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.NET: Would it be possible to support using the Foundry agent name as the executor ID in .NET workflow events #1743
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When an Azure AI Foundry agent is used as an executor without being declared, the workflow event shows the agent ID (like asst_xxx) as executor ID, whereas Python uses the agent name instead.
Since the agent ID isn’t readable and can’t be set manually, when there are many agents in a workflow, it becomes hard for users to tell them apart in the events. Would it be possible to support using the Foundry agent name as the executor ID in .NET events?
.NET workflow events example:
Activity.TraceId: 087259975a442c146e6da8bfaf98aabe
Activity.SpanId: 947ac221290835ec
Activity.TraceFlags: Recorded
Activity.DisplayName: workflow.build
Activity.Kind: Internal
Activity.StartTime: 2025-10-28T10:04:54.3627375Z
Activity.Duration: 00:00:00.0348017
Activity.Tags:
workflow.id: asst_4L2sK7wXhSOTVdXMQG6MO3W3
workflow.definition: {"executors":{"**asst_4L2sK7wXhSOTVdXMQG6MO3W3**":{"executorType":{"assemblyName":"Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f300afd708cefcd3","typeName":"Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Specialized.AIAgentHostExecutor"},"executorId":"asst_4L2sK7wXhSOTVdXMQG6MO3W3"},"**asst_QM21zxqGySqOFt3B1GTgZuJx**":{"executorType":{"assemblyName":"Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f300afd708cefcd3","typeName":"Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Specialized.AIAgentHostExecutor"},"executorId":"asst_QM21zxqGySqOFt3B1GTgZuJx"}},"edges":{"asst_4L2sK7wXhSOTVdXMQG6MO3W3":[{"$type":0,"hasCondition":false,"kind":0,"connection":{"sourceIds":["asst_4L2sK7wXhSOTVdXMQG6MO3W3"],"sinkIds":["asst_QM21zxqGySqOFt3B1GTgZuJx"]}}]},"requestPorts":[],"startExecutorId":"asst_4L2sK7wXhSOTVdXMQG6MO3W3","outputExecutorIds":["asst_QM21zxqGySqOFt3B1GTgZuJx"]}
Activity.Events:
build.started [10/28/2025 10:04:54 AM +00:00]
build.validation_completed [10/28/2025 10:04:54 AM +00:00]
build.completed [10/28/2025 10:04:54 AM +00:00]
Instrumentation scope (ActivitySource):
Name: Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows
Resource associated with Activity:
service.name: WorkflowSample
service.instance.id: 6e78d367-263f-4c66-8c48-bab3f9566cc1
telemetry.sdk.name: opentelemetry
telemetry.sdk.language: dotnet
telemetry.sdk.version: 1.12.0
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[-].NET: Would it be possible to support using the Foundry agent name as the executor ID in .NET workflow events[/-][+]Python: .NET: Would it be possible to support using the Foundry agent name as the executor ID in .NET workflow events[/+]lokitoth commentedon Oct 28, 2025
The Python way seems like what we should be doing by default.
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Namecan be null in .NET, I am going to still have it fall back toId.[-]Python: .NET: Would it be possible to support using the Foundry agent name as the executor ID in .NET workflow events[/-][+].NET: Would it be possible to support using the Foundry agent name as the executor ID in .NET workflow events[/+]stephentoub commentedon Oct 28, 2025
For reference, DisplayName does that
TaoChenOSU commentedon Dec 5, 2025
Closed by #1840