weiqingy opened a new issue, #931: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink-agents/issues/931
### Problem The `integrations/chat-models/azureai` module depends on `com.azure:azure-ai-inference:1.0.0-beta.5`. Microsoft documents this SDK as deprecated, with retirement on 2026-08-26. The module keeps working after that date, but it lands on an unsupported dependency that will not receive fixes, including security fixes. The upstream repository has already started closing issues against it as won't-fix on retirement grounds, so defects found from here on are unlikely to be addressed. ### Why it is worth acting on The documented successor is the OpenAI v1 API surface, reachable from the `openai-java` SDK. This repo already depends on `openai-java` in the `integrations/chat-models/openai` module, and already uses it for an Azure-flavoured connection there (`AzureOpenAIChatModelConnection`), so the migration target is a library the project already ships and maintains rather than a new dependency. The pinned SDK is also blocking feature work today. It cannot send a `json_schema` response format under any configuration: the feature requires api-version `2024-08-01-preview` or later, but raising `ModelServiceVersion` to that value makes the endpoint return 404, which is why the SDK pins its own default down to `2024-05-01-preview`. ### Scope for discussion Whether to migrate the module to the successor SDK, fold it into the existing `openai` module, or deprecate and remove it, is a design question rather than a foregone conclusion. The connections are not equivalent: Azure AI Inference targets the Foundry model catalog, while the Azure OpenAI connection targets Azure OpenAI deployments, so a migration needs to preserve whichever surface users actually rely on. Raising it now because the retirement date gives about a month of notice, and because the module currently has no tests at all, which makes any migration riskier than it needs to be. Found while scoping the Azure half of #280; the structured-output side of this is recorded there. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
