microsoft · Chris Gillum (cgillum) · Jul 31, 2026 · Jul 31, 2026
diff --git a/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props b/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Central version prefix - applies to all nuget packages. -->
-    <VersionPrefix>1.13.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.16.0</VersionPrefix>
     <RCNumber>1</RCNumber>
-    <DateSuffix>260703</DateSuffix>
+    <DateSuffix>260730</DateSuffix>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsReleaseCandidate)' == 'true'">$(VersionPrefix)-rc$(RCNumber)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsReleaseCandidate)' != 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != ''">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix).$(DateSuffix).1</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsReleaseCandidate)' != 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == ''">$(VersionPrefix)-preview.$(DateSuffix).1</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsReleased)' == 'true'">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
-    <GitTag>1.13.0</GitTag>
+    <GitTag>1.16.0-rc1</GitTag>
 
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;Publish</Configurations>
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
 
     <!-- Package validation. Baseline Version should be the latest version available on NuGet. -->
-    <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>1.0.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
+    <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>1.16.0-preview.260730.1</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <!-- Enable validation for GA packages -->
     <EnablePackageValidation Condition="'$(IsReleased)' == 'true'">true</EnablePackageValidation>
     <!-- Validate assembly attributes only for Publish builds -->

diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/CHANGELOG.md b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Prepared package metadata for the 1.16.0-rc1 release ([#58](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/58))
+
+## v1.16.0-rc1
+
 - Fixed a `JsonTypeInfo metadata ... was not provided` failure when persisting agent state for function calls or results that carry values the state serializer has no metadata for, such as the `AIContent` results returned by MCP tools ([#57](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/57))
 - [BREAKING] Added `IWorkflowClient` overloads that start a registered workflow by name, and made workflow result deserialization case-insensitive so results can be read back when hosted in Azure Functions. External implementations of `IWorkflowClient` must implement the new members, and an untyped `null` first argument is now ambiguous between the `Workflow` and workflow-name overloads ([#48](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/48))
 - [BREAKING] Removed the `AddAIAgents` and `AddWorkflows` bulk registration APIs and changed `AddWorkflow` to return `DurableWorkflowOptions` so multiple workflows can be registered fluently ([#39](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/39))

diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.csproj b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworksCore)</TargetFrameworks>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <IsReleaseCandidate>true</IsReleaseCandidate>
     <!-- CA2007: This rule should generally be suppressed in Durable Task libraries -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA2007</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions/CHANGELOG.md b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Prepared package metadata for the 1.16.0-rc1 release ([#58](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/58))
+
+## v1.16.0-rc1
+
 - [BREAKING] Support bounded synchronous workflow HTTP invocation through query parameters and default workflow run responses to JSON, with `Accept: text/plain` available for the legacy text format and the same negotiated asynchronous response returned on timeout ([#52](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/52))
 - Added `DurableTaskClient.AsWorkflowClient` so functions can invoke durable workflows without constructing an `HttpClient` ([#48](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/48))
 - [BREAKING] Consolidated the `AddWorkflow` extension overloads into a single method with optional `enableStatusEndpoint` and `enableMcpToolTrigger` parameters, and changed it to return `DurableWorkflowOptions` instead of `void` so multiple workflows can be registered fluently ([#39](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/pull/39))

diff --git a/...rosoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.csproj b/...rosoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworksCore)</TargetFrameworks>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <IsReleaseCandidate>true</IsReleaseCandidate>
     <!-- CA2007: This rule should generally be suppressed in Durable Task libraries. Also, this is not library code. -->
     <!-- AD0001: Temporary workaround for Microsoft.DurableTask.Analyzers v0.2.0 bug (ArgumentNullException on 'node'). Remove when upgrading to a fixed analyzer version. -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA2007;AD0001</NoWarn>

diff --git a/python/packages/azurefunctions/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/azurefunctions/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Azure Functions integration for Microsoft Agent Framework."
 authors = [{ name = "Microsoft", email = "af-support@microsoft.com"}]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "1.0.0b260709"
+version = "1.0.0rc1"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 urls.homepage = "https://aka.ms/agent-framework"
 urls.source = "https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/tree/main/python"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "agent-framework-core>=1.11.0,<2",
-    "agent-framework-durabletask>=1.0.0b260709,<2",
+    "agent-framework-durabletask>=1.0.0rc1,<2",
     "azure-functions>=1.24.0,<2",
     "azure-functions-durable>=1.3.1,<2",
 ]

diff --git a/python/packages/durabletask/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/durabletask/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Durable Task integration for Microsoft Agent Framework."
 authors = [{ name = "Microsoft", email = "af-support@microsoft.com"}]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "1.0.0b260709"
+version = "1.0.0rc1"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 urls.homepage = "https://aka.ms/agent-framework"
 urls.source = "https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/tree/main/python"

diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Durable Task extensions for Microsoft Agent Framework."
 authors = [{ name = "Microsoft", email = "af-support@microsoft.com" }]
 readme = "../README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "1.0.0b260709"
+version = "1.0.0rc1"
 license-files = ["../LICENSE"]
 urls.homepage = "https://aka.ms/agent-framework"
 urls.source = "https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-durable-extension/tree/main/python"

diff --git a/python/uv.lock b/python/uv.lock