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.NET 10 Officially Released with Major Performance, AI, and Developer Experience Improvements
Microsoft announced the general availability of .NET 10, describing it as the most productive, modern, secure, and high-performance version of the platform to date. As stated by the company, the release is the result of a year-long effort involving thousands of contributors. It includes improvements across the runtime, libraries, languages, tools, frameworks, and workloads.
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Dev Proxy v1.3.0: HAR File Generation, LLM Usage Tracking, and Enhanced API Testing Feature
Dev Proxy v1.3.0 has been released, introducing several new features aimed at improving debugging, testing, and API monitoring. The update includes two new plugins, HAR file generation for standardized network tracing and OpenAI usage tracking for better visibility into AI-related costs, along with enhancements to permissions analysis, OpenAPI specification generation, and overall stability.
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New NuGet.org Sponsorship Feature Enables Developers to Support Package Authors
Microsoft has announced a new Sponsorship feature on NuGet.org, designed to help package maintainers receive direct financial support from the community. As stated in the official announcement, the goal is to “make it easier than ever for consumers to recognize and support the authors behind their favorite packages,” while strengthening the overall .NET ecosystem.
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.NET 10 Release Candidate 2: Finalizes SDK, MAUI Stabilization, and MSBuild Enhancements ahead of GA
Microsoft has released .NET 10 Release Candidate 2, the final pre-release build before general availability. As reported by the .NET team, RC 2 ships with a go-live support license, enabling production deployment while allowing developers to validate the platform ahead of its official release. The build is supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit.
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Microsoft Extends Support Period for .NET Standard Term Support (STS) Releases from 18 to 24 Months
Microsoft announced an extension to its .NET Standard Term Support releases from 18 months to 24 months, as reported on the company's official development blog. The policy change, effective with .NET 9, will extend support for the latest release until November 10, 2026, matching the end-of-support date for .NET 8, a Long Term Support version.
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.NET 10 RC 1: Introduces Persistent State in Blazor, Enhanced Validation, and Production-Ready Tools
Last week, Microsoft announced the release of .NET 10 RC 1, the first of two release candidates ahead of the final version. As stated by the .NET team, this build comes with a go-live license, allowing developers to use it in production environments with official support. It is available alongside Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and is supported in Visual Studio Code through the C# Dev Kit.
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.NET 10 Preview 7 Delivers ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and MAUI Enhancements, with C# 14 Feature Complete
Microsoft's .NET 10 Preview 7 showcases significant enhancements across ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms. Key updates include easier exception handling, improved cookie and passkey authentication, and a clearer local development experience with .localhost support. C# 14 reaches feature completeness, while .NET MAUI optimizes build performance.
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Dev Proxy Reaches v1.0 with AI Failure Simulation, Token Rate Limiting, and Integration Enhancements
Dev Proxy has reached a significant milestone with the release of version 1.0, introducing a range of new features aimed at helping developers build more reliable AI-powered applications. As reported in the announcement, the update focuses on realistic simulation of language model behavior, advanced resource tracking, and improvements to integration tools
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.NET 10 Preview 6 Introduces Blazor Enhancements, Memory Optimization, and SDK Improvements
Microsoft has announced the sixth preview of .NET 10, introducing a broad range of enhancements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and .NET MAUI. As stated in the official release, the update focuses on improving performance, developer experience, and cross-platform tooling.
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.NET 10 Preview 5 Brings Blazor Observability, XAML Simplification and More
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the release of .NET 10 Preview 5, delivering updates across multiple components, including ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Entity Framework Core, and more. As reported, this preview introduces new features and improvements to enhance developer productivity, application observability, and customization.
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Dev Proxy v0.28 Introduces Telemetry for LLM Usage and Cost Analysis
The .NET team has released Dev Proxy version 0.28, introducing new capabilities aimed at improving observability, plugin extensibility, and integration with AI models. A central feature of this release is the OpenAITelemetryPlugin, which, as reported, allows developers to track usage and estimated costs of OpenAI and Azure OpenAI language model requests within their applications.
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.NET Aspire 9.3 Brings GitHub Copilot Integration and Expanded Azure Support
The .NET team has released version 9.3 of .NET Aspire, introducing updates across diagnostics, integrations, and deployment workflows. As stated in the official announcement, this release aims to improve the developer experience by integrating GitHub Copilot into the Aspire dashboard, expanding tracing capabilities, and simplifying Azure deployments.
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.NET 10 Preview 4: Improved JSON Patch, Blazor Diagnostics, OpenAPI Integration, and More
Microsoft has released the fourth preview of .NET 10, bringing a range of enhancements across ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, WPF, Entity Framework Core, and the runtime.
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Uno Platform 6.0 and Uno Platform Studio Released with Major Performance and Tooling Enhancements
The Uno Platform team has announced the general availability of Uno Platform 6.0 and Uno Platform Studio, introducing a broad set of enhancements aimed at improving developer productivity and cross-platform performance.
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Dev Proxy v0.27 Released: Enhanced API Modeling, AI Integration, and Improved Configuration Features
The Dev Proxy team at Microsoft has announced the release of version 0.27, focusing on enhancing the developer experience with several new features and improvements aimed at streamlining API specification generation, improving editing suggestions, and laying the groundwork for future AI integrations.