diff --git a/dotnet/AutoGen.v3.ncrunchsolution b/dotnet/AutoGen.v3.ncrunchsolution
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13107d39442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/AutoGen.v3.ncrunchsolution
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<SolutionConfiguration>
+  <Settings>
+    <AllowParallelTestExecution>True</AllowParallelTestExecution>
+    <EnableRDI>True</EnableRDI>
+    <RdiConfigured>True</RdiConfigured>
+    <SolutionConfigured>True</SolutionConfigured>
+  </Settings>
+</SolutionConfiguration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentRuntime.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentRuntime.cs
index aa5b5a13a6d..6b3d4f98cdb 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentRuntime.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentRuntime.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public interface IAgentRuntime
     ValueTask SendRequestAsync(IAgentBase agent, RpcRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
     ValueTask SendMessageAsync(Message message, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
     ValueTask PublishEventAsync(CloudEvent @event, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
-    void Update(Activity? activity, RpcRequest request);
-    void Update(Activity? activity, CloudEvent cloudEvent);
-    (string?, string?) GetTraceIDandState(IDictionary<string, string> metadata);
+    void Update(RpcRequest request, Activity? activity);
+    void Update(CloudEvent cloudEvent, Activity? activity);
+    (string?, string?) GetTraceIdAndState(IDictionary<string, string> metadata);
     IDictionary<string, string> ExtractMetadata(IDictionary<string, string> metadata);
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentState.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentState.cs
index 0a6784b54fd..1b816b4ef3a 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentState.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Abstractions/IAgentState.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,24 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AutoGen.Abstractions;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for managing the state of an agent.
+/// </summary>
 public interface IAgentState
 {
-    ValueTask<AgentState> ReadStateAsync();
-    ValueTask<string> WriteStateAsync(AgentState state, string eTag);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads the current state of the agent asynchronously.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">A token to cancel the operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous read operation. The task result contains the current state of the agent.</returns>
+    ValueTask<AgentState> ReadStateAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the specified state of the agent asynchronously.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="state">The state to write.</param>
+    /// <param name="eTag">The ETag for concurrency control.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">A token to cancel the operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous write operation. The task result contains the ETag of the written state.</returns>
+    ValueTask<string> WriteStateAsync(AgentState state, string eTag, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs
index 13b2e851969..345e6d34c82 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBase.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ protected internal async Task HandleRpcMessage(Message msg, CancellationToken ca
                 {
                     var activity = this.ExtractActivity(msg.CloudEvent.Type, msg.CloudEvent.Metadata);
                     await this.InvokeWithActivityAsync(
-                        static ((AgentBase Agent, CloudEvent Item) state) => state.Agent.CallHandler(state.Item),
+                        static ((AgentBase Agent, CloudEvent Item) state, CancellationToken _) => state.Agent.CallHandler(state.Item),
                         (this, msg.CloudEvent),
                         activity,
                         msg.CloudEvent.Type, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ await this.InvokeWithActivityAsync(
                 {
                     var activity = this.ExtractActivity(msg.Request.Method, msg.Request.Metadata);
                     await this.InvokeWithActivityAsync(
-                        static ((AgentBase Agent, RpcRequest Request) state) => state.Agent.OnRequestCoreAsync(state.Request),
+                        static ((AgentBase Agent, RpcRequest Request) state, CancellationToken ct) => state.Agent.OnRequestCoreAsync(state.Request, ct),
                         (this, msg.Request),
                         activity,
                         msg.Request.Method, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ public async Task StoreAsync(AgentState state, CancellationToken cancellationTok
     }
     public async Task<T> ReadAsync<T>(AgentId agentId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) where T : IMessage, new()
     {
-        var agentstate = await _context.ReadAsync(agentId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        return agentstate.FromAgentState<T>();
+        var agentState = await _context.ReadAsync(agentId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        return agentState.FromAgentState<T>();
     }
     private void OnResponseCore(RpcResponse response)
     {
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ protected async Task<RpcResponse> RequestAsync(AgentId target, string method, Di
         activity?.SetTag("peer.service", target.ToString());
 
         var completion = new TaskCompletionSource<RpcResponse>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
-        _context.Update(activity, request);
+        _context.Update(request, activity);
         await this.InvokeWithActivityAsync(
-            static async ((AgentBase Agent, RpcRequest Request, TaskCompletionSource<RpcResponse>) state) =>
+            static async ((AgentBase Agent, RpcRequest Request, TaskCompletionSource<RpcResponse>) state, CancellationToken ct) =>
             {
                 var (self, request, completion) = state;
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static async ((AgentBase Agent, RpcRequest Request, TaskCompletionSource<RpcResp
                     self._pendingRequests[request.RequestId] = completion;
                 }
 
-                await state.Agent._context.SendRequestAsync(state.Agent, state.Request).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await state.Agent._context.SendRequestAsync(state.Agent, state.Request, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 await completion.Task.ConfigureAwait(false);
             },
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ public async ValueTask PublishEventAsync(CloudEvent item, CancellationToken canc
         activity?.SetTag("peer.service", $"{item.Type}/{item.Source}");
 
         // TODO: fix activity
-        _context.Update(activity, item);
+        _context.Update(item, activity);
         await this.InvokeWithActivityAsync(
-            static async ((AgentBase Agent, CloudEvent Event) state) =>
+            static async ((AgentBase Agent, CloudEvent Event) state, CancellationToken ct) =>
             {
-                await state.Agent._context.PublishEventAsync(state.Event).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await state.Agent._context.PublishEventAsync(state.Event, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
             },
             (this, item),
             activity,
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBaseExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBaseExtensions.cs
index ce1318a0d33..5d738e5fc38 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBaseExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentBaseExtensions.cs
@@ -5,15 +5,25 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AutoGen.Agents;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides extension methods for the <see cref="AgentBase"/> class.
+/// </summary>
 public static class AgentBaseExtensions
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extracts an <see cref="Activity"/> from the given agent and metadata.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="agent">The agent from which to extract the activity.</param>
+    /// <param name="activityName">The name of the activity.</param>
+    /// <param name="metadata">The metadata containing trace information.</param>
+    /// <returns>The extracted <see cref="Activity"/> or null if extraction fails.</returns>
     public static Activity? ExtractActivity(this AgentBase agent, string activityName, IDictionary<string, string> metadata)
     {
         Activity? activity;
-        (var traceParent, var traceState) = agent.Context.GetTraceIDandState(metadata);
+        var (traceParent, traceState) = agent.Context.GetTraceIdAndState(metadata);
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(traceParent))
         {
-            if (ActivityContext.TryParse(traceParent, traceState, isRemote: true, out ActivityContext parentContext))
+            if (ActivityContext.TryParse(traceParent, traceState, isRemote: true, out var parentContext))
             {
                 // traceParent is a W3CId
                 activity = AgentBase.s_source.CreateActivity(activityName, ActivityKind.Server, parentContext);
@@ -33,12 +43,9 @@ public static class AgentBaseExtensions
 
                 var baggage = agent.Context.ExtractMetadata(metadata);
 
-                if (baggage is not null)
+                foreach (var baggageItem in baggage)
                 {
-                    foreach (var baggageItem in baggage)
-                    {
-                        activity.AddBaggage(baggageItem.Key, baggageItem.Value);
-                    }
+                    activity.AddBaggage(baggageItem.Key, baggageItem.Value);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -49,7 +56,19 @@ public static class AgentBaseExtensions
 
         return activity;
     }
-    public static async Task InvokeWithActivityAsync<TState>(this AgentBase agent, Func<TState, Task> func, TState state, Activity? activity, string methodName, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Invokes a function asynchronously within the context of an <see cref="Activity"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TState">The type of the state parameter.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="agent">The agent invoking the function.</param>
+    /// <param name="func">The function to invoke.</param>
+    /// <param name="state">The state parameter to pass to the function.</param>
+    /// <param name="activity">The activity within which to invoke the function.</param>
+    /// <param name="methodName">The name of the method being invoked.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">A token to monitor for cancellation requests.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    public static async Task InvokeWithActivityAsync<TState>(this AgentBase agent, Func<TState, CancellationToken, Task> func, TState state, Activity? activity, string methodName, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         if (activity is not null && activity.StartTimeUtc == default)
         {
@@ -63,7 +82,7 @@ public static async Task InvokeWithActivityAsync<TState>(this AgentBase agent, F
 
         try
         {
-            await func(state).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await func(state, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             if (activity is not null && activity.IsAllDataRequested)
             {
                 activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentRuntime.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentRuntime.cs
index fad372ce2f9..c36d456af32 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentRuntime.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/AgentRuntime.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ internal sealed class AgentRuntime(AgentId agentId, IAgentWorker worker, ILogger
     public ILogger<AgentBase> Logger { get; } = logger;
     public IAgentBase? AgentInstance { get; set; }
     private DistributedContextPropagator DistributedContextPropagator { get; } = distributedContextPropagator;
-    public (string?, string?) GetTraceIDandState(IDictionary<string, string> metadata)
+    public (string?, string?) GetTraceIdAndState(IDictionary<string, string> metadata)
     {
         DistributedContextPropagator.ExtractTraceIdAndState(metadata,
             static (object? carrier, string fieldName, out string? fieldValue, out IEnumerable<string>? fieldValues) =>
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ internal sealed class AgentRuntime(AgentId agentId, IAgentWorker worker, ILogger
             out var traceState);
         return (traceParent, traceState);
     }
-    public void Update(Activity? activity, RpcRequest request)
+    public void Update(RpcRequest request, Activity? activity = null)
     {
         DistributedContextPropagator.Inject(activity, request.Metadata, static (carrier, key, value) => ((IDictionary<string, string>)carrier!)[key] = value);
     }
-    public void Update(Activity? activity, CloudEvent cloudEvent)
+    public void Update(CloudEvent cloudEvent, Activity? activity = null)
     {
         DistributedContextPropagator.Inject(activity, cloudEvent.Metadata, static (carrier, key, value) => ((IDictionary<string, string>)carrier!)[key] = value);
     }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/AIAgent/InferenceAgent.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/AIAgent/InferenceAgent.cs
index a0383a3c219..bf68467e3fa 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/AIAgent/InferenceAgent.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Agents/AIAgent/InferenceAgent.cs
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 using Microsoft.AutoGen.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
 namespace Microsoft.AutoGen.Agents;
-public abstract class InferenceAgent<T> : AgentBase where T : IMessage, new()
+public abstract class InferenceAgent<T>(
+    IAgentRuntime context,
+    EventTypes typeRegistry,
+    IChatClient client)
+    : AgentBase(context, typeRegistry)
+    where T : IMessage, new()
 {
-    protected IChatClient ChatClient { get; }
-    public InferenceAgent(
-        IAgentRuntime context,
-        EventTypes typeRegistry, IChatClient client
-        ) : base(context, typeRegistry)
-    {
-        ChatClient = client;
-    }
+    protected IChatClient ChatClient { get; } = client;
 
     private Task<ChatCompletion> CompleteAsync(
         IList<ChatMessage> chatMessages,
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Services/Orleans/AgentStateGrain.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Services/Orleans/AgentStateGrain.cs
index 50d8c3ad454..9905f6aebac 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Services/Orleans/AgentStateGrain.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.AutoGen/Agents/Services/Orleans/AgentStateGrain.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AutoGen.Agents;
 
 internal sealed class AgentStateGrain([PersistentState("state", "AgentStateStore")] IPersistentState<AgentState> state) : Grain, IAgentState
 {
-    public async ValueTask<string> WriteStateAsync(AgentState newState, string eTag)
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async ValueTask<string> WriteStateAsync(AgentState newState, string eTag, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         // etags for optimistic concurrency control
         // if the Etag is null, its a new state
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ public async ValueTask<string> WriteStateAsync(AgentState newState, string eTag)
         return state.Etag;
     }
 
-    public ValueTask<AgentState> ReadStateAsync()
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public ValueTask<AgentState> ReadStateAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         return ValueTask.FromResult(state.State);
     }