AgentsMicrosoft Agent Framework Reaches Release CandidateMicrosoft·high signalXBlueskyLinkedInCopy linkMicrosoft Agent Framework (converged AutoGen + Semantic Kernel) reached RC targeting GA end of Q1 2026. Enterprise features: OpenTelemetry, identity governance, autoscaling, human-in-the-loop.SourceSource pageMicrosoft↳ Follow the threadShared entity / Stack layerMicrosoft Agent Framework Python 1.14.0 adds Mistral, spins Durable Task out to its own repo, and blocks Windows junctions in skill discoveryGitHub (microsoft/agent-framework)Shared entity / Stack layerGitHub Copilot Rolls Kimi K3 to All Plan Tiers and Adds MAI-Code-1.1-Flash With Native Image UnderstandingGitHub ChangelogShared entity / Stack layerMicrosoft ships enforcement middleware for AGENT-HOOKS-0.1, a two-star community spec for agent lifecycle hooksGitHub (agentic-thinking/agenthook)Shared entity / ContrastMicrosoft Begins Merging Consumer and Business Copilot Apps on August 14, With Nadella Promising the 'Super App' by End of SeptemberGeekWireShared entity / Stack layerMicrosoft Upgrades Its Own Copilot Coding Model to MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Ten Weeks After Launch, Claiming a 75% Cost CutRuntimeWirePolicy dependency / Stack layercode-graph-rag v0.0.639 Adds Runtime Call Tracing for Seven Language Runtimes and Interprocedural Taint PropagationGitHubPolicy dependency / Stack layerCROSS-CATEGORY: Five Vendors in Ten Days Shipped the Same Product — a Gateway That Sits Between Your Apps and Your Agents and Meters ThemHelp Net Security (A10, SelectHub; corroborated by Snowflake's engineering blog, GlobeNewswire/AI-R Aug 10, and harnessrouter.ai)Shared entity / ContrastGraphRAG Detection Plans Survive 100% IOC Rotation Where Naive RAG Drops to 29%arXiv 2608.13050