updating and freezing packages

Author: BethanyJep

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -12,30 +12,29 @@ uv              # MCP Server
 # ................ Data manipulation and visualization
 matplotlib==3.10.3  # For creating visualizations
 numpy==2.3.1        # For numerical computations
-pandas              # For data manipulation and analysis
+pandas==2.3.3       # For data manipulation and analysis
 
 # ................ Azure AI SDK Dependencies
-azure-identity                  # For Azure authentication
-azure-search-documents==11.5.3  # For Azure AI Search
-azure-ai-evaluation==1.12.0     # For model evaluation (pinned to 1.12.0 - stable version from Oct 2, 2025)
-azure-mgmt-cognitiveservices    # For model deployment
+azure-identity                          # For Azure authentication
+azure-search-documents==11.5.3          # For Azure AI Search
+azure-ai-evaluation==1.12.0             # For model evaluation (pinned to 1.12.0 - stable version from Oct 2, 2025)
+azure-mgmt-cognitiveservices            # For model deployment
 
-# Agent Framework - Ensure all packages are compatible versions
-agent-framework>=1.0.0b251028
-agent-framework-azure-ai>=1.0.0b251028
-agent-framework-core>=1.0.0b251028    
+
+# Agent Framework - Frozen to specific versions for stability
+agent-framework==1.0.0b251108
+agent-framework-azure-ai==1.0.0b251108
+agent-framework-core==1.0.0b251108    
 
 ## ............... Azure OpenAI Dependencies
-openai 
-requests 
-tiktoken 
+openai==2.7.2              # Azure OpenAI Python client
+requests==2.32.5           # HTTP requests library
+tiktoken==0.12.0           # Tokenization library for OpenAI models 
 
 ## ............... Tracing Lab Dependencies
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2
-langchain-azure-ai
-#openai 
-openai-agents 
-rich 
-azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter
-#python-dotenv
-azure-monitor-opentelemetry 
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2  # OpenTelemetry instrumentation
+langchain-azure-ai==1.0.3                       # LangChain Azure AI integration
+openai-agents==0.5.0                             # OpenAI Agents SDK
+rich==14.2.0                                     # Rich text and beautiful formatting
+azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter==1.0.0b44  # Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry exporter
+azure-monitor-opentelemetry==1.8.1               # Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry