Strands Agents Release - 6/18/25

[jer96]

Strands Agents Release: minor version bump

• Docs: https://strandsagents.com/0.1.x/
• https://pypi.org/project/strands-agents/v0.1.8/#description
• https://pypi.org/project/strands-agents-tools/v0.1.6/#description

sdk-python

What's Changed

• Fix: Enable underscores in direct method invocations to match hyphens by @zastrowm in Fix: Enable underscores in direct method invocations to match hyphens #178
• feat: implement summarizing conversation manager by @stefanoamorelli in feat: implement summarizing conversation manager #112
• chore: moved truncation logic to conversation manager and added should_truncate_results by @poshinchen in chore: moved truncation logic to conversation manager and added should_truncate_results #192
• refactor: Disallow similar tool names in the tool registry by @zastrowm in refactor: Disallow similar tool names in the tool registry #193
• ci: add integration test workflow by @dbschmigelski in ci: add integration test workflow #201
• fix: add inference profile to litellm test and remove ownership check… by @dbschmigelski in fix: add inference profile to litellm test and remove ownership check… #209
• chore: allow custom tracer provider to Agent by @poshinchen in chore: allow custom tracer provider to Agent #207
• build(a2a): add a2a deps and mitigate otel conflict by @jer96 in build(a2a): add a2a deps and mitigate otel conflict #232
• chore(otel): raise exception if exporter unavailable by @jer96 in chore(otel): raise exception if exporter unavailable #234
• fix: Update PR Integration Test Workflow by @AdnaneKhan in fix: Update PR Integration Test Workflow #237
• fix: remove unused dependency swagger-parser by @zastrowm in fix: remove unused dependency swagger-parser #220
• fix: Update throttling logic to use exponential back-off by @zastrowm in fix: Update throttling logic to use exponential back-off #223
• feat: Simplify contribution template + pr scripts to run by @zastrowm in feat: Simplify contribution template + pr scripts to run #221
• docstring parser by @dbschmigelski in docstring parser #239

New Contributors

• @stefanoamorelli made their first contribution in feat: implement summarizing conversation manager #112
• @poshinchen made their first contribution in chore: moved truncation logic to conversation manager and added should_truncate_results #192
• @jer96 made their first contribution in build(a2a): add a2a deps and mitigate otel conflict #232
• @AdnaneKhan made their first contribution in fix: Update PR Integration Test Workflow #237

Full Changelog: v0.1.7...v0.1.8

tools

What's Changed

• Feature: tool pass-through in use_llm and think tools by @cagataycali in Feature: tool pass-through in use_llm and think tools tools#72
• Issue76 batch tool result bug by @josephgultekin in Issue76 batch tool result bug tools#77
• Remove allOf from Mem0 Tool Spec by @Dev-Khant in Remove allOf from Mem0 Tool Spec tools#85

New Contributors

• @Dev-Khant made their first contribution in Remove allOf from Mem0 Tool Spec tools#85

Full Changelog: strands-agents/tools@v0.1.5...v0.1.6

Happy development!
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