From cb63169c2914f917698542c99d8bf2a1782c406c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:55:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From f16b9e72d428c4c17a3496e5b019999bbf74cdae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix flaky test: initialize creationTime 1 second in the
 past

Co-authored-by: crickman <66376200+crickman@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../MessageMergerTests.cs                                       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
index 704e25b14a..4181dad409 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/MessageMergerTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class MessageMergerTests
     [Fact]
     public void Test_MessageMerger_AssemblesMessage()
     {
-        DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+        DateTimeOffset creationTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
         string responseId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
         string messageId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");