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Add support for display_name in sessions #3478
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When you make a POST request to /apps/{app_name}/users/{user}/sessions, there's no support for display_name with VertexAI. _create_session in adk_web_server.py doesn't pass display_name, even if it's included in the request body. The rest of the VertexAI session creation process accepts **kwargs, so we could also pass **kwargs in the signature
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klateefa commentedon Nov 25, 2025
@dylan-apex Thank you for reporting this. I understand the request is currently under review. Please keep me posted if anything else is needed. Thanks for your patience.
wuliang229 commentedon Jan 29, 2026
Hi @dylan-apex please see #4164 (comment). We will come back to this FR.
dylan-apex commentedon Jan 29, 2026
@wuliang229 #3480
wuliang229 commentedon Jan 29, 2026
@dylan-apex I do see the PR, it has the problem of a breaking database schema.
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Tharun-PS commentedon May 11, 2026
Do we have this feature implemented ? Providing display name for sessions via code is required. In Agent engine UI, I'm able to set it, but not via code.
WojciechNeuman commentedon May 25, 2026
Our team would also strongly benefit from this feature.
Allowing a friendly display_name when creating sessions via the ADK API would greatly improve the experience. Currently we rely on workarounds, users just see raw session IDs and session creation timestamps instead of human-readable titles like in other major LLM platforms.
Thank you!
WojciechNeuman commentedon Jun 23, 2026
Hi @wuliang229 — just gently following up on this feature request.