Autogen

Highlight

- [Enhanced support of Anthropic client](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-anthropic)
- [Enhanced documentation on LLM observability support](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/ecosystem/agentops)
Thanks to marklysze, areibman, qingyun-wu and all the contributors!

What's Changed
* Fixed alternating message role bug in Anthropic client by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2992
* Anthropic Client - Handling multiple consecutive function calls by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2997
* LLM Observability documentation fixes: Broken links, grammar, and spelling by areibman in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2995
* bump version by qingyun-wu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2999

New Contributors
* areibman made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2995

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.30...v0.2.31

Highlights
* 🔥 Enhanced Non-OpenAI Model Support:
- Anthropic Client: `claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620` is seamlessly supported! Check a group chat example between OpenAI GPT models and Claude 3.5 Sonnet in this [Anthropic Client notebook](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-anthropic)
- [Mistral Client](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-mistralai)
- [Together.AI Client](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-togetherai)

Thanks to marklysze, Hk669, yiranwu0, garnermccloud, qingyun-wu, thinkall, olaoluwasalami, eltociear, LittleLittleCloud, ShobhitVishnoi30, NanthagopalEswaran and all the other contributors.

What's Changed
* Client class utilities by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2949
* change specified api-version by olaoluwasalami in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2955
* Update agentchat_function_call_currency_calculator.ipynb by eltociear in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2952
* Bump ws from 7.5.9 to 7.5.10 in /website by dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2964
* Function to indicate whether to hide tools for client_utils by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2966
* Anthropic Client by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2931
* a_initaite_chats update by ShobhitVishnoi30 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2958
* Fix 2845 - LocalCommandLineCodeExecutor is not working with virtual environments by NanthagopalEswaran in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2926
* type fix for ChatResult by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2973
* Fix 2960 by checking if the values are a list of lists. by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2971
* [.Net] fix 2859 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2974
* [.Net] add ReAct sample by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2977
* Mistral Client by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2892
* Set qdrant version to <1.9.2 to fix test errors by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2984
* Anthropic client fixes by garnermccloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2981
* Together AI Client by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2919
* Uniform Interface for calling different LLMs by yiranwu0 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2916
* fix: `created` in ChatCompletion in non-oai clients by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2988
* Bump version to 0.2.30 by qingyun-wu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2990
* update notebook wording and format by qingyun-wu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2991

New Contributors
* NanthagopalEswaran made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2926
* garnermccloud made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2981

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.29...v0.2.30

Highlights
* 🔥 Agent Integration: [Llamaindex agent integration](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/ecosystem/llamaindex)
- [Llamaindex agent in a group chat](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_group_chat_with_llamaindex_agents.ipynb)
* 🔥 Observability: [AgentOps Runtime Logging Integration](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/ecosystem/agentops)
- [AgentChat with AgentOps Code Example](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/notebooks/agentchat_agentops/)
* 🔥 AutoGen.Net: [AutoGe.Net new 0.0.15 release](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AutoGen.Core/0.0.15) which add Gemini support.
* Gemini support improvements: [Latest Example of Using Gemini in AutoGen with other LLMs](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-gemini)
* Azure client improvements to support AAD auth.

Thanks to colombod, krishnashed, sonichi, thinkall, luxzoli, LittleLittleCloud, afourney, WaelKarkoub, aswny, bboynton97, victordibia, DavidLuong98, Knucklessg1, Noir97, davorrunje, ken-gravilon, yiranwu0, TheTechOddBug, whichxjy, LeoLjl, qingyun-wu, and all the other contributors!

What's Changed
* Add llamaindex agent integration by colombod in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2831
* Broken links fix by krishnashed in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2843
* update guide about roadmap issues by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2846
* Fix chromadb get_collection ignores custom embedding_function by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2854
* Use Gemini without API key by luxzoli in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2805
* Refactor hook registration and processing methods by colombod in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2853
* [.Net] Add AOT compatible check for AutoGen.Core by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2858
* Updated the azure client to support AAD auth. by afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2879
* add github icon to AutoGen.Net website by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2878
* [Refactor] Transforms Utils by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2863
* allow function to remove termination string in groupchat by aswny in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2804
* AgentOps Runtime Logging Implementation by bboynton97 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2682
* Autogenstudio docs by victordibia in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2890
* [.Net] Add Goolge gemini by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2868
* [.Net] Support image input for Anthropic Models by DavidLuong98 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2849
* version update by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2908
* Bugfix: PGVector/RAG - Calculate the Vector Size based on Model Dimensions by Knucklessg1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2865
* Update notebook agentchat_microsoft_fabric by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2886
* Change chunk size of vectordb from max_tokens to chunk_token_size by Noir97 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2896
* Chore: pre-commit version update and a few spelling fixes by davorrunje in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2913
* Chore: CRLF changed to LF by davorrunje in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2915
* Improve update context condition checking rule by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2883
* Docs typo cli-code-executor.ipynb by ken-gravilon in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2909
* Fixes `human_input_mode` annotations by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2864
* [.Net] Add Gemini samples to AutoGen.Net website + configure Gemini package to be ready for release by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2917
* Fix CRLF file format by davorrunje in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2935
* Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 in /website by dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2934
* update release log for AutoGen.Net 0.0.15 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2937
* Allow passing in custom pricing in config_list by yiranwu0 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2902
* Fix line numbers within instructions in comments. by TheTechOddBug in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2867
* Fix typo: double comma by whichxjy in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2940
* [.Net] update oai tests by using new OpenAI resources by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2939
* [Autobuild] improve robustness and reduce cost by LeoLjl in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2907
* Filter models with tags instead of model name by qingyun-wu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2912
* Fix missing messages in Gemini history by luxzoli in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2906

New Contributors
* colombod made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2831
* luxzoli made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2805
* aswny made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2804
* bboynton97 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2682
* Noir97 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2896
* ken-gravilon made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2909
* TheTechOddBug made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2867
* whichxjy made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2940

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.28...v0.2.29

Highlights

* Guide for [GPTAssistantAgent](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/openai-assistant/gpt_assistant_agent) and [function calling example](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/notebooks/gpt_assistant_agent_function_call/).
* New feature: [resumable group chat](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/groupchat/resuming_groupchat).
* New transformation capability: [text compression using LLMLingua](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/handling_long_contexts/compressing_text_w_llmligua).
* Experimental integration of AgentEval.
* New notebook examples:
* [Azure Cognitive Search and Azure Identity](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/notebooks/agentchat_azr_ai_search/).
* [Mitigating Prompt hacking with JSON Mode in Autogen](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/notebooks/JSON_mode_example/).
* [DBRX (Databricks LLM)](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/notebooks/agentchat_databricks_dbrx)
* New gallery example: [AutoGen Virtual Focus Group](https://github.com/msamylea/autogen_focus_group). A virtual consumer focus group with multiple custom personas, product details, and final analysis created with AutoGen, Ollama/Llama3, and Streamlit.
* Improvement in code execution, RAG, logging, studio, reflection, CAP, nested chat, group chat, function call.

Thanks to beyonddream ginward gbrvalerio LittleLittleCloud thinkall asandez1 DavidLuong98 jtrugman IANTHEREAL ekzhu skzhang1 erezak WaelKarkoub zbram101 r4881t eltociear robraux thongonary moresearch shippy marklysze ACHultman Gr3atWh173 victordibia MarianoMolina jluey1 msamylea Hk669 ruiwang rajan-chari michaelhaggerty BeibinLi krishnashed jtoy NikolayTV pk673 Aretai-Leah Knucklessg1 tj-cycyota tosolveit MarkWard0110 Mai0313 and all the other contributors!

What's Changed
* Remove unneeded duplicate check for pydantic v1 since we are already checking that in the else block. by beyonddream in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2467
* Update token_count_utils.py by ginward in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2531
* feat: add bind_dir arg to DockerCommandLineExecutor + docs update by gbrvalerio in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2309
* use conditional check to replace path filter in build and dotnet-ci workflow by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2546
* Fix chroma import error by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2557
* Docker multilanguage executor saver with policy by asandez1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2522
* Adding an action to set workflow as success when no change is made in target paths by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2553
* Update dotnet-build.yml to add merge_group trigger by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2567
* [.Net] Support raw-data in ImageMessage by DavidLuong98 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2552
* [.NET] Return ChatCompletions instead of ChatResponseMessage for token usage. by DavidLuong98 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2545
* Function Calling with GPTAssistantAgent by jtrugman in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2375
* Add a guide doc for GPTAssistantAgent by IANTHEREAL in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2562
* Add note in the lfs check action to help contributors fix Git LFS check failure. by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2563
* add faq for autogen and openai assistant compatible version by IANTHEREAL in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2587
* Fix for http client by AbdurNawaz in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2579
* [.Net] refactor over streaming version api by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2461
* Update AgentOptimizer BibTeX by skzhang1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2578
* Correct link to Jupyter Code Executor in code-executors.ipynb by erezak in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2589
* Text Compression Transform by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2225
* notebook showing assistant agents connecting azure ai search and azur… by zbram101 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2594
* Update to correct pip install for litellm by r4881t in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2602
* docs: update tutorial.ipynb by eltociear in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2606
* fix: event logging with nested chats by robraux in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2600
* [.Net] fix 2609 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2618
* [.Net] Add an example to show how to connect to third party OpenAI API endpoint + upgrade Azure.AI.OpenAI package by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2619
* [.Net]: Introduce ChatCompletionAgent to AutoGen.SemanticKernel package by DavidLuong98 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2584
* Fix chess example by thongonary in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2631
* [.Net] Add KernelPluginMiddleware in AutoGen.SemanticKernel by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2595
* [.Net] release note for 0.0.13 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2641
* Update graph_utils.py by moresearch in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2601
* Add instructions for Docker issue with hash mismatch to FAQ by shippy in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2639
* [.Net] Fix 2652 && 2650 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2655
* Resuming a GroupChat by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2627
* fix notebook doc typo by ACHultman in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2642
* Feature: Add ability to use a separate python environment in local executor by Gr3atWh173 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2615
* Rewrite AutoGen Studio Database Layer to Use SQLModel ORM by victordibia in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2425
* [.Net] Remove Workflow class && bump version to 0.0.14 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2675
* [.Net] Fix 2660 and add tests for AutoGen.DotnetInteractive by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2676
* Add role to reflection with llm by MarianoMolina in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2527
* Agenteval integration by jluey1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2672
* AutoGen Virtual Focus Group by msamylea in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2598
* Adding gpt-4o to pricing by r4881t in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2674
* pricing url fixed by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2684
* [.Net] feature: Ollama integration by iddelacruz in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2693
* [.Net] Fix 2687 by adding global:: keyword in generated code by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2689
* update news by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2694
* [.Net] Set up Name field in OpenAIMessageConnector by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2662
* Custom Runtime Logger <> FileLogger by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2596
* Update groupchat.py to remove Optional type hint when they are not ch… by ruiwang in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2703
* Add gpt4o token count to the utils. by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2717
* [CAP] Improved AutoGen Agents support & Pip Install by rajan-chari in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2711
* [.Net] fix 2722 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2723
* [.Net] Mark Message as obsolete and add ToolCallAggregateMessage type by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2716
* Add nuget package badge to readme by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2736
* Update human-in-the-loop.ipynb by michaelhaggerty in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2724
* [CAP] Refactor: Better Names for classes and methods by rajan-chari in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2734
* Avoid requests 2.32.0 to fix build by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2761
* Debug: Gemini client was not logged and causing runtime error by BeibinLi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2749
* [Add] Fix invoking Assistant API by krishnashed in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2751
* Add silent option in nested chats and group chat by robraux in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2712
* Fix the assistant test case error caused by openai incompatible change by IANTHEREAL in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2718
* add warning if duplicate function is registered by jtoy in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2159
* Ability to ignore Select Speaker Prompt for GroupChat by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2726
* added Gemini safety setting and Gemini generation config by NikolayTV in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2429
* Update Deprecation Warning for `CompressibleAgent` and `TransformChatHistory` by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2685
* Fix for runtime logging not supported with GPTAssistantAgent by pk673 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2659
* Ignore Some Messages When Transforming by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2661
* [.Net] rename Autogen.Ollama to AutoGen.Ollama and add more test cases to AutoGen.Ollama by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2772
* [.Net] add AutoGen.SemanticKernel.Sample project by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2774
* [.Net] add ollama-sample and adds more tests by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2776
* Create JSON_mode_example.ipynb by Aretai-Leah in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2554
* Add packaging explicitly to fix build error in macos by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2780
* Introduce AnthropicClient and AnthropicClientAgent by DavidLuong98 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2769
* actions version update for the TransformMessages workflow by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2759
* allow serialize_to_str to work with non ascii when dumping via json.d… by jtoy in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2714
* PGVector Support for Custom Connection Object by Knucklessg1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2566
* Remove duplicate project declared in AutoGen.sln by DavidLuong98 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2789
* Fix import issue with the file logger by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2773
* DBRX (Databricks LLM) example notebook by tj-cycyota in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2434
* Blogpost and news by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2790
* Update Getting-Started.mdx by tosolveit in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2781
* Improve the error messge of RetrieveUserProxyAgent import error by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2785
* fix links and tags from databricks notebook by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2795
* fix conversation-pattern.ipynb type object 'ConversableAgent' has no attribute 'DEFAULT_summary_… by MarkWard0110 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2788
* print next speaker by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2800
* [.Net] Release note for 0.0.14 by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2815
* [.Net] Update website for AutoGen.SemanticKernel and AutoGen.Ollama by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2814
* [CAP] User supplied threads for agents by rajan-chari in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2812
* set client default to None, then if None, init a chromadb.Client() by Mai0313 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2830
* fix typo and update news by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2825

New Contributors
* beyonddream made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2467
* ginward made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2531
* gbrvalerio made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2309
* DavidLuong98 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2552
* AbdurNawaz made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2579
* erezak made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2589
* zbram101 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2594
* r4881t made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2602
* robraux made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2600
* thongonary made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2631
* moresearch made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2601
* shippy made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2639
* ACHultman made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2642
* Gr3atWh173 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2615
* MarianoMolina made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2527
* msamylea made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2598
* iddelacruz made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2693
* ruiwang made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2703
* michaelhaggerty made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2724
* krishnashed made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2751
* NikolayTV made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2429
* pk673 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2659
* Aretai-Leah made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2554
* tj-cycyota made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2434
* tosolveit made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2781
* MarkWard0110 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2788

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.27...v0.2.28

Highlights

* New language support: [AutoGen.NET](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen-for-net/).
* Support OpenAI assistant v2 API.
* New features: Allow initializing an agent with message history; event logging.
* More robust group chat: Re-query speaker name when multiple speaker names returned during Group Chat speaker selection.
* New language support in code execution: HTML, CSS and Javascript in LocalCommandLineCodeExecutor.
* New caching backend using Azure Cosmos DB.

Thanks to thinkall WaelKarkoub luxuncang IANTHEREAL LittleLittleCloud lalo asandez1 themataleao Hk669 wmwxwa Knucklessg1 giorgossideris marklysze and all the other contributors!

What's Changed
* Update RetrieveChat extra dependencies by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2449
* Adds Message History to a `ConversableAgent` by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2437
* Make the port number optional in JupyterConnectionInfo() by luxuncang in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2473
* Support openai assistant v2 API by IANTHEREAL in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2466
* enable lfs support in dotnet workflow by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2483
* feat: add event logging api and more tracing by lalo in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2478
* Add support for HTML, CSS and Javascript in LocalCommandLineCodeExecutor with Mapping executor/saver 2303 by asandez1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2464
* Fix python not supported in macos by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2503
* fix typo by themataleao in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2497
* fix: `autogen.AssistantAgent` at https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/10/18/RetrieveChat/ by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2504
* AutoGen cache using Azure Cosmos DB by wmwxwa in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2327
* Bring Dotnet AutoGen by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/924
* 2447 fix pgvector tests and notebook by Knucklessg1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2455
* Use config list in notebook by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2537
* Streamline Testing with `pytest-cov` and `pytest` Defaults by WaelKarkoub in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2490
* tags for config in notebooks by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2539
* Min tokens in token limiter by giorgossideris in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2400
* [.Net] fix code ql for dotnet build && update trigger for dotnet workflow by LittleLittleCloud in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2529
* Re-query speaker name when multiple speaker names returned during Group Chat speaker selection by marklysze in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2304

New Contributors
* luxuncang made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2473
* asandez1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2464
* themataleao made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2497

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.26...v0.2.27

Highlights

* New contrib feature: customizable vector db for retrieval-augmented chat. [PGVector](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/topics/retrieval_augmentation/#example-setup-rag-with-retrieval-augmented-agents-with-pgvector) example and [notebook](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_pgvector_RetrieveChat.ipynb).
* New integration example with [promptflow](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/tree/main/samples/apps/promptflow-autogen).
* Enhance `initiate_chats` for selective carryover.
* Support openai 'sk-proj-' api key format.

Thanks to thinkall ekzhu Hk669 lordlinus ShobhitVishnoi30 saberuster olgavrou Knucklessg1 and all the other contributors!

What's Changed
* Support setting vector_db as a param by thinkall in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2313
* Fix function call notebook to make sure title is displayed. by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2403
* Updated type hints for Agent Capabilities by Hk669 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2408
* add promptflow example by lordlinus in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2369
* Add link to PromptFlow Sample App by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2418
* improve test speed by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2406
* initate chats enhancement by ShobhitVishnoi30 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2404
* Update the auto_feedback_from_code_execution notebook to use code executor by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2366
* support openai 'sk-proj-' apikey format by saberuster in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2426
* speed up notebook in CI and fix CI failures by sonichi in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2427
* Add Git LFS check action, fix broken lfs files by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2436
* Use latest APIs for tool use, code execution and cache in topic pages by ekzhu in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2071
* conversable agent: actually print the response in the warning by olgavrou in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2438
* [Re-Opened] Support for PGVector Database in Autogen by Knucklessg1 in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2439

New Contributors
* saberuster made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2426
* Knucklessg1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2439

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/compare/v0.2.25...v0.2.26