chore(1.0-dev): release 1.0.0-alpha.2

Author: a2a-bot

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{".":"1.0.0-alpha.2"}

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/compare/v1.0.0-alpha.1...v1.0.0-alpha.2) (2026-04-17)
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+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
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+* extract developer helpers in helpers folder ([#978](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/978))
+
+### Features
+
+* **utils:** add `display_agent_card()` utility for human-readable AgentCard inspection ([#972](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/972)) ([3468180](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/commit/3468180ac7396d453d99ce3e74cdd7f5a0afb5ab))
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+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Don't generate empty metadata change events in VertexTaskStore ([#974](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/974)) ([b58b03e](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/commit/b58b03ef58bd806db3accbe6dca8fc444a43bc18)), closes [#802](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/802)
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+
+### Documentation
+
+* AgentExecutor interface documentation ([#976](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/976)) ([d667e4f](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/commit/d667e4fa55e99225eb3c02e009b426a3bc2d449d))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* extract developer helpers in helpers folder ([#978](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/978)) ([5f3ea29](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/commit/5f3ea292389cf72a25a7cf2792caceb4af45f6da))
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 ## [1.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/compare/v1.0.0-alpha.0...v1.0.0-alpha.1) (2026-04-10)