Announcing: CodeAct pattern and Hyperlight containers in Microsoft Agent Framework

PreviewJul 15, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Microsoft Agent Framework adds the CodeAct pattern in public preview, which lets agents collapse a multi-step plan into a single executable code block rather than chaining one tool call at a time. In representative workloads, CodeAct cut end-to-end latenc

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