Strands Agents v1.4.0 Release

[dbschmigelski]

Hi, everyone! We completed a patch release for the SDK

• https://pypi.org/project/strands-agents/1.4.0/#description

For details on the changes, please refer to the release notes:

• sdk-python

[dbschmigelski]

sdk-python

What's Changed

• fix(telemetry): added mcp tracing context propagation by @poshinchen in fix(telemetry): added mcp tracing context propagation #569
• Change max_tokens type to int to match Anthropic API by @vinc3m1 in Change max_tokens type to int to match Anthropic API #588
• feat: Add additional intructions for contributors to find issues that are ready to be worked on by @mehtarac in feat: Add additional intructions for contributors to find issues that are ready to be worked on #595
• feat(a2a): configurable request handler by @jer96 in feat(a2a): configurable request handler #601
• chore(a2a): update host per AppSec recommendation by @jer96 in chore(a2a): update host per AppSec recommendation #619
• fix(event_loop): ensure tool_use content blocks are valid after max_tokens to prevent unrecoverable state by @dbschmigelski in fix(event_loop): ensure tool_use content blocks are valid after max_tokens to prevent unrecoverable state #607
• fix(structured_output): do not modify conversation_history when prompt is passed by @dbschmigelski in fix(structured_output): do not modify conversation_history when prompt is passed #628