[BREAKING] Python: Remove request_type param from ctx.request_info()

[Tao Chen (TaoChenOSU)]

Motivation and Context

The new request_info API is clunky due to the request_type parameter, which requires developers to provide the type of the request payload when calling the API. This is unnecessary because we can get the type during runtime.

Description

Remove the request_type parameter on the request_info API.

Contribution Checklist

• The code builds clean without any errors or warnings
• The PR follows the Contribution Guidelines
• All unit tests pass, and I have added new tests where possible
• Is this a breaking change? If yes, add "[BREAKING]" prefix to the title of the PR.

[Mark Wallace (markwallace-microsoft)]

Python Test Coverage Report •

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows
_events.py	124	15	87%	59–60, 78, 86, 90, 180–181, 232, 257, 294, 307, 315, 323, 350, 362
_executor.py	138	6	95%	203, 319, 334, 336, 451, 461
_handoff.py	456	145	68%	61–63, 70–71, 73, 75, 80–81, 83, 133, 141–146, 149–150, 164, 173, 192–195, 204–206, 217, 220, 230–241, 243, 249, 255, 282, 296–298, 333, 338–340, 376, 385–390, 392–393, 404, 421, 449, 456, 458–460, 472, 500, 531–533, 536–539, 541–543, 776, 782, 786, 792, 796, 808, 856, 859, 947, 952, 962, 968–971, 979–980, 984–986, 988–998, 1000–1001, 1003, 1005, 1020–1021, 1024–1025, 1028, 1048–1054, 1056, 1062, 1096–1097, 1150–1151, 1262, 1270, 1279–1282, 1337, 1350, 1354, 1359–1360
_magentic.py	940	273	70%	69–78, 83, 87–98, 322, 327, 344, 346, 361, 369–378, 456, 460, 474, 480, 495, 575, 588, 605, 614–615, 617–619, 621, 632, 699–703, 706–710, 790–793, 796–800, 802–804, 811, 850, 897, 933–935, 937, 1004, 1077, 1079–1080, 1088, 1124, 1133–1135, 1154, 1165, 1175–1176, 1178–1179, 1198, 1251, 1271, 1274, 1303, 1306, 1314–1318, 1324, 1352–1354, 1356, 1358, 1366–1369, 1371, 1375–1376, 1379–1382, 1384–1385, 1391–1393, 1396–1397, 1402–1403, 1411, 1419, 1434, 1446, 1458–1461, 1490–1491, 1496–1498, 1529, 1555, 1570, 1586, 1603, 1673, 1679–1680, 1694, 1696, 1699, 1701–1702, 1705–1706, 1710, 1713, 1734, 1771–1772, 1774, 1778–1780, 1796, 1807, 1817, 1861, 1866–1867, 2193–2194, 2198, 2213, 2218, 2221, 2275, 2286, 2297–2299, 2312–2313, 2318, 2329–2331, 2342–2344, 2356–2363, 2365–2366, 2374, 2382–2383, 2385–2387, 2389–2392, 2396–2404, 2408–2409, 2412–2416, 2418–2419, 2421–2423, 2425–2428, 2430–2432, 2434–2435, 2437–2439, 2451–2453, 2464–2467, 2478–2481, 2493–2496, 2504–2507, 2514–2515, 2522, 2526
_request_info_mixin.py	77	5	93%	54, 99, 220, 227, 234
_workflow_context.py	162	13	91%	60–61, 69, 73, 87, 163, 188, 295, 397, 406, 411, 426, 439
_workflow_executor.py	176	48	72%	90, 395, 414, 418, 424, 428, 441, 445, 469–470, 473–475, 482–485, 488–490, 493–494, 496, 499–501, 504–508, 512–513, 522, 527, 531, 577, 601–606, 609, 612, 620, 625, 636
TOTAL	11951	1844	84%

Python Unit Test Overview

Tests	Skipped	Failures	Errors	Time
1441	98 💤	0 ❌	0 🔥	28.435s ⏱️

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR refactors the request_info API to automatically infer the request_type from the request_data parameter, removing the need for callers to explicitly pass it. The request_type is now derived using type(request_data) internally.

• Simplified the request_info() method signature by removing the redundant request_type parameter
• Updated RequestInfoEvent to derive request_type from request_data automatically
• Added validation during deserialization to ensure type consistency between serialized request_type and actual data type
• Updated all call sites across samples and tests to use the new simplified API

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 21 out of 21 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
_workflow_context.py	Removed request_type parameter from request_info() method signature and added internal derivation logic
_events.py	Modified RequestInfoEvent to automatically set request_type from data; added type mismatch validation in deserialization
_request_info_mixin.py	Updated documentation example to reflect new API signature
_executor.py	Updated example code in docstring to use response_type keyword argument
_workflow_executor.py	Updated example code in docstring to use response_type keyword argument
_handoff.py	Updated request_info() call to use simplified API
_magentic.py	Updated request_info() call to use simplified API
Sample files (7 files)	Updated all sample code to use the new simplified API with keyword arguments
Test files (7 files)	Updated test code to remove request_type parameter from calls and test data