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Aspire 13.6 Adds Persistent Dashboard Telemetry and First-Party Java and Rust Hosting
Microsoft has released Aspire 13.6. The dashboard now stores telemetry in SQLite and keeps up to ten completed runs per application. The release adds prerelease hosting packages for Java and Rust, portable volume paths, and new CLI options. Breaking changes include automatic TLS for local MongoDB resources and a new default Cosmos DB emulator image.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 11 RC1 with Go-Live Support, C# 15 and F# 11 as Default Language Versions
Last week, Microsoft has released .NET 11 Release Candidate 1, the first release candidate of the cycle, shipping with a go-live support license for production use. The release makes C# 15 and F# 11 the default language versions, extends dotnet test to mobile and desktop targets, finalizes the SignalR authentication refresh APIs, and improves Android build times in .NET MAUI.
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.NET 11 Preview 7 Brings Updates across C#, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and Windows Forms
Last week Microsoft released .NET 11 Preview 7, with updates across C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, Windows Forms, and F#. C# adds labeled break and continue. ASP.NET Core brings Blazor circuit pausing, CacheView, and built-in validation localization. Windows Forms gains an opt-in modern rendering pipeline, and EF Core adds Half type support on SQLite.
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.NET 11 Preview 5: Brings File-Based App Improvements, New C# Features, and a Blazor Validation Wave
Microsoft has released the fifth preview of .NET 11, with updates across the SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and EF Core. Highlights include file-based app improvements, new C# closed classes and unions, a Blazor validation wave, a large MAUI reliability rollup, and SQL Server 2022 as the default EF Core compatibility level.
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Microsoft Releases Aspire 13.3 with Major Deployment and Frontend Updates
Microsoft has released Aspire 13.3, introducing a new aspire destroy command for tearing down deployments across Azure, Kubernetes, and Compose. The release adds native Kubernetes deployment in preview, first-class JavaScript publishing for Next.js and Vite, browser log capture, and a default-enabled container tunnel, alongside several breaking changes developers should review.
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.NET 11 Preview 2 Brings Performance Gains, Improved Mapping, and Native OpenTelemetry Support
Microsoft has released the second preview of .NET 11, featuring native OpenTelemetry tracing for ASP.NET Core, major Map control improvements and faster bindings in .NET MAUI, Blazor TempData support, a new Web Worker project template, and performance improvements across the runtime, SDK, and libraries.
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Uno Platform 6.5 Released with AI Agent Support, Unicode Text, and Studio Improvements
Uno Platform 6.5 introduces Antigravity AI agent support, allowing agents to verify app behavior at runtime. Hot Design now launches by default with a redesigned toolbar and new scope selector. The release also adds Unicode TextBox support for non-Latin scripts, improves WebView2 on WebAssembly, and resolves over 450 community issues across all supported platforms.
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ASP.NET Core in .NET 11 Preview 1 Brings New Blazor Components, Improved Navigation, and WebAssembly
Microsoft has released ASP.NET Core in .NET 11 Preview 1, introducing new Blazor components like EnvironmentBoundary, Label, and DisplayName, along with relative URI navigation, QuickGrid row click events, IHostedService support in WebAssembly, environment variable configuration, OpenAPI binary file response schemas, and automatic dev certificate trust in WSL.
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.NET 11 Preview 1 Arrives with Runtime Async, Zstandard Support, and C# 15 Features
NET 11 Preview 1 is released, featuring Runtime Async as the headline change, moving async method handling from the compiler into the runtime itself. The preview also brings CoreCLR WebAssembly work, native Zstandard compression, C# 15 collection expression arguments, and MAUI improvements. Community reaction has been mixed, with praise for async changes but debate over language complexity.
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Dev Proxy v2.1 Introduces Configuration Hot Reload and Stdio Traffic Proxying
The Dev Proxy team has released Dev Proxy version 2.1, introducing new features aimed at improving developer productivity and simplifying local testing workflows. This release focuses on faster iteration, better support for modern development tools, and several refinements across the proxy and its related tooling.
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Aspire 13.1 Brings MCP Integration, CLI Enhancements, and Azure Deployment Updates
Aspire 13.1 has been released as an incremental update that builds on the polyglot platform foundation introduced with Aspire 13. The release focuses on improving developer productivity through enhancements to the command-line interface, deeper support for AI-assisted development workflows, refinements to the dashboard experience, and clearer deployment behavior for Azure-based environments.
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ASP.NET Core in .NET 10: Major Updates across Blazor, APIs, and OpenAPI
Microsoft has detailed the major updates to ASP.NET Core arriving as part of last month's .NET 10 release. As reported, this version delivers extensive improvements across Blazor, Minimal APIs, OpenAPI generation, authentication, and general framework performance.
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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.