refactor(spec)!: Remove redundant final field from TaskStatusUpdateEvent#1308
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Terminal states (COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED, REJECTED) already indicate task completion, making the final field redundant. This creates consistency across streaming, polling, and push notification communication patterns. Changes: - Removed final field (field 4) from TaskStatusUpdateEvent in proto - Updated examples to remove final: true references - Clarified that streams close upon terminal states - Added migration guidance in Appendix A.2.2 Fixes a2aproject#1232 Author: Madan Kumar Pichamuthu
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This pull request effectively removes the redundant final field from TaskStatusUpdateEvent and updates the associated documentation and examples. The addition of a migration guide is particularly helpful for a breaking change like this. I have a few suggestions to enhance the changes. Firstly, in the protobuf definition, it's a good practice to reserve the field number of the removed field to prevent future compatibility issues. Secondly, I noticed an inconsistency in the documentation regarding when a stream closes. Some sections mention only terminal states, while others correctly include interrupted states like INPUT_REQUIRED. I've left comments to help align the documentation for consistency.
Fix MD032 markdown linting errors - lists must be surrounded by blank lines.
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Prevent future reuse of field number 4 to maintain wire compatibility. Author: Madan Kumar Pichamuthu
Addresses review feedback from @Tehsmash and @darrelmiller to remove the breaking change note from the specification document. Breaking changes should be tracked in issues, git history, and release notes rather than in the spec itself. Changes: - Removed "Behavior Change" section from docs/specification.md (lines 3491-3493) - Maintains all other changes from PR a2aproject#1308 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses review feedback from @Tehsmash and @darrelmiller to remove the breaking change note from the specification document. Breaking changes should be tracked in issues, git history, and release notes rather than in the spec itself. Changes: - Removed "Behavior Change" section from docs/specification.md (lines 3491-3493) - Maintains all other changes from PR a2aproject#1308
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As requested by maintainers, breaking changes should be documented in issues, git history, and release notes rather than in the specification itself. This removes the A.2.2 section about the final field removal.
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🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop* --- ## [1.0.0](v0.3.0...v1.0.0) (2026-03-12) ### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES * **spec:** Combine `TaskPushNotificationConfig` and `PushNotificationConfig` ([#1500](#1500)) * **spec:** remove duplicated ID from the create task push config request ([#1487](#1487)) * **spec:** pluralize configs in `ListTaskPushNotificationConfigs` ([#1486](#1486)) * **spec:** Add LF prefix to the package. ([#1474](#1474)) * **spec:** Switch to non-complex IDs in requests ([#1389](#1389)) * **spec:** Standardize spelling of "canceled" to use American Spelling throughout ([#1283](#1283)) * **spec:** Align enum format with ADR-001 ProtoJSON specification ([#1384](#1384)) * **spec:** Remove redundant `final` field from `TaskStatusUpdateEvent` ([#1308](#1308)) * **spec:** Move `extendedAgentCard` field to `AgentCapabilities` ([#1307](#1307)) * **spec:** Fixes for the last_updated_after field ([#1358](#1358)) * **spec:** modernize oauth 2.0 flows - remove implicit/password, add device code / pkce ([#1303](#1303)) * **spec:** Make "message" field name consistent between protocol bindings ([#1302](#1302)) * **spec:** Remove deprecated fields from a2a.proto for v1.0 release ([#1301](#1301)) * **spec:** Rename `supportsAuthenticatedExtendedCard` to `supportsExtendedAgentCard` ([#1222](#1222)) * **spec:** Remove v1s from a2a url http bindings * **spec:** Large refactor of specification to separate application protocol definition from mapping to transports ### Features * **spec:** Add `tasks/list` method with filtering and pagination to the specification ([0a9f629](0a9f629)) * **spec:** modernize oauth 2.0 flows - remove implicit/password, add device code / pkce ([#1303](#1303)) ([525ff38](525ff38)) * **spec:** Natively Support Multi-tenancy on gRPC through an additional scope field on the request. ([#1195](#1195)) ([cfbce32](cfbce32)), closes [#1148](#1148) * **spec:** Provide ability for SDKs to be backwards compatible. ([#1401](#1401)) ([227e249](227e249)) * **spec:** Remove v1s from a2a url http bindings ([1bd263f](1bd263f)) ### Bug Fixes * Add missing metadata field to Part message in gRPC specification ([#1019](#1019)) ([b3b266d](b3b266d)), closes [#1005](#1005) * Add name field to FilePart protobuf message ([#983](#983)) ([2b7cb6f](2b7cb6f)), closes [#984](#984) * Clarify blocking calls return on interrupted states ([#1403](#1403)) ([0655ff3](0655ff3)) * **doc:** Makes JSON-RPC SendMessage response clearer ([#1241](#1241)) ([5792804](5792804)) * **docs:** Clearer wording around context id. ([#1588](#1588)) ([dec790a](dec790a)) * **grpc:** Fix inconsistent property name between gRPC and JSON-RPC in Message object ([#1100](#1100)) ([2a1f819](2a1f819)) * **grpc:** missing field in gRPC spec - state_transition_history ([#1138](#1138)) ([a2de798](a2de798)), closes [#1139](#1139) * **grpc:** Update `CreateTaskPushNotificationConfig` endpoint to `/v1/{parent=tasks/*/pushNotificationConfigs}` ([#979](#979)) ([911f9b0](911f9b0)) * **proto:** Add icon_url to a2a.proto ([#986](#986)) ([17e7f62](17e7f62)) * **proto:** Adds metadata field to A2A DataPart proto ([#1004](#1004)) ([a8b45dc](a8b45dc)) * Remove unimplemented state_transition_history capability field ([#1396](#1396)) ([c768a44](c768a44)), closes [#1228](#1228) * Restore CreateTaskPushNotificationConfig method naming ([#1402](#1402)) ([d14f410](d14f410)) * Revert "chore(gRPC): Update a2a.proto to include metadata on GetTaskRequest" ([#1000](#1000)) ([e6b8c65](e6b8c65)) * Simplify Part message structure by flattening FilePart and DataPart ([#1411](#1411)) ([bfae8f7](bfae8f7)) * **spec:** Add LF prefix to the package. ([#1474](#1474)) ([a54e809](a54e809)) * **spec:** add metadata to `CancelTaskRequest` ([#1485](#1485)) ([c441b91](c441b91)), closes [#1484](#1484) * **spec:** Added clarification on timestamps in HTTP query params ([#1425](#1425)) ([6292104](6292104)) * **spec:** Added clarifying text around messages and artifacts ([#1424](#1424)) ([b03d141](b03d141)) * **spec:** Adjust field number for `ListTasksRequest.tenant` to prevent missing number ([#1470](#1470)) ([cd16c52](cd16c52)) * **spec:** Clarify contextId behavior when message is sent with taskId but without contextId ([#1309](#1309)) ([a336a5a](a336a5a)) * **spec:** Clarify versioning strategy and client responsibilities in protocol specification ([#1259](#1259)) ([a4afeea](a4afeea)) * **spec:** Fix/1251 clarify authentication scheme ([#1256](#1256)) ([3e6c7db](3e6c7db)) * **spec:** Fixes for the last_updated_after field ([#1358](#1358)) ([0e204bf](0e204bf)) * **spec:** Make "message" field name consistent between protocol bindings ([#1302](#1302)) ([1e5f462](1e5f462)), closes [#1230](#1230) * **spec:** make `history_length` optional ([#1071](#1071)) ([0572953](0572953)) * **spec:** pluralize configs in `ListTaskPushNotificationConfigs` ([#1486](#1486)) ([cf735cb](cf735cb)) * **spec:** Remove config from binding. ([#1587](#1587)) ([010b9cc](010b9cc)) * **spec:** Remove deprecated fields from a2a.proto for v1.0 release ([#1301](#1301)) ([60f83c3](60f83c3)), closes [#1227](#1227) * **spec:** remove duplicated ID from the create task push config request ([#1487](#1487)) ([393898d](393898d)) * **spec:** Remove metadata field from ListTasksRequest ([#1235](#1235)) ([b6ef9ee](b6ef9ee)) * **spec:** Remove reserved and fix tags ordering ([#1494](#1494)) ([1997c9d](1997c9d)) * **spec:** Rename `supportsAuthenticatedExtendedCard` to `supportsExtendedAgentCard` ([#1222](#1222)) ([c196824](c196824)), closes [#1215](#1215) * **spec:** Standardize spelling of "canceled" to use American Spelling throughout ([#1283](#1283)) ([4dd980f](4dd980f)) * **spec:** Suggest Unique Identifier fields to be UUID ([#966](#966)) ([00cf76e](00cf76e)) * **spec:** Switch to non-complex IDs in requests ([#1389](#1389)) ([2596c1c](2596c1c)), closes [#1390](#1390) * **spec:** Update security schemes example ([#1364](#1364)) ([f9a8f5b](f9a8f5b)) * Update the Java tutorials and descriptions ([#1181](#1181)) ([202aa06](202aa06)) ### Documentation * **spec:** Align enum format with ADR-001 ProtoJSON specification ([#1384](#1384)) ([810eaa1](810eaa1)), closes [#1344](#1344) ### Code Refactoring * **spec:** Combine `TaskPushNotificationConfig` and `PushNotificationConfig` ([#1500](#1500)) ([d1ed0da](d1ed0da)) * **spec:** Large refactor of specification to separate application protocol definition from mapping to transports ([b078419](b078419)) * **spec:** Move `extendedAgentCard` field to `AgentCapabilities` ([#1307](#1307)) ([40d6286](40d6286)) * **spec:** Remove redundant `final` field from `TaskStatusUpdateEvent` ([#1308](#1308)) ([5b101cc](5b101cc)) --- This PR was generated with [Release Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). See [documentation](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#release-please). Co-authored-by: Amye Scavarda Perrin <amye@amye.org> Co-authored-by: Holt Skinner <13262395+holtskinner@users.noreply.github.com>
Terminal states (COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED, REJECTED) already indicate task completion, making the final field redundant. This creates consistency across streaming, polling, and push notification communication patterns.
Changes:
Fixes #1232