SelectorGroupChat with selector_func() Serialization Issue

[Misto1997]

What is the doc issue?

Describe the issue
As per the Serializing Components doc, we can serialize/dump Teams as well, but there seems to be a feature gap/bug because of which while taking a dump of SelectorGroupChat, it skips Custom Selector Function(selector_func()).

Can someone confirm the same behaviour? Is it a known issue?

What do you want to see in the doc?
We should explicitly call out such feature gaps/bugs, as selector_func() is crucial for more control over the orchestration of the workflow, and running this config on the studio/framework will not work.

Link to the doc page, if applicable

https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/stable//user-guide/agentchat-user-guide/serialize-components.html

[ekzhu]

It is a known issue, as this requires serializing and deserializing procedure code with dependencies -- you can imagine the security risk associated with this.

One way to address this is through using GraphFlow, which can be configured declaratively. But that API is experimental.

[Misto1997]

Agreed.
I understand the limitation, and that’s exactly why I’ve suggested explicitly documenting this behaviour.

Since selector_func isn’t serialised with team.dump_component(), it can easily lead to confusion or unexpected behaviour for users. Highlighting this in the documentation would help set proper expectations and prevent misuse.