strands-agents release 10/17/25

[pgrayy]

Hi, everyone! We completed a minor release for the SDK and a patch release for tools and docs.

• Docs: https://strandsagents.com/latest/
• https://pypi.org/project/strands-agents/1.13.0/#description
• https://pypi.org/project/strands-agents-tools/0.2.12/#description

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

• sdk-python
• tools

[pgrayy]

sdk-python

• feat: replace kwargs with invocation_state in agent APIs by @JackYPCOnline in feat: replace kwargs with invocation_state in agent APIs #966
• feat(telemetry): updated semantic conventions, added timeToFirstByteMs into spans and metrics by @poshinchen in feat(telemetry): updated semantic conventions, added timeToFirstByteMs into spans and metrics #997
• chore(telemetry): added gen_ai.tool.description and gen_ai.tool.json_schema by @poshinchen in chore(telemetry): added gen_ai.tool.description and gen_ai.tool.json_schema #1027
• fix(tool/decorator): validate ToolContext parameter name and raise clear error by @Ratish1 in fix(tool/decorator): validate ToolContext parameter name and raise clear error #1028
• integ tests - fix flaky structured output test by @pgrayy in integ tests - fix flaky structured output test #1030
• hooks - before tool call event - interrupt by @pgrayy in hooks - before tool call event - interrupt #987
• multiagents - temporarily raise exception when interrupted by @pgrayy in multiagents - temporarily raise exception when interrupted #1038
• feat: Support adding exception notes for Python 3.10 by @zastrowm in feat: Support adding exception notes for Python 3.10 #1034

tools

• feat: enhance retrieve tool with configurable metadata output (#280) by @SETHJI01 in feat: enhance retrieve tool with configurable metadata output (#280) tools#283
• Feat: Add mem0_memory Support (Vector) for Neptune Analytics by @andy-k-improving in Feat: Add mem0_memory Support (Vector) for Neptune Analytics tools#262
• FEAT: Provide Neptune DB support for Mem0 Graph backend by @andy-k-improving in FEAT: Provide Neptune DB support for Mem0 Graph backend  tools#272

[FlanaganSe]

Hi, any anticipated release timeframe for v1.4.0? Not to rush, but just wondering if these changes are tested and ready to be included! #943

Just looking forward to the standardization of structure_output -- appreciate all the work here! 😄