Address review comments

Author: ashubham

src/google/adk/sessions/base_session_service.py

@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ async def append_event(self, session: Session, event: Event) -> Event:
     """Appends an event to a session object."""
     if event.partial:
       return event
-    event = self._trim_temp_delta_state(event)
+    # Update session state with ALL keys (including temp:) so they're accessible
+    # during callbacks within the same invocation
     self._update_session_state(session, event)
+    # Trim temp: keys from the event before persisting to avoid storing them
+    event = self._trim_temp_delta_state(event)
     session.events.append(event)
     return event
 
@@ -127,5 +130,4 @@ def _update_session_state(self, session: Session, event: Event) -> None:
     """Updates the session state based on the event."""
     if not event.actions or not event.actions.state_delta:
       return
-    for key, value in event.actions.state_delta.items():
-      session.state.update({key: value})
+    session.state.update(event.actions.state_delta)

tests/unittests/test_runners.py

@@ -1322,5 +1322,79 @@ async def after_agent_callback(self, *, agent, callback_context):
       assert "temp:test_key" not in event.actions.state_delta
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_temp_state_from_state_delta_accessible_in_callbacks():
+  """Tests that temp: state set via run_async state_delta parameter is
+  accessible during lifecycle callbacks but not persisted."""
+
+  # Track what state was seen during callbacks
+  state_seen_in_before_agent = {}
+
+  class StateAccessPlugin(BasePlugin):
+    """Plugin that accesses state during callbacks."""
+
+    async def before_agent_callback(self, *, agent, callback_context):
+      # Check if temp state from state_delta is accessible
+      state_seen_in_before_agent["temp:from_run_async"] = (
+          callback_context.state.get("temp:from_run_async")
+      )
+      state_seen_in_before_agent["normal:from_run_async"] = (
+          callback_context.state.get("normal:from_run_async")
+      )
+      return None
+
+  # Setup
+  session_service = InMemorySessionService()
+  plugin = StateAccessPlugin(name="state_access")
+
+  agent = MockAgent(name="test_agent")
+  runner = Runner(
+      app_name=TEST_APP_ID,
+      agent=agent,
+      session_service=session_service,
+      plugins=[plugin],
+      auto_create_session=True,
+  )
+
+  # Run the agent with state_delta containing both temp and normal keys
+  events = []
+  async for event in runner.run_async(
+      user_id=TEST_USER_ID,
+      session_id=TEST_SESSION_ID,
+      new_message=types.Content(
+          role="user", parts=[types.Part(text="test message")]
+      ),
+      state_delta={
+          "temp:from_run_async": "temp_value",
+          "normal:from_run_async": "normal_value",
+      },
+  ):
+    events.append(event)
+
+  # Verify temp state from state_delta WAS accessible during callbacks
+  assert (
+      state_seen_in_before_agent["temp:from_run_async"] == "temp_value"
+  ), "temp: state from state_delta should be accessible in callbacks"
+  assert state_seen_in_before_agent["normal:from_run_async"] == "normal_value"
+
+  # Verify temp state is NOT persisted in the session
+  session = await session_service.get_session(
+      app_name=TEST_APP_ID,
+      user_id=TEST_USER_ID,
+      session_id=TEST_SESSION_ID,
+  )
+
+  # Normal state should be persisted
+  assert session.state.get("normal:from_run_async") == "normal_value"
+
+  # Temp state should NOT be persisted
+  assert "temp:from_run_async" not in session.state
+
+  # Verify temp state is also not in any event's state_delta
+  for event in session.events:
+    if event.actions and event.actions.state_delta:
+      assert "temp:from_run_async" not in event.actions.state_delta
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   pytest.main([__file__])