feat: add phase lifecycle to UiPathRuntimeStateEvent

Introduce UiPathRuntimeStatePhase enum (started, updated, completed) to
track node lifecycle in state events. Defaults to "updated" for backward
compatibility. Bump version to 0.8.6.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: cristipufu

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath-runtime"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 description = "Runtime abstractions and interfaces for building agents and automation scripts in the UiPath ecosystem"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

src/uipath/runtime/events/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 All events inherit from UiPathRuntimeEvent and can be filtered by execution_id.
 """
 
-from uipath.runtime.events.base import UiPathRuntimeEvent, UiPathRuntimeEventType
+from uipath.runtime.events.base import (
+    UiPathRuntimeEvent,
+    UiPathRuntimeEventType,
+    UiPathRuntimeStatePhase,
+)
 from uipath.runtime.events.state import (
     UiPathRuntimeMessageEvent,
     UiPathRuntimeStateEvent,
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@
     # Base
     "UiPathRuntimeEvent",
     "UiPathRuntimeEventType",
+    "UiPathRuntimeStatePhase",
     # Runtime events
     "UiPathRuntimeStateEvent",
     "UiPathRuntimeMessageEvent",

src/uipath/runtime/events/base.py

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ class UiPathRuntimeEventType(str, Enum):
     RUNTIME_RESULT = "runtime_result"
 
 
+class UiPathRuntimeStatePhase(str, Enum):
+    """Lifecycle phase of a state event."""
+
+    STARTED = "started"
+    UPDATED = "updated"
+    COMPLETED = "completed"
+
+
 class UiPathRuntimeEvent(BaseModel):
     """Base class for all UiPath runtime events."""
 
@@ -29,4 +37,4 @@ class UiPathRuntimeEvent(BaseModel):
     )
 
 
-__all__ = ["UiPathRuntimeEventType", "UiPathRuntimeEvent"]
+__all__ = ["UiPathRuntimeEventType", "UiPathRuntimeStatePhase", "UiPathRuntimeEvent"]

src/uipath/runtime/events/state.py

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 from pydantic import Field
 
-from uipath.runtime.events.base import UiPathRuntimeEvent, UiPathRuntimeEventType
+from uipath.runtime.events.base import (
+    UiPathRuntimeEvent,
+    UiPathRuntimeEventType,
+    UiPathRuntimeStatePhase,
+)
 
 
 class UiPathRuntimeMessageEvent(UiPathRuntimeEvent):
@@ -69,6 +73,10 @@ class UiPathRuntimeStateEvent(UiPathRuntimeEvent):
         default=None,
         description="Fully qualified node name including subgraph hierarchy prefix",
     )
+    phase: UiPathRuntimeStatePhase = Field(
+        default=UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.UPDATED,
+        description="Lifecycle phase: started, updated, or completed",
+    )
     event_type: UiPathRuntimeEventType = Field(
         default=UiPathRuntimeEventType.RUNTIME_STATE, frozen=True
     )

tests/test_events.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator
+
+import pytest
+
+from uipath.runtime.base import UiPathStreamOptions
+from uipath.runtime.events import (
+    UiPathRuntimeEvent,
+    UiPathRuntimeStateEvent,
+    UiPathRuntimeStatePhase,
+)
+from uipath.runtime.result import UiPathRuntimeResult, UiPathRuntimeStatus
+
+
+def test_state_event_phase_defaults_to_updated() -> None:
+    """Phase should default to UPDATED for backward compatibility."""
+    event = UiPathRuntimeStateEvent(payload={"messages": []})
+
+    assert event.phase == UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.UPDATED
+
+
+def test_state_event_phase_can_be_set_explicitly() -> None:
+    """Phase should accept any valid UiPathRuntimeStatePhase value."""
+    for phase in UiPathRuntimeStatePhase:
+        event = UiPathRuntimeStateEvent(payload={}, phase=phase)
+        assert event.phase == phase
+
+
+class PhaseAwareMockRuntime:
+    """Mock runtime that emits started/updated/completed state events per node."""
+
+    def __init__(self, nodes: list[str]) -> None:
+        self.nodes = nodes
+
+    async def stream(
+        self,
+        input: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        options: UiPathStreamOptions | None = None,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[UiPathRuntimeEvent, None]:
+        for node in self.nodes:
+            yield UiPathRuntimeStateEvent(
+                node_name=node,
+                payload={},
+                phase=UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.STARTED,
+            )
+            yield UiPathRuntimeStateEvent(
+                node_name=node,
+                payload={"key": f"{node}_value"},
+                phase=UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.UPDATED,
+            )
+            yield UiPathRuntimeStateEvent(
+                node_name=node,
+                payload={"key": f"{node}_value"},
+                phase=UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.COMPLETED,
+            )
+
+        yield UiPathRuntimeResult(
+            status=UiPathRuntimeStatus.SUCCESSFUL,
+            output={"done": True},
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_runtime_stream_emits_phase_lifecycle() -> None:
+    """A runtime streaming started/updated/completed phases per node."""
+    runtime = PhaseAwareMockRuntime(nodes=["planner", "executor"])
+
+    state_events: list[UiPathRuntimeStateEvent] = []
+    result: UiPathRuntimeResult | None = None
+
+    async for event in runtime.stream({}):
+        if isinstance(event, UiPathRuntimeResult):
+            result = event
+        elif isinstance(event, UiPathRuntimeStateEvent):
+            state_events.append(event)
+
+    # 2 nodes x 3 phases = 6 state events
+    assert len(state_events) == 6
+
+    # Verify per-node lifecycle ordering
+    for i, node in enumerate(["planner", "executor"]):
+        group = state_events[i * 3 : i * 3 + 3]
+        assert group[0].node_name == node
+        assert group[0].phase == UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.STARTED
+        assert group[0].payload == {}
+
+        assert group[1].node_name == node
+        assert group[1].phase == UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.UPDATED
+        assert group[1].payload == {"key": f"{node}_value"}
+
+        assert group[2].node_name == node
+        assert group[2].phase == UiPathRuntimeStatePhase.COMPLETED
+        assert group[2].payload == {"key": f"{node}_value"}
+
+    # Final result
+    assert result is not None
+    assert result.status == UiPathRuntimeStatus.SUCCESSFUL
+    assert result.output == {"done": True}