What's Changed

New Features

• Python: custom service selector sample by @eavanvalkenburg in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6802
• Python: If no env_file is configured then default to relative .env file by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6754
• Python: ADR for Model-as-a-Service by @TaoChenOSU in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6693

Python Package Updates

• Python: Bump urllib3 from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 in /python by @dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6799
• Python: Bump pydantic-settings from 2.3.0 to 2.3.3 in /python by @dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6793
• Python: Bump grpcio from 1.60.0 to 1.63.0 in /python by @dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6791
• Python: Bump openapi-core from 0.19.1 to 0.19.2 in /python by @dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6788
• Python: Bump pytest from 8.2.1 to 8.2.2 in /python by @dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6789
• Python: Bump pinecone-client from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 in /python by @dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6786

Enhancements and Fixes

• Python: Update dev setup readme by @TaoChenOSU in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6797
• Python: Updates to user agent. Add unit tests. by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6824

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Python: fix for Python: parameters mentioned in a SK prompt are not synced wi… by @eavanvalkenburg in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6807
• Python: Bump Python version to 1.1.2 for a release. by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/pull/6931

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/compare/python-1.1.1...python-1.1.2