What's Changed

• Fix #1494 by adding a link to Responses API documentation by @seratch in #1502
• Add conditional tool enabling feature to agent as tool. by @thoo in #1193
• Update all translated document pages by @github-actions[bot] in #1503
• feat(agents): Add on_llm_start and on_llm_end Lifecycle Hooks by @uzair330 in #987
• clarify docs for tool_use_behavior and simplify description of stop_on_first_tool behavior by @Abishai-kashif in #1510
• Fix: filename not provided in chatcmpl_converter.py by @Nifury in #1513
• Add local_file example to align with TS SDK repo by @seratch in #1514
• Imrpove "Getting Started" on README by @seratch in #1516
• Add documentation for token usage tracking by @habema in #1518
• Update all translated document pages by @github-actions[bot] in #1524
• Add context parameter to run_demo_loop by @SeeYangZhi in #1527
• docs(visualization): clarify MCP server support and update screenshot by @Subhi-Sadiyev in #1529
• Update all translated document pages by @github-actions[bot] in #1532
• Update tracing.md with Agenta by @mmabrouk in #1541
• Update all translated document pages by @github-actions[bot] in #1543
• docs: Add external documentation link to LocalShellTool docstring by @MuhammadHamidRaza in #1547
• Add SQLAlchemy session backend for conversation history management by @habema in #1357
• feat: add retry logic to MCP server operations by @rm-openai in #1554
• Realtime: input timeout trigger event by @rm-openai in #1552
• Add a quick opt-in option to switch to gpt-5 model by @seratch in #1534
• v0.2.9 by @rm-openai in #1555

New Contributors

• @uzair330 made their first contribution in #987
• @Abishai-kashif made their first contribution in #1510
• @Nifury made their first contribution in #1513
• @SeeYangZhi made their first contribution in #1527
• @Subhi-Sadiyev made their first contribution in #1529
• @mmabrouk made their first contribution in #1541

Full Changelog: 0.2.8...v0.2.9