# get\_session\_attributes

Get the session attributes for the current agent invocation.

Retrieves session attributes that were previously set using set\_session\_attributes(). Works in both synchronous and asynchronous contexts automatically.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type    | Required | Default | Description                                                    |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `agent`   | `Agent` | ✗        | `None`  | The Strands Agent instance to retrieve session attributes from |

## Returns

Dictionary of session attribute key-value pairs, or empty dict if none exist

**Return type:** dict\[str, str | int | float | bool]