidence: 92%

✗ Correctness

The PR correctly threads function_behavior to kernel.invoke_function_call from the Bedrock agent and Realtime connector paths, and updates the _invoke_function_calls helper signatures in Azure AI, Assistant, and Responses agent thread actions to accept the parameter. However, the callers of those helpers (e.g., azure_ai/agent_thread_actions.py:234-236, azure_ai/agent_thread_actions.py:1123-1124, assistant_thread_actions.py:262-264, assistant_thread_actions.py:565-567) are not updated to pass function_behavior through, so it always arrives as None for those agent paths. Combined with the new elif function_behavior is None: warning in kernel.py, this means every function call from the Azure AI and OpenAI Assistant agents will now emit a warning-level log message that did not exist before — producing log noise in production for legitimate agent usage without any actual security benefit.

✓ Security Reliability

This PR correctly threads function_behavior through the realtime connector and bedrock agent to enable allowlist validation for function calls, closing a real security gap. The kernel.py defensive warning is well-placed. The agent plumbing (azure_ai, assistant, responses) adds the parameter to _invoke_function_calls signatures but calers don't pass it yet, meaning those paths remain unprotected—this is not a regression and is consistent with the stated incremental approach. No blocking security or reliability issues found.

✓ Test Coverage

The PR adds function_behavior parameter plumbing to several agents and the realtime connector. Tests adequately cover the realtime connector path and kernel-level behavior (blocking, allowing, warning). However, there are notable test coverage gaps: (1) the callers of _invoke_function_calls in Azure AI and OpenAI Assistant agents were NOT updated to pass function_behavior, so the new parameter always defaults to None — no tests catch this incomplete threading; (2) the Bedrock agent is the only agent that actually passes function_behavior at its call site, yet has no test; (3) the Responses agent's _invoke_function_calls method appears to be dead code (never called within the file) while the actual direct calls at lines 256 and 561 already pass function_behavior independently of this PR's changes.

✗ Design Approach

The PR improves Kernel.invoke_function_call() and the realtime/Bedrock/Responses paths, but the assistant and Azure agent requires-action flows are still not actually threaded with function_behavior. In both files, the new optional parameter is added only to the local _invoke_function_calls() helper; the live callers still omit it, so those paths continue to hit Kernel.invoke_function_call() with function_behavior=None and skip the allowlist validation this PR is meant to make consistent.

Suggestions

• Thread function_behavior from the assistant requires-action entry points (assistant_thread_actions.py:262-264 and :565-567) and the Azure AI requires-action entry points (azure_ai/agent_thread_actions.py:234-236 and :1123-1125) into _invoke_function_calls(), rather than only widening the helper signatures.

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