New AttachmentDownloader and M365AttachmentDownloader as implementations of InputFileDownloader interface

changelog.md

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+# Microsoft 365 Agents SDK for Python - Release Notes v1.8.0 (Unreleased)
+
+**Release Date:** Unreleased
+**Previous Version:** 1.7.0 (Released 2026-09-17)
+
+## Major Features & Enhancements
+
+- **Attachment Downloaders**: Added `AttachmentDownloader` and `M365AttachmentDownloader` for downloading standard, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365 Copilot attachments into `TurnState.temp.input_files`.
+
+## Samples
+
+- **Handling Attachments Sample**: Added a sample demonstrating incoming attachment downloads, inline and internet-hosted attachments, and Teams attachment uploads.
+
+---
+
 # Microsoft 365 Agents SDK for Python - Release Notes v1.7.0
 
 **Release Date:** 2026-09-17

dev/integration/tests/downloader/conftest.py

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+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+import pytest
+from aiohttp import web
+from aiohttp.test_utils import TestServer
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DownloadServer:
+    server: TestServer
+    requested_paths: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+    def url(self, path: str) -> str:
+        return str(self.server.make_url(path))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def download_server():
+    requested_paths: list[str] = []
+
+    async def download(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+        requested_paths.append(request.path)
+
+        if request.match_info["filename"] == "missing.txt":
+            raise web.HTTPNotFound()
+        if request.match_info["filename"] == "photo.jpg":
+            return web.Response(body=b"image-content", content_type="image/jpeg")
+        if request.match_info["filename"] == "empty-content-type.txt":
+            return web.Response(
+                body=b"untyped-content",
+                headers={"Content-Type": ""},
+            )
+        return web.Response(body=b"document-content", content_type="text/plain")
+
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_get("/files/{filename}", download)
+    server = TestServer(app, host="localhost")
+    await server.start_server()
+
+    try:
+        yield DownloadServer(server=server, requested_paths=requested_paths)
+    finally:
+        await server.close()

dev/integration/tests/downloader/scenario.py

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+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import json
+
+from microsoft_agents.activity import Activity, ActivityTypes, Attachment
+from microsoft_agents.hosting.core import TurnContext, TurnState
+from microsoft_agents.hosting.core.app.input_file import InputFileDownloader
+from microsoft_agents.hosting.testing import (
+    AgentClient,
+    AgentEnvironment,
+    AiohttpScenario,
+)
+
+
+def _configure_agent(env: AgentEnvironment) -> None:
+    @env.agent_application.message("Download the attached files.")
+    async def report_downloaded_files(context: TurnContext, state: TurnState) -> None:
+        files = [
+            {
+                "content": file.content.decode("utf-8"),
+                "content_type": file.content_type,
+                "content_url": file.content_url,
+                "filename": file.filename,
+            }
+            for file in state.temp.input_files
+        ]
+        await context.send_activity(json.dumps(files))
+
+
+DOWNLOADER_SCENARIO = AiohttpScenario.create(
+    _configure_agent,
+    use_jwt_middleware=False,
+)
+
+
+async def download_attachments(
+    agent_client: AgentClient,
+    agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+    downloaders: InputFileDownloader | list[InputFileDownloader],
+    *,
+    channel_id: str,
+    attachments: list[Attachment],
+) -> list[dict]:
+    if isinstance(downloaders, InputFileDownloader):
+        downloaders = [downloaders]
+    agent_environment.agent_application.options.file_downloaders = downloaders
+    activity = Activity(
+        type="message",
+        text="Download the attached files.",
+        channel_id=channel_id,
+        attachments=attachments,
+    )
+
+    exchanges = await agent_client.ex_send_expect_replies(activity)
+
+    assert len(exchanges) == 1
+    assert exchanges[0].error is None
+    replies = [
+        response
+        for response in exchanges[0].responses
+        if response.type == ActivityTypes.message
+    ]
+    assert len(replies) == 1, (
+        f"Expected one agent reply, got {len(replies)} "
+        f"(status={exchanges[0].status_code}, body={exchanges[0].body!r})"
+    )
+    assert replies[0].text is not None
+    return json.loads(replies[0].text)

dev/integration/tests/downloader/test_attachment_downloader.py

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+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from microsoft_agents.activity import Attachment, Channels
+from microsoft_agents.hosting.core import OutboundHostValidator
+from microsoft_agents.hosting.core.app.attachment_downloader import (
+    AttachmentDownloader,
+)
+from microsoft_agents.hosting.testing import AgentClient, AgentEnvironment
+
+from .conftest import DownloadServer
+from .scenario import DOWNLOADER_SCENARIO, download_attachments
+
+
+@pytest.mark.agent_test(DOWNLOADER_SCENARIO)
+class TestAttachmentDownloader:
+    async def test_downloads_file_from_local_http_server(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        content_url = download_server.url("/files/document.txt")
+        attachment = Attachment(
+            content_type="text/plain",
+            content_url=content_url,
+            name="document.txt",
+        )
+
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=[attachment],
+        )
+
+        assert files == [
+            {
+                "content": "document-content",
+                "content_type": "text/plain",
+                "content_url": content_url,
+                "filename": "document.txt",
+            }
+        ]
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == ["/files/document.txt"]
+
+    async def test_ignores_remote_file_when_server_returns_not_found(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        attachment = Attachment(
+            content_type="text/plain",
+            content_url=download_server.url("/files/missing.txt"),
+            name="missing.txt",
+        )
+
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=[attachment],
+        )
+
+        assert files == []
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == ["/files/missing.txt"]
+
+    async def test_leaves_teams_attachments_for_the_m365_downloader(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        attachment = Attachment(
+            content_type="text/plain",
+            content_url=download_server.url("/files/document.txt"),
+            name="document.txt",
+        )
+
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.ms_teams,
+            attachments=[attachment],
+        )
+
+        assert files == []
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == []
+
+    async def test_downloads_mixed_attachment_batch_in_original_order(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        remote_url = download_server.url("/files/document.txt")
+        attachments = [
+            Attachment(
+                content_type="text/plain",
+                content_url=remote_url,
+                name="remote.txt",
+            ),
+            Attachment(
+                content_type="text/plain",
+                content_url=download_server.url("/files/missing.txt"),
+                name="missing.txt",
+            ),
+            Attachment(
+                content_type="application/json",
+                content={"source": "inline"},
+                name="inline.json",
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=attachments,
+        )
+
+        assert files == [
+            {
+                "content": "document-content",
+                "content_type": "text/plain",
+                "content_url": remote_url,
+                "filename": "remote.txt",
+            },
+            {
+                "content": json.dumps({"source": "inline"}),
+                "content_type": "application/json",
+                "content_url": None,
+                "filename": "inline.json",
+            },
+        ]
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == [
+            "/files/document.txt",
+            "/files/missing.txt",
+        ]
+
+    async def test_normalizes_downloaded_image_content_type_to_png(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        content_url = download_server.url("/files/photo.jpg")
+
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=[
+                Attachment(
+                    content_type="image/jpeg",
+                    content_url=content_url,
+                    name="photo.jpg",
+                )
+            ],
+        )
+
+        assert files[0]["content_type"] == "image/png"
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == ["/files/photo.jpg"]
+
+    async def test_serializes_inline_attachment_content_as_json(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+    ):
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=[
+                Attachment(
+                    content_type="application/vnd.example",
+                    content={"message": "hello"},
+                    name="payload.json",
+                )
+            ],
+        )
+
+        assert files == [
+            {
+                "content": json.dumps({"message": "hello"}),
+                "content_type": "application/vnd.example",
+                "content_url": None,
+                "filename": "payload.json",
+            }
+        ]
+
+    async def test_blocks_remote_file_rejected_by_host_validator(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        downloader = AttachmentDownloader(
+            host_validator=OutboundHostValidator(
+                enabled=True,
+                hosts=["allowed.example"],
+                include_default_microsoft_hosts=False,
+            )
+        )
+
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            downloader,
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=[
+                Attachment(
+                    content_type="text/plain",
+                    content_url=download_server.url("/files/document.txt"),
+                    name="document.txt",
+                )
+            ],
+        )
+
+        assert files == []
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == []
+
+    async def test_reports_empty_response_content_type(
+        self,
+        agent_client: AgentClient,
+        agent_environment: AgentEnvironment,
+        download_server: DownloadServer,
+    ):
+        files = await download_attachments(
+            agent_client,
+            agent_environment,
+            AttachmentDownloader(),
+            channel_id=Channels.webchat,
+            attachments=[
+                Attachment(
+                    content_type="text/plain",
+                    content_url=download_server.url(
+                        "/files/empty-content-type.txt"
+                    ),
+                    name="empty-content-type.txt",
+                )
+            ],
+        )
+
+        assert files[0]["content_type"] == ""
+        assert download_server.requested_paths == [
+            "/files/empty-content-type.txt"
+        ]