python release notes for the 2026-01 release

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+entries:
+- Name: azure-ai-language-conversations-authoring
+  Version: 1.0.0b3
+  DisplayName: Conversations Authoring
+  ServiceName: Cognitive Services
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-ai-language-conversations-authoring_1.0.0b3/sdk/cognitivelanguage/azure-ai-language-conversations-authoring/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+    - Added support for service version 2025-11-01.
+- Name: azure-mgmt-mobilenetwork
+  Version: 3.3.1
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Mobile Network
+  ServiceName: Mobile Network
+  VersionType: Patch
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-mobilenetwork_3.3.1/sdk/mobilenetwork/azure-mgmt-mobilenetwork/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-mgmt-mysqlflexibleservers
+  Version: 1.1.0b2
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - MySQL Flexible Servers
+  ServiceName: MySQL Flexible Servers
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-mysqlflexibleservers_1.1.0b2/sdk/mysqlflexibleservers/azure-mgmt-mysqlflexibleservers/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-cosmos
+  Version: 4.15.0b2
+  DisplayName: Cosmos DB
+  ServiceName: Cosmos DB
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-cosmos_4.15.0b2/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Bugs Fixed
+    * Fixed bug where sdk was not properly retrying requests in some edge cases after partition splits.See [PR 44425](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44425)
+- Name: azure-mgmt-avs
+  Version: 10.0.0
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Azure VMware Solution
+  ServiceName: Azure VMware Solution
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-avs_10.0.0/sdk/compute/azure-mgmt-avs/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-mgmt-containerservicefleet
+  Version: 4.0.0b2
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Container Service Fleet
+  ServiceName: Container Service Fleet
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-containerservicefleet_4.0.0b2/sdk/containerservice/azure-mgmt-containerservicefleet/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-ai-transcription
+  Version: 1.0.0b2
+  DisplayName: Azure AI Transcription
+  ServiceName: Cognitive Services
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-ai-transcription_1.0.0b2/sdk/cognitiveservices/azure-ai-transcription/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Bugs Fixed
+
+    - Fixed API reference link
+- Name: azure-mgmt-containerservice
+  Version: 41.0.0b3
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Container Service
+  ServiceName: Container Service
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-containerservice_41.0.0b3/sdk/containerservice/azure-mgmt-containerservice/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-mgmt-networkcloud
+  Version: 2.2.0
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Networkcloud
+  ServiceName: Operator Nexus - Network Cloud
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-networkcloud_2.2.0/sdk/networkcloud/azure-mgmt-networkcloud/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-ai-ml
+  Version: 1.31.0
+  DisplayName: Machine Learning
+  ServiceName: Machine Learning
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-ai-ml_1.31.0/sdk/ml/azure-ai-ml/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+
+    - Added support for `default_deployment_template` property in Model entity, allowing models to specify a default deployment template for online deployments.
+    - Online deployments now display informational messages when deploying models with configured default deployment templates.
+- Name: azure-mgmt-loganalytics
+  Version: 13.1.1
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Log Analytics
+  ServiceName: Log Analytics
+  VersionType: Patch
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-loganalytics_13.1.1/sdk/loganalytics/azure-mgmt-loganalytics/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+- Name: azure-ai-projects
+  Version: 2.0.0b3
+  DisplayName: AI Projects
+  ServiceName: Cognitive Services
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-ai-projects_2.0.0b3/sdk/ai/azure-ai-projects/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Breaking changes
+
+    * Rename class `AgentObject` to `AgentDetails`
+    * Rename class `AgentVersionObject` to `AgentVersionDetails`
+    * Rename class `MemoryStoreObject` to `MemoryStoreDetails`
+    * Tracing: removed outer "content" from event content format wrapper and unified type-specific keys (e.g., "text", "image_url") to generic "content" key.
+    * Tracing: replaced "gen_ai.request.assistant_name" attribute with gen_ai.agent.name.
+    * Tracing: removed "gen_ai.system" - the "gen_ai.provider.name" provides same information.
+    * Tracing: changed "gen_ai.user.message" and "gen_ai.tool.message" to "gen_ai.input.messages". Changed "gen_ai.assistant.message" to "gen_ai.output.messages".
+    * Tracing: changed "gen_ai.system.instruction" to "gen_ai.system.instructions".
+    * Tracing: added the "parts" array to "gen_ai.input.messages" and "gen_ai.output.messages".
+    * Tracing: removed "role" as a separate attribute and added "role" to "gen_ai.input.messages" and "gen_ai.output.messages" content.
+    * Tracing: added "finish_reason" as part of "gen_ai.output.messages" content.
+    * Tracing: changed the tool calls to use the api definitions as the types in traces. For example "function_call" instead of "function" and "function_call_output" instead of "function"
+
+    #### Features Added
+
+    * The package now takes dependency on openai and azure-identity packages. No need to install them separately.
+    * Tracing: support for tracing the schema when an Agent is created with structured output definition.
+
+    #### Bugs Fixed
+
+    * Tracing: fixed a bug with computer use tool call output including screenshot binary data even when binary data tracing is off.
+- Name: azure-storage-file-datalake
+  Version: 12.23.0
+  DisplayName: Storage - Files Data Lake
+  ServiceName: Storage
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-storage-file-datalake_12.23.0/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-datalake/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+    - Stable release of features from 12.23.0b1
+- Name: azure-storage-file-share
+  Version: 12.24.0
+  DisplayName: Storage - Files Share
+  ServiceName: Storage
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-storage-file-share_12.24.0/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+    - Stable release of features from 12.24.0b1
+- Name: azure-storage-blob
+  Version: 12.28.0
+  DisplayName: Storage - Blobs
+  ServiceName: Storage
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-storage-blob_12.28.0/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+    - Stable release of features from 12.28.0b1
+- Name: azure-storage-queue
+  Version: 12.15.0
+  DisplayName: Storage - Queues
+  ServiceName: Storage
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-storage-queue_12.15.0/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+    - Stable release of features from 12.15.0b1
+- Name: azure-ai-translation-text
+  Version: 2.0.0b1
+  DisplayName: Text Translation
+  ServiceName: Cognitive Services
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-ai-translation-text_2.0.0b1/sdk/translation/azure-ai-translation-text/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Breaking Changes
+
+    - Dictionary, sentence boundaries and text alignments features have been removed, and relevant models and properties have been removed.
+    - Added `models` property to `GetSupportedLanguagesResult` to include the list of LLM models available for translations.
+    - Renamed property `confidence` to `score` in `DetectedLanguage`.
+    - Removed property `source_text` in `TranslatedTextItem`.
+
+    #### Features Added
+
+    - Added support for the Azure AI Translator API 2025-10-01-preview, including translations using LLM models, adaptive custom translations, tone variant translations, and gender-specific language translations.
+    - Added `TranslationTarget` for configuring translation options.
+- Name: azure-ai-evaluation
+  Version: 1.14.0
+  DisplayName: AI Evaluation
+  ServiceName: Cognitive Services
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-ai-evaluation_1.14.0/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Bugs Fixed
+
+    - Updated CodeVulnerability and UngroundedAttributes evaluators for RedTeam to use the binary true/false scoring pattern so their results align with service responses.
+    - Fixed `GroundednessEvaluator` with `query` not honoring `is_reasoning_model` (and `credential`) when reloading the query prompty, which could cause `max_tokens` to be sent to reasoning models. [#44385](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/44385)
+- Name: azure-core
+  Version: 1.38.0
+  DisplayName: Core - Client - Core
+  ServiceName: Other
+  VersionType: GA
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-core_1.38.0/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Breaking Changes
+
+    - Changed the continuation token format. Continuation tokens generated by previous versions of azure-core are not compatible with this version.
+- Name: azure-cosmos
+  Version: 4.14.4
+  DisplayName: Cosmos DB
+  ServiceName: Cosmos DB
+  VersionType: Patch
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-cosmos_4.14.4/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Bugs Fixed
+    * Fixed bug where sdk was not properly retrying requests in some edge cases after partition splits.See [PR 44425](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44425)
+- Name: azure-monitor-opentelemetry
+  Version: 1.8.4
+  DisplayName: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry
+  ServiceName: Monitor
+  VersionType: Patch
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-monitor-opentelemetry_1.8.4/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: |-
+    #### Features Added
+    - Added support for OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER
+    ([#44535](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44535))
+    - Added ability to add additional Log Record Processors and Metric Readers via configure_azure_monitor
+    ([#44367](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44367))
+- Name: azure-mgmt-resourceconnector
+  Version: 2.0.0b1
+  DisplayName: Resource Management - Resource Connector
+  ServiceName: Resource Connector
+  VersionType: Beta
+  Hidden: false
+  ChangelogUrl: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/azure-mgmt-resourceconnector_2.0.0b1/sdk/resourceconnector/azure-mgmt-resourceconnector/CHANGELOG.md
+  ChangelogContent: ""
+