From b46e96532e79565e244f5fe20f6373b61df6c09b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greyson LaLonde <greyson@crewai.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 23:06:07 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: return state messages by reference, not copy

---
 lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py
index ff31251f3..20584877a 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class AgentExecutor(Flow[AgentExecutorState], BaseAgentExecutor):  # type: ignor
     @property  # type: ignore[misc]
     def messages(self) -> list[LLMMessage]:
         """Compatibility property - returns state messages."""
-        return list(self._state.messages)
+        return self._state.messages  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
 
     @messages.setter
     def messages(self, value: list[LLMMessage]) -> None: