Can I run AutoGen on an Azure Functions App?

Question

I am trying to run AutoGen https://github.com/microsoft/autogen in an Azure Functions App and it is not working for me. I am getting this error:

Result: Failure Exception: OperationalError: unable to open database file

line 906, in generate_reply final, reply = reply_func(self, messages=messages, sender=sender, config=reply_func_tuple["config"]) File "/home/site/wwwroot/.python_packages/lib/site-packages/autogen/agentchat/conversable_agent.py", line 625, in generate_oai_reply response = client.create( File "/home/site/wwwroot/.python_packages/lib/site-packages/autogen/oai/client.py", line 232, in create with diskcache.Cache(f"{self.cache_path_root}/{cache_seed}") as cache: File "/home/site/wwwroot/.python_packages/lib/site-packages/diskcache/core.py", line 478, in init self.reset(key, value, update=False) File "/home/site/wwwroot/.python_packages/lib/site-packages/diskcache/core.py", line 2431, in reset ((old_value,),) = sql(

Answer 1

Tyler Suard Thanks for posting your question in Microsoft Q&A. Yes, it is possible to run AutoGen in Azure Functions app based on discussion here. Not sure how you have configured AutoGen in Function app (or AutoGen) but found you already opened an issue: Incompatible with Azure Functions App? in AutoGen repo.

I think experts from the community are right person to help with this issue since it is more related to library rather than Azure Functions. But please let me know if I can assist in Azure Functions.

Update for the community:

Tyler Suard resolved the issue by setting cache_seed to None based on this discussion (related issue).

I hope this helps others facing similar issues.

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Answer 2

This is not possible, especially with agents with long runs