Release python-0.9.9b1 · microsoft/semantic-kernel

Notable Changes

New Interaction with Secrets and Keys via Pydantic Settings:
- We've introduced a new method to handle secrets, keys, and other configurations using Pydantic Settings.
- Pydantic Settings can now read environment variables or fall back to a provided .env file path.
- If you prefer to manage keys manually, you can still supply the key, deployment_name, endpoint, or api_version as optional parameters to the Text, Chat, or Embedding classes.
Enhanced OpenAPI Plugin Usage:
- We've improved the usage of OpenAPI plugins by correctly forming the parameters specific to each OpenAPI operation.
- This enhancement ensures that the model will send the required operation parameters during automatic function calling.

Python: new kernel function decorator by @eavanvalkenburg in #6216
Python: allow openapi runner to use a custom client by @moonbox3 in #6226
Python: Bump transformers from 4.40.1 to 4.40.2 in /python by @dependabot in #6239
Python: add test to show using a lambda func by @eavanvalkenburg in #6215
Python: handle failing tool call gracefully by @eavanvalkenburg in #6268
Python: fix class type by @yanzhang100 in #6183
Python: OpenAPI plugin enhance by @moonbox3 in #6279
Python: Introduce Pydantic settings by @moonbox3 in #6193
Python: Unsafe input handling by @eavanvalkenburg in #6003
Python: added function_name and plugin_name properties to FC and FCR by @eavanvalkenburg in #6286
Python: renamed complete to get_ by @eavanvalkenburg in #6288
Python: improved plugins docstrings by @eavanvalkenburg in #6287
Python: Create an experimental class and function decorator. by @moonbox3 in #6298
Python: Bump python version to 0.9.9b1 for release. by @moonbox3 in #6299

Full Changelog: python-0.9.8b1...python-0.9.9b1