diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Services/OpenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Services/OpenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs
index 397c9bb0e39d..43ae9a2b76a1 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Services/OpenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Services/OpenAIChatCompletionServiceTests.cs
@@ -1936,6 +1936,16 @@ public async Task OnAutoFunctionInvocationAsync(AutoFunctionInvocationContext co
         { "{\"voice\":\"echo\",\"format\":\"opus\"}", "{\"voice\":\"echo\",\"format\":\"opus\"}" },
     };
 
+    public static TheoryData<ChatOutputAudioFormat, string> AudioMimeTypeMappingData => new()
+    {
+        { ChatOutputAudioFormat.Wav, "audio/wav" },
+        { ChatOutputAudioFormat.Aac, "audio/aac" },
+        { ChatOutputAudioFormat.Mp3, "audio/mp3" },
+        { ChatOutputAudioFormat.Opus, "audio/opus" },
+        { ChatOutputAudioFormat.Flac, "audio/flac" },
+        { ChatOutputAudioFormat.Pcm16, "audio/pcm16" },
+    };
+
 #pragma warning disable CS8618, CA1812
     private sealed class MathReasoning
     {
@@ -2146,6 +2156,56 @@ public async Task ItHandlesAudioContentWithMetadataInResponseAsync()
         // The ExpiresAt value is converted to a DateTime object, so we can't directly compare it to the Unix timestamp
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(AudioMimeTypeMappingData))]
+    public async Task ItMapsAudioOutputFormatToCorrectMimeTypeAsync(ChatOutputAudioFormat format, string expectedMimeType)
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var chatCompletion = new OpenAIChatCompletionService(modelId: "gpt-4o", apiKey: "NOKEY", httpClient: this._httpClient);
+
+        var responseJson = """
+        {
+            "model": "gpt-4o",
+            "choices": [
+                {
+                    "message": {
+                        "role": "assistant",
+                        "content": "This is the text response.",
+                        "audio": {
+                            "data": "AQIDBA=="
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "finish_reason": "stop"
+                }
+            ],
+            "usage": {
+                "prompt_tokens": 10,
+                "completion_tokens": 20,
+                "total_tokens": 30
+            }
+        }
+        """;
+
+        this._messageHandlerStub.ResponseToReturn = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+        { Content = new StringContent(responseJson) };
+
+        var settings = new OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings
+        {
+            Modalities = ChatResponseModalities.Text | ChatResponseModalities.Audio,
+            Audio = new ChatAudioOptions(ChatOutputAudioVoice.Alloy, format)
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        var result = await chatCompletion.GetChatMessageContentAsync(this._chatHistoryForTest, settings);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Equal(2, result.Items.Count);
+        var audioContent = result.Items[1] as AudioContent;
+        Assert.NotNull(audioContent);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedMimeType, audioContent.MimeType);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task GetChatMessageContentsThrowsExceptionWithEmptyBinaryContentAsync()
     {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.ChatCompletion.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.ChatCompletion.cs
index 7f8dfa41a2d9..8e96bb8912b5 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.ChatCompletion.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.ChatCompletion.cs
@@ -999,9 +999,9 @@ private OpenAIChatMessageContent CreateChatMessageContent(OAIChat.ChatCompletion
             return "audio/opus";
         }
 
-        if (audioOptions.OutputAudioFormat == ChatOutputAudioFormat.Wav)
+        if (audioOptions.OutputAudioFormat == ChatOutputAudioFormat.Aac)
         {
-            return "audio/wav";
+            return "audio/aac";
         }
 
         if (audioOptions.OutputAudioFormat == ChatOutputAudioFormat.Flac)
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ private OpenAIChatMessageContent CreateChatMessageContent(OAIChat.ChatCompletion
             return "audio/pcm16";
         }
 
-        throw new NotSupportedException($"Unsupported audio output format '{audioOptions.OutputAudioFormat}'. Supported formats are 'wav', 'mp3', 'opus', 'flac' and 'pcm16'.");
+        throw new NotSupportedException($"Unsupported audio output format '{audioOptions.OutputAudioFormat}'. Supported formats are 'wav', 'mp3', 'opus', 'aac', 'flac' and 'pcm16'.");
     }
 
     private OpenAIChatMessageContent CreateChatMessageContent(ChatMessageRole chatRole, string content, ChatToolCall[] toolCalls, FunctionCallContent[]? functionCalls, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>? metadata, string? authorName)
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.Abstractions/KernelProcess.cs b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.Abstractions/KernelProcess.cs
index d35c29ad6a78..80901b5340ce 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.Abstractions/KernelProcess.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.Abstractions/KernelProcess.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Process.Internal;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Process.Models;
 
@@ -50,5 +51,9 @@ public KernelProcess(KernelProcessState state, IList<KernelProcessStepInfo> step
         Verify.NotNullOrWhiteSpace(state.Name);
 
         this.Steps = [.. steps];
+        if (threads is not null)
+        {
+            this.Threads = threads.ToDictionary(kvp => kvp.Key, kvp => kvp.Value);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.UnitTests/KernelProcessTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.UnitTests/KernelProcessTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11bc7431683c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Process.UnitTests/KernelProcessTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Process.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Unit tests for <see cref="KernelProcess"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public class KernelProcessTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that the <see cref="KernelProcess"/> constructor assigns the supplied
+    /// <c>threads</c> dictionary to the <see cref="KernelProcess.Threads"/> property
+    /// instead of silently discarding it.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Constructor_AssignsThreadsParameter_WhenProvided()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var state = new KernelProcessState(name: "TestProcess", version: "v1", id: "p1");
+        var steps = new List<KernelProcessStepInfo>();
+        var threads = new Dictionary<string, KernelProcessAgentThread>
+        {
+            ["main"] = new KernelProcessAgentThread { ThreadName = "main", ThreadId = "t-1" },
+            ["aux"] = new KernelProcessAgentThread { ThreadName = "aux", ThreadId = "t-2" },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        var process = new KernelProcess(state, steps, edges: null, threads: threads);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Equal(2, process.Threads.Count);
+        Assert.True(process.Threads.ContainsKey("main"));
+        Assert.True(process.Threads.ContainsKey("aux"));
+        Assert.Equal("t-1", process.Threads["main"].ThreadId);
+        Assert.Equal("t-2", process.Threads["aux"].ThreadId);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verifies that the <see cref="KernelProcess"/> constructor leaves
+    /// <see cref="KernelProcess.Threads"/> as an empty dictionary when the
+    /// <c>threads</c> argument is null.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Constructor_DefaultsThreadsToEmptyDictionary_WhenNull()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var state = new KernelProcessState(name: "TestProcess", version: "v1", id: "p2");
+        var steps = new List<KernelProcessStepInfo>();
+
+        // Act
+        var process = new KernelProcess(state, steps, edges: null, threads: null);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(process.Threads);
+        Assert.Empty(process.Threads);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs
index d7976ad2dbd0..3c2accd5942b 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs
@@ -179,15 +179,17 @@ public static class PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions
                 options.ToolMode = ChatToolMode.Auto;
                 options.AllowMultipleToolCalls = autoChoiceBehavior.Options?.AllowParallelCalls;
             }
-            else if (settings.FunctionChoiceBehavior is NoneFunctionChoiceBehavior noneFunctionChoiceBehavior)
-            {
-                options.ToolMode = ChatToolMode.None;
-            }
-            else if (settings.FunctionChoiceBehavior is RequiredFunctionChoiceBehavior requiredFunctionChoiceBehavior)
-            {
-                options.ToolMode = ChatToolMode.RequireAny;
-                options.AllowMultipleToolCalls = requiredFunctionChoiceBehavior.Options?.AllowParallelCalls;
-            }
+            else
+                if (settings.FunctionChoiceBehavior is NoneFunctionChoiceBehavior noneFunctionChoiceBehavior)
+                {
+                    options.ToolMode = ChatToolMode.None;
+                }
+                else
+                    if (settings.FunctionChoiceBehavior is RequiredFunctionChoiceBehavior requiredFunctionChoiceBehavior)
+                    {
+                        options.ToolMode = ChatToolMode.RequireAny;
+                        options.AllowMultipleToolCalls = requiredFunctionChoiceBehavior.Options?.AllowParallelCalls;
+                    }
 
             options.Tools = [];
             foreach (var function in functions)
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearchStore/TextSearchStore.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearchStore/TextSearchStore.cs
index d58ba26c6555..25e7cd9a8766 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearchStore/TextSearchStore.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearchStore/TextSearchStore.cs
@@ -202,12 +202,7 @@ public async Task<KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult>> GetTextSearchResultsAsy
         var searchResult = await this.SearchInternalAsync(query, searchOptions, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         var results = searchResult.Select(x => new TextSearchResult(x.Text ?? string.Empty) { Name = x.SourceName, Link = x.SourceLink });
-        return new(searchResult.Select(x =>
-            new TextSearchResult(x.Text ?? string.Empty)
-            {
-                Name = x.SourceName,
-                Link = x.SourceLink
-            }).ToAsyncEnumerable());
+        return new(results.ToAsyncEnumerable());
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Data/TextSearchStoreTests.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Data/TextSearchStoreTests.cs
index a2a39a35ea7b..49543725399c 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Data/TextSearchStoreTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Data/TextSearchStoreTests.cs
@@ -245,6 +245,37 @@ public async Task SearchAsyncReturnsSearchResults()
         Assert.Equal("Sample text", actualResultsList[0]);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetTextSearchResultsAsyncReturnsTextSearchResults()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var mockResults = new List<VectorSearchResult<TextSearchStore<string>.TextRagStorageDocument<string>>>
+        {
+            new(new TextSearchStore<string>.TextRagStorageDocument<string>
+            {
+                Text = "Sample text",
+                SourceName = "src-name",
+                SourceLink = "src-link",
+            }, 0.9f)
+        };
+
+        this._recordCollectionMock
+            .Setup(r => r.SearchAsync("query", 3, It.IsAny<VectorSearchOptions<TextSearchStore<string>.TextRagStorageDocument<string>>>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+            .Returns(mockResults.ToAsyncEnumerable());
+
+        using var store = new TextSearchStore<string>(this._vectorStoreMock.Object, "testCollection", 128);
+
+        // Act
+        var actualResults = await store.GetTextSearchResultsAsync("query");
+
+        // Assert
+        var actualResultsList = await actualResults.Results.ToListAsync();
+        Assert.Single(actualResultsList);
+        Assert.Equal("Sample text", actualResultsList[0].Value);
+        Assert.Equal("src-name", actualResultsList[0].Name);
+        Assert.Equal("src-link", actualResultsList[0].Link);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task SearchAsyncWithHybridReturnsSearchResults()
     {