fix: Fix create_session AttributeError for agents without AdkApp

PiperOrigin-RevId: 899742948

Author: vertex-sdk-bot

tests/unit/vertexai/genai/test_evals.py

@@ -3144,6 +3144,94 @@ def test_run_inference_with_agent_engine_with_response_column_raises_error(
             "'intermediate_events' or 'response' columns"
         ) in str(excinfo.value)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(_evals_utils, "EvalDatasetLoader")
+    @mock.patch("vertexai._genai._evals_common.vertexai.Client")
+    def test_run_inference_with_agent_engine_falls_back_to_managed_sessions_api(
+        self,
+        mock_vertexai_client,
+        mock_eval_dataset_loader,
+    ):
+        """Tests that run_inference falls back to the managed Sessions API
+        when the agent engine does not have create_session registered."""
+        mock_df = pd.DataFrame(
+            {
+                "prompt": ["agent prompt"],
+                "session_inputs": [
+                    {
+                        "user_id": "123",
+                        "state": {"a": "1"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            }
+        )
+        mock_eval_dataset_loader.return_value.load.return_value = mock_df.to_dict(
+            orient="records"
+        )
+
+        # Create a mock agent engine WITHOUT create_session (simulates agents
+        # deployed via Console, gcloud, or source code deployment).
+        mock_agent_engine = mock.Mock(
+            spec=["api_client", "api_resource", "stream_query"],
+        )
+        mock_agent_engine.api_resource.name = (
+            "projects/test-project/locations/us-central1/reasoningEngines/123"
+        )
+
+        # Mock the managed Sessions API to return a session.
+        mock_session_operation = mock.Mock()
+        mock_session_operation.response.name = (
+            "projects/test-project/locations/us-central1"
+            "/reasoningEngines/123/sessions/managed-session-1"
+        )
+        mock_agent_engine.api_client.sessions.create.return_value = (
+            mock_session_operation
+        )
+
+        stream_query_return_value = [
+            {
+                "id": "1",
+                "content": {"parts": [{"text": "intermediate1"}]},
+                "timestamp": 123,
+                "author": "model",
+            },
+            {
+                "id": "2",
+                "content": {"parts": [{"text": "agent response"}]},
+                "timestamp": 124,
+                "author": "model",
+            },
+        ]
+        mock_agent_engine.stream_query.return_value = iter(stream_query_return_value)
+        mock_vertexai_client.return_value.agent_engines.get.return_value = (
+            mock_agent_engine
+        )
+
+        inference_result = self.client.evals.run_inference(
+            agent="projects/test-project/locations/us-central1/reasoningEngines/123",
+            src=mock_df,
+        )
+
+        # Verify the managed Sessions API was called as fallback.
+        mock_agent_engine.api_client.sessions.create.assert_called_once_with(
+            name="projects/test-project/locations/us-central1/reasoningEngines/123",
+            user_id="123",
+            config=vertexai_genai_types.CreateAgentEngineSessionConfig(
+                session_state={"a": "1"},
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # Verify stream_query was called with the session ID extracted from
+        # the managed session's resource name.
+        mock_agent_engine.stream_query.assert_called_once_with(
+            user_id="123",
+            session_id="managed-session-1",
+            message="agent prompt",
+        )
+
+        # Verify the inference results are correct.
+        assert inference_result.eval_dataset_df["response"].iloc[0] == "agent response"
+        assert inference_result.candidate_name == "agent_engine_0"
+
     @mock.patch.object(_evals_utils, "EvalDatasetLoader")
     @mock.patch("vertexai._genai._evals_common.InMemorySessionService")  # fmt: skip
     @mock.patch("vertexai._genai._evals_common.Runner")

vertexai/_genai/_evals_common.py

@@ -1952,6 +1952,66 @@ def _run_agent(
                 os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION"] = original_location
 
 
+def _create_agent_engine_session(
+    *,
+    agent_engine: types.AgentEngine,
+    user_id: str,
+    session_state: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
+) -> str:
+    """Creates a session for an agent engine and returns the session ID.
+
+    First attempts to use the agent engine's own `create_session` operation
+    (available for agents deployed via AdkApp). If the agent engine does not
+    have `create_session` registered, falls back to the managed Vertex AI
+    Sessions API.
+
+    Args:
+        agent_engine: The AgentEngine instance.
+        user_id: The user ID for the session.
+        session_state: Optional initial state for the session.
+
+    Returns:
+        The session ID string.
+
+    Raises:
+        RuntimeError: If the session could not be created via either path.
+    """
+    try:
+        session = agent_engine.create_session(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            user_id=user_id,
+            state=session_state,
+        )
+        return session["id"]
+    except AttributeError as exc:
+        # Agent engine does not have create_session registered (e.g. deployed
+        # via Console, gcloud, or source code deployment without AdkApp).
+        # Fall back to the managed Vertex AI Sessions API.
+        logger.info(
+            "Agent engine does not have 'create_session' operation registered."
+            " Falling back to managed Sessions API."
+        )
+        operation = agent_engine.api_client.sessions.create(
+            name=agent_engine.api_resource.name,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            config=types.CreateAgentEngineSessionConfig(
+                session_state=session_state,
+            ),
+        )
+        if operation.response and operation.response.name:
+            # Session name format:
+            # projects/{p}/locations/{l}/reasoningEngines/{re}/sessions/{id}
+            return operation.response.name.split("/")[-1]
+        elif operation.error:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Failed to create session via managed API: {operation.error}"
+            ) from exc
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Failed to create session via managed API: "
+                "operation returned no response."
+            ) from exc
+
+
 def _execute_agent_run_with_retry(
     row: pd.Series,
     contents: Union[genai_types.ContentListUnion, genai_types.ContentListUnionDict],
@@ -1963,9 +2023,10 @@ def _execute_agent_run_with_retry(
         session_inputs = _get_session_inputs(row)
         user_id = session_inputs.user_id
         session_state = session_inputs.state
-        session = agent_engine.create_session(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        session_id = _create_agent_engine_session(
+            agent_engine=agent_engine,
             user_id=user_id,
-            state=session_state,
+            session_state=session_state,
         )
     except KeyError as e:
         return {"error": f"Failed to get all required agent engine inputs: {e}"}
@@ -1976,7 +2037,7 @@ def _execute_agent_run_with_retry(
             responses = []
             for event in agent_engine.stream_query(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 user_id=user_id,
-                session_id=session["id"],
+                session_id=session_id,
                 message=contents,
             ):
                 if event and CONTENT in event and PARTS in event[CONTENT]: