diff --git a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
index 7a5bd32aab..afa5bc77f0 100644
--- a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="$(AspireAppHostSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.OllamaSharp" Version="9.8.0" />
     <!-- Azure.* -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.Agents.Persistent" Version="1.2.0-beta.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.Agents.Persistent" Version="1.2.0-beta.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.5.0-beta.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.17.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" Version="1.4.0" />
diff --git a/dotnet/samples/GettingStarted/Workflows/Declarative/ExecuteWorkflow/Program.cs b/dotnet/samples/GettingStarted/Workflows/Declarative/ExecuteWorkflow/Program.cs
index 4b26aa14f1..ce6a19b0d3 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/GettingStarted/Workflows/Declarative/ExecuteWorkflow/Program.cs
+++ b/dotnet/samples/GettingStarted/Workflows/Declarative/ExecuteWorkflow/Program.cs
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ private Program(string workflowFile, string? workflowInput)
 
     private async Task<ExternalRequest?> MonitorAndDisposeWorkflowRunAsync(Checkpointed<StreamingRun> run, object? response = null)
     {
+        // Always dispose the run when done.
         await using IAsyncDisposable disposeRun = run;
 
         bool hasStreamed = false;
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ private Program(string workflowFile, string? workflowInput)
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        await run.Run.DisposeAsync();
+                        // Yield to handle the external request
                         return requestInfo.Request;
                     }
                     break;
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ private Program(string workflowFile, string? workflowInput)
             }
         }
 
-        return default;
+        return null; // No request to handle
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/workflow-samples/DeepResearch.yaml b/workflow-samples/DeepResearch.yaml
index e1db3cc5c5..be84e92bfb 100644
--- a/workflow-samples/DeepResearch.yaml
+++ b/workflow-samples/DeepResearch.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
-# This workflow demonstrates a multi-agent orchestrator that attempts to address complex user requests.
+# This workflow coordinates multiple agents in order to address complex user requests
+# according to the "Magentic" orchestration pattern introduced by AutoGen.
 # 
 # For this workflow, several agents used, each with a prompt specific to their role:
 #