[Eduard van Valkenburg (eavanvalkenburg)]

Motivation and Context

Prepare the Semantic Kernel Python package for the 1.47.0 release and consolidate all six open Python package Dependabot updates into one validated change.

The prerequisite #14708 has merged and is included in this branch. Python 3.10 support is removed; the package now requires Python 3.11+ and advertises support through Python 3.14. This compatibility change is the reason for the minor release.

Other Python changes already merged since python-1.46.0 include fixes for MCP initialization and prompt arguments, Redis vector search, Google AI embeddings and token usage, Mistral settings and finish reasons, SQL Server handling, OpenAPI URL matching, schema generation, chat history and tool results, Handlebars helpers, and empty in-memory searches.

Description

• Update semantic_kernel.__version__ from 1.46.0 to 1.47.0.
• Allow flit-core >=3.9,<5.0; verified the build with Flit Core 4.2.0. Supersedes Python: Update flit-core requirement from <4.0,>=3.9 to >=3.9,<5.0 in /python #14596.
• Expand the boto3 upper bound to <1.44.0 and lock boto3/botocore 1.43.123 with s3transfer 0.19.3. Supersedes Python: Update boto3 requirement from <1.43.0,>=1.36.4 to >=1.36.4,<1.44.0 in /python #14597.
• Expand the google-genai upper bound to <2.30. The combined Google extra still resolves google-genai 1.75.0 because google-cloud-aiplatform requires <2.0.0. Supersedes Python: Update google-genai requirement from <2.23,>=1.51 to >=1.51,<2.30 in /python #14598.
• Expand the Redis upper bound to <9; lock Redis 8.1.0 and compatible redisvl 0.30.0. Supersedes Update redis requirement from <8,>=6 to >=6,<9 in /python #14599.
• Pin ONNX Runtime GenAI to 0.18.0 and lock its required ONNX Runtime 1.31.1. No Python 3.10 compatibility pins remain. Supersedes Build(deps-dev): bump onnxruntime-genai from 0.15.2 to 0.18.0 in /python #14600.
• Update the MCP OAuth sample lockfile from MCP 1.28.1 to 1.30.0. Supersedes Build(deps): bump mcp from 1.28.1 to 1.30.0 in /python/samples/demos/mcp_with_oauth #14627.
• Regenerate both affected lockfiles. Preserve exact original lock entries, including registry URLs and artifact metadata, for every unchanged SDK dependency. New package versions use PyPI because the existing proxy returned a metadata 404 for the new ONNX GenAI wheel.

Validation:

• uv build --project python --no-sources — passed; built the 1.47.0 wheel and source distribution. The build selected Flit Core 4.2.0. uv reports the existing prerelease-mode deprecation warning.
• cd python && uv run --no-sync pytest tests/unit/connectors/ai/bedrock tests/unit/connectors/ai/google/google_ai tests/unit/connectors/ai/onnx tests/unit/connectors/memory/test_redis_store.py tests/unit/connectors/mcp --disable-warnings -q — passed on Python 3.14.0rc3 with boto3 1.43.123, Redis 8.1.0, redisvl 0.30.0, ONNX Runtime GenAI 0.18.0, and ONNX Runtime 1.31.1 installed.
• python/.venv/bin/pre-commit run --files python/pyproject.toml python/semantic_kernel/__init__.py python/uv.lock python/samples/demos/mcp_with_oauth/uv.lock --config python/.pre-commit-config.yaml — passed for all applicable hooks.
• uvx --from uv==0.5.30 uv lock --project python --check — passed, using the SDK's pre-commit resolver version.
• uv lock --project python/samples/demos/mcp_with_oauth --check — passed.
• git diff --check — passed.
• Parsed wheel METADATA and source PKG-INFO — passed: version 1.47.0, Requires-Python: >=3.11, and all requested runtime dependency bounds are present.
• Asserted that all unchanged SDK dependencies retain their exact original lock entries and that both affected lockfiles contain the requested updates — passed.

The full unit-test suite and live-service integration tests were not run locally. This PR remains a draft pending release review and CI; it does not publish a release.

Contribution Checklist

• The code builds clean without any errors or warnings
• The PR follows the SK Contribution Guidelines and the pre-submission formatting script raises no violations
• All unit tests pass, and I have added new tests where possible
• I didn't break anyone 😄

[github-actions]

Python Test Coverage Report •

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
__init__.py	4	0	100%
TOTAL	29396	5159	82%

Python Unit Test Overview

Tests	Skipped	Failures	Errors	Time
4965	6 💤	0 ❌	0 🔥	2m 24s ⏱️

[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

The Redis major-version and native ONNX dependency upgrades still need supported Python/OS CI and live smoke checks beyond the reported Python 3.14rc3 validation and mocked ONNX generation.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

Prepares Semantic Kernel Python 1.47.0 following the merged Python 3.11+ compatibility change and consolidates six dependency updates.

Changes:

• Bumps the SDK version from 1.46.0 to 1.47.0.
• Expands Flit Core, boto3, Google GenAI, and Redis dependency bounds; pins ONNX Runtime GenAI to 0.18.0.
• Updates SDK dependency locks and the OAuth sample’s MCP dependency while preserving unchanged SDK lock entries.

File	Description
python/​uv.lock	Updates resolved AWS, Redis, and ONNX packages and dependency constraints.
python/​semantic_kernel/​__init__.py	Sets the SDK version to 1.47.0.
python/​samples/​demos/​mcp_with_oauth/​uv.lock	Updates the sample’s MCP dependency to 1.30.0.
python/​pyproject.toml	Adjusts build and optional connector dependency requirements.

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