Add AssistantReasoningEvent and AssistantReasoningDeltaEvent support to GitHubCopilotAgent#3566
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Add AssistantReasoningEvent and AssistantReasoningDeltaEvent support to GitHubCopilotAgent#3566
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[WIP] Add mapping for AssistentReasoningEvent and AssistantReasoningDeltaEvent
Add AssistantReasoningEvent and AssistantReasoningDeltaEvent support to GitHubCopilotAgent
Jan 31, 2026
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Motivation and Context
GitHub Copilot SDK emits
AssistantReasoningEventandAssistantReasoningDeltaEventfor model reasoning/thinking output. GitHubCopilotAgent was not handling these events, causing reasoning content to be lost or stored as genericAIContentinstead of the semantically correctTextReasoningContent.Description
C# Implementation (
GitHubCopilotAgent.cs)AssistantReasoningDeltaEventandAssistantReasoningEventAssistantReasoningDeltaEvent.Data.DeltaContent→TextReasoningContent(streaming)AssistantReasoningEvent.Data.Content→TextReasoningContent(complete)Python Implementation (
_agent.py)SessionEventType.ASSISTANT_REASONING_DELTAandSessionEventType.ASSISTANT_REASONINGAgentResponseUpdatewithContent.from_text_reasoning()Tests
Follows existing event handling patterns (e.g.,
AssistantMessageDeltaEvent→TextContent).Contribution Checklist
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