spec/v1.0.0
microsoft/agent-host-protocolspec/v1.0.0Oct 2, 2026by github-actions[bot]
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AI Summary
Defines the official Agent Host Protocol specification v1.0.0, standardizing core data structures for OAuth management, session state, and automation capabilities.
Key Highlights
- Standardizes OAuth token expiration tracking in AuthenticateParams.
- Establishes lightweight chat navigation and status projection patterns.
- Defines new actions for independent chat management and background work.
- Enhances automation with complex disable condition rules.
- Introduces atomic chat transfer and canvas channel synchronization.
Breaking Changes
- FileEdit and preview edits now use named models in generated SDKs, breaking affected SDK APIs.
New Features
- OAuth access token lifetime tracking via AuthenticateParams.expiresIn
- Lightweight chat navigation data (SessionSummary.chats, etc.)
- Chat archiving and read status actions (isArchivedChanged, isReadChanged)
- Changeset catalogue exposure through subscribed channels
- Automation disable conditions (afterRuns, afterDate) with logical OR
- Changeset status re-computation distinction
- ConfigPropertySchema cardinality support for arrays
- McpServerStartingState blocking flag and background request action
- AutomationSessionTemplate customizations for client plugins
- Canvas channel references and live metadata synchronization
- Atomic stable-URI chat transfer (moveChat)
- Chat background work exposure (background shells and subagents)
- Aggregate file-change counts without changeset subscription
Full Release Notes
## [1.0.0] — 2026-10-02 Spec version: `1.0.0` ### Added - `AuthenticateParams.expiresIn` carries an OAuth access token's remaining lifetime in seconds. - `SessionSummary.chats`, `SessionChatSummary.interactivity`, and `SessionSummary.defaultChat` expose lightweight chat navigation data without requiring a session subscription. - `chat/isArchivedChanged` action for archiving a chat independently of its session. - `ChatState.changesets` and `chat/changesetsChanged` expose each chat's changeset catalogue through the subscribed chat channel. - `AutomationDefinition.disableConditions` supports `afterRuns` (`max`) and `afterDate` (`date`) rules combined with logical OR, with at most one condition per kind. Host-owned `AutomationEntry.runCount` tracks the current scheduled-run allowance. Edit conditions through `automation/updateRequested`: omission leaves them unchanged, an array replaces them, and `[]` removes all conditions without re-enabling the automation. - `ChangesetStatus.Recomputing` distinguishes refreshes of a completed result from initial changeset computation. - `ConfigPropertySchema.minItems` and `ConfigPropertySchema.maxItems` express array cardinality for `type: "array"` config properties. (#432) - `McpServerStartingState.blocking` flag indicating that message processing may be held on the server, and the client-dispatchable `session/mcpServerBackgroundRequested` action asking the host to background such a startup. - `AutomationSessionTemplate.customizations` lets automations carry client plugins (skills, agents, prompts, rules) that the host captures when the definition is saved, with the host-owned copies reported in `AutomationEntry.customizations` and support advertised by `AutomationCapabilities.customizations`. - Hosts can advertise chat-owned canvas channel references and synchronize live presentation metadata and source URLs on experimental per-canvas channels. - Atomic stable-URI `moveChat` transfer and same-session ordering for host-authorized chats, with per-chat `movable` discovery and durable authoritative catalogs. - Expose chat-owned background work (background shells and subagents) in chat state, with `chat/backgroundWorkSet` and `chat/backgroundWorkRemoved` actions independent of turn lifetime. - `ChatSummary.changes` and `ChatState.changes` provide aggregate file-change counts without requiring a changeset subscription. - `SessionChatSummary.status` exposes per-chat archived state via `SessionStatus.IsArchived` in the lightweight chat catalog without requiring a session subscription. - `chat/isReadChanged` action and optional `SessionChatSummary.status` projection for independently tracking the status of any known chat, including the default chat; the status bitset replaces the unreleased `isRead` and `archived` catalog fields. - `SessionChatSummary.changes` exposes per-chat change counts in the lightweight chat catalog without requiring a session subscription. ### Changed - Historical `ToolResultTerminalContent.resource` subscriptions return lazily reconstructed exited terminal state with retained output. - `FileEdit` and preview `edits` now use named models in generated SDKs. This breaks affected SDK APIs but keeps JSON shapes unchanged. - Advertise only the 1.0.0 and 0.9.0 protocol compatibility baselines independently of the development version. Host-side negotiation helpers select the highest client-offered version within either caret-compatible range and report malformed offers explicitly.
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