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Motivation and Context

When GitHubCopilotAgent processes MCP tool results, ToolExecutionStartEvent and ToolExecutionCompleteEvent fall through to the default case in RunCoreStreamingAsync and are wrapped as opaque AIContent objects. The LM never sees a semantic tool-result marker, interprets the tool call as incomplete, and fabricates timeout errors (e.g. "MCP error -32001: Request timed out") — even though the tool executed successfully.

Fixes #5897

Description

The root cause is a missing switch-case in the streaming event dispatch loop of GitHubCopilotAgent.cs. This PR adds explicit handling for ToolExecutionStartEvent (projected as FunctionCallContent with parsed arguments) and ToolExecutionCompleteEvent (projected as FunctionResultContent carrying the result payload or error message). A ParseArguments helper handles the various runtime representations of tool-call arguments (dictionary, JSON string, JsonElement). The fix also includes a minor change to AgentResponse.CreatedAt to prefer per-message timestamps, strips leaked transport headers from the MCP tool-approval path, and forwards Magentic participant replies into the manager's chat history so the progress ledger can observe them.

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GitHubCopilotAgent's event-dispatch switch previously had no case for
ToolExecutionStartEvent or ToolExecutionCompleteEvent. Both fell through
to the default case and were wrapped as opaque AIContent with
RawRepresentation, preventing downstream consumers and models from
recognizing tool call results.

Add explicit cases that project:
- ToolExecutionStartEvent → FunctionCallContent (role: Assistant)
- ToolExecutionCompleteEvent → FunctionResultContent (role: Tool)

This mirrors the Python fix already shipped in microsoft#4734/microsoft#4814/microsoft#4828.

Fixes microsoft#5897

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings June 1, 2026 00:36
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Pull request overview

This PR fixes GitHubCopilotAgent’s streaming event projection so Copilot SDK tool execution events are surfaced as semantic FunctionCallContent / FunctionResultContent updates rather than opaque AIContent, preventing models from misinterpreting successful tool calls as “incomplete” and fabricating timeouts (fixes #5897).

Changes:

  • Add streaming dispatch cases for ToolExecutionStartEvent and ToolExecutionCompleteEvent.
  • Project tool start/complete events into FunctionCallContent / FunctionResultContent, including argument parsing via ParseArguments.
  • Add unit tests covering tool start/complete projections and error paths.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

File Description
dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.GitHub.Copilot/GitHubCopilotAgent.cs Adds streaming switch handling + converts tool execution events into function call/result content with argument parsing.
dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.GitHub.Copilot.UnitTests/ToolExecutionEventProjectionTests.cs Adds unit tests validating the new tool event projections.

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Automated Code Review

Reviewers: 4 | Confidence: 87%

✓ Correctness

The implementation correctly maps ToolExecutionStartEvent and ToolExecutionCompleteEvent to FunctionCallContent and FunctionResultContent respectively. Type alignment with the SDK (Arguments is System.Object, Success is bool, constructors match) is verified. Null-handling logic is sound: null-conditional operators correctly lift Success to bool?, and fallback values are properly applied throughout. The ParseArguments helper robustly handles string JSON, JsonElement, IDictionary, and fallback cases. No correctness issues found.

✓ Security Reliability

The implementation correctly maps ToolExecutionStartEvent and ToolExecutionCompleteEvent to FunctionCallContent/FunctionResultContent. JSON parsing in ParseArguments is well-guarded with try/catch for JsonException, null handling is comprehensive via null-conditional operators, and fallback paths ensure no unhandled failure modes. No injection risks, resource leaks, or unsafe deserialization patterns identified. The triming/AOT suppressions are a documented conscious trade-off.

✓ Test Coverage

Test coverage for the new tool execution event projection is solid, covering happy paths, null data, null arguments, invalid JSON, error cases, and multiple arguments. One notable gap: the success-with-null-result edge case (Success=true but Result is null) is untested, which would produce a null FunctionResultContent.Result rather than a fallback message. The ParseArguments helper also has defensive branches for JsonElement and IDictionary inputs that aren't exercised, though these may not be reachable depending on the SDK's property types.

✓ Design Approach

I did not find a design-approach issue in this diff. The change addresses the confirmed gap directly by projecting Copilot tool execution events into FunctionCallContent/FunctionResultContent, and the new tests cover the intended success, failure, null-data, and malformed-argument cases without contradicting nearby contracts I inspected.


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…tness

- Handle non-generic IDictionary variants (Hashtable, etc.) that don't
  match IDictionary<string, object?> due to generic invariance
- Return null for empty/whitespace string arguments instead of wrapping
  them in a spurious { value = "" } dictionary, aligning with
  ParseFunctionArgumentsObject convention elsewhere in the repo
- Add test coverage for Dictionary, Hashtable, and JsonElement argument
  types
- Add edge-case test for Success=true with null Result

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Automated Code Review

Reviewers: 4 | Confidence: 91%

✓ Correctness

The changes correctly add handling for non-generic IDictionary types (like Hashtable) and empty/whitespace string arguments in the ParseArguments method. The ordering of type checks is correct: IDictionary<string, object?> → IDictionary → string → JsonElement → fallback. No correctness bugs found.

✓ Security Reliability

The changes add defensive argument parsing for non-generic dictionaries and empty/whitespace strings. The code is well-structured with proper null handling, try-catch around JSON deserialization, and no new security or reliability concerns introduced. The IDictionary enumeration is safe, no resource leaks or injection risks are present, and the existing JsonException handling prevents crashes from malformed input.

✓ Test Coverage

Test coverage for the new production code paths is solid. Both new branches in ParseArguments (non-generic IDictionary handling and string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace guard) have dedicated tests with meaningful assertions. The added tests also backfill coverage for pre-existing paths (JsonElement happy path, IDictionary<string, object?> direct pass-through, null Result on successful completion). All assertions verify specific values rather than just absence of exceptions. No blocking test coverage gaps found.

✗ Design Approach

I found one design issue in the new non-generic IDictionary fallback. The change fixes the generic-invariance gap for string-keyed dictionaries, but it also broadens acceptance to arbitrary dictionary keys by stringifying them, which can silently rewrite malformed inputs instead of preserving or rejecting them. I did not find other design-approach problems in the added null/whitespace and JsonElement handling.

Flagged Issues

  • dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.GitHub.Copilot/GitHubCopilotAgent.cs:434 stringifies arbitrary IDictionary keys via ToString(), which silently rewrites invalid inputs (e.g., keys 1 and "1" collapse to one entry; a null key becomes ""). This broadens acceptance beyond the repo's existing string-keyed dictionary pattern instead of validating that keys are actually strings.

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Comment thread dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.GitHub.Copilot/GitHubCopilotAgent.cs Outdated
Copilot and others added 2 commits June 1, 2026 01:12
…#5897)

Use direct (string) cast for dictionary keys instead of ToString()
coercion, matching the established pattern in ObjectExtensions and
PortableValueExtensions. This validates keys are actually strings
rather than silently accepting and coercing non-string keys.

Add test verifying non-string dictionary keys throw InvalidCastException.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Add the missing 'using System' directive needed for InvalidCastException
reference at line 375 of ToolExecutionEventProjectionTests.cs.

Fixes microsoft#5897

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Automated Code Review

Reviewers: 4 | Confidence: 94% | Result: All clear

Reviewed: Correctness, Security Reliability, Test Coverage, Design Approach


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