[App Configuration] - Head request support

[mrm9084]

Description

Adds a way to check for app config changes via head request.

See JS version: Azure/azure-sdk-for-js#36959

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Pull request overview

Adds a HEAD-based “check” API to Azure App Configuration’s Python client to support efficient change detection via page-level ETags (mirroring the JS SDK behavior).

Changes:

• Introduces check_configuration_settings() on sync and async clients, backed by new generated HEAD operations.
• Refactors generated paging/request preparation helpers and adds check_key_values_in_one_page implementations.
• Adds new sync/async AAD tests plus a new usage sample; updates changelog and test recordings assets tag.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 9 out of 9 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.

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File	Description
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/azure/appconfiguration/_azure_appconfiguration_client.py	Adds sync check_configuration_settings() surface.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/azure/appconfiguration/aio/_azure_appconfiguration_client_async.py	Adds async check_configuration_settings() surface.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/azure/appconfiguration/_generated/_operations/_patch.py	Adds sync generated HEAD operation + shared request/error-map helpers.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/azure/appconfiguration/_generated/aio/_operations/_patch.py	Adds async generated HEAD operation + shared request/error-map helpers.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/tests/test_azure_appconfiguration_client_aad.py	Adds sync AAD test covering page-level ETag monitoring via HEAD.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/tests/test_azure_appconfiguration_client_aad_async.py	Adds async AAD test covering page-level ETag monitoring via HEAD.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/samples/check_configuration_settings_sample.py	New sample demonstrating HEAD-based change checks via ETags.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/CHANGELOG.md	Documents the new check_configuration_settings() feature.
sdk/appconfiguration/azure-appconfiguration/assets.json	Updates assets tag for new recordings.

[jimmyca15]

Can you help explain the return type here? Is that because we return something that has @nextLink ?

[mrm9084]

It's a dictionary with two items, nextlink and items. I'll update the doc.

[jimmyca15]

I'd expect we return the same thing that list does, callers just need to know that the iterable will be empty.

[jimmyca15]

return ItemPaged[ConfigurationSetting]

[mrm9084]

@jimmyca15 I actually looked into this a bit more and we need to return ConfigurationSettingPaged or we/our customers will have typing issues. This includes updating list to also return this. Note this isn't a breaking change.

[jimmyca15]

Can you explain the problem?

[mrm9084]

Type checking fails on iterator = items.by_page(match_conditions=etags) as it doesn't see match_conditions as a valid input.

[jimmyca15]

So we need to make ConfigurationSettingPaged public?

[mrm9084]

Yes, if you look at the diff since your last review you should see me making it public.