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Update agentic templates¶

Agentic workflows and frameworks are actively developed and improved. We regularly update base images to support the latest versions of the frameworks, libraries, and tools used in these templates. Frameworks may introduce breaking changes, deprecate features, or add new capabilities that can enhance your agents. To take advantage of the latest features and ensure compatibility with the latest versions of DataRobot, you should periodically update your agentic templates to include the latest changes. It is only necessary to regularly update templates being used to actively develop a new agentic workflow.

Pre-built agent Docker images

Pre-built agent Docker images are updated regularly to include the latest bug fixes and improvements. It is highly recommended to update your agentic templates to use the latest code to ensure compatibility with these base images. Out-of-date templates may lead to unexpected behavior and errors.

Deployed agents

Deployed agents and agentic workflows always use fixed Docker base images. These are never automatically updated when you update your local templates. You will need to rebuild and redeploy your agents to upgrade them to the latest base images. You can also leave these deployments as-is if you do not wish to update them.

Steps to update¶

Navigate to your local copy of the datarobot-agent-templates repository.
Ensure you are on the branch you want to update (e.g., main).

Pull the latest changes from the remote repository:

git pull origin main
# If you are using a different release, replace 'main' with your release branch name
# e.g., git pull origin release/11.3 for on-premise users

Review the changes and updates made to the templates. You can use git log and git diff to see what has changed.
If you have made custom modifications to your templates, you may need to manually merge these changes with the latest updates.
Run the following command to update your local dependencies and refresh your development environment:
```
task install
```

Test your updated templates to ensure they work as expected with the latest version of DataRobot. If you are working on a different branch, you may need to rebase your branch onto the latest main branch:

git checkout your-branch
git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
# If you are using a different release, replace 'origin/main' with your release branch name
# e.g., git rebase origin/release/11.3 for on-premise users

Troubleshooting¶

Templates are developed such that modifications to the user-facing files (for example, custom.py, agent.py, Dockerfile, etc.) are minimized. Most updates will be in the underlying framework code, image dependencies, and helper classes. If you have modified these files, you may need to manually merge changes.

If you encounter merge conflicts during the update process, carefully resolve them by reviewing the conflicting files and deciding which changes to keep.
You can always use a custom-built image if you need to maintain specific dependencies or configurations indefinitely. The docker_context directory is not included by default. If you need a custom Docker image, first create the docker context using task agent:create-docker-context, then build it with task agent:build-docker-context. For more details about using the docker context, see the Adding Python packages documentation.
Make sure to run task install to refresh your local development environment after updating the templates.
If you experience issues after updating, consider reaching out to the DataRobot community or support for assistance.