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2026-09-14 dotnet-11 dotnet csharp

How to Create and Extract ZIP Files Asynchronously with the ZipArchive Async APIs in .NET 11

Use ZipFile.CreateFromDirectoryAsync, ExtractToDirectoryAsync, ZipArchive.CreateAsync and ZipArchiveEntry.OpenAsync without hidden synchronous I/O. Measured on .NET 11 RC 1 and .NET 10.0.12, including the .NET 10 bug that still blocks Kestrel.

2026-09-13 agent-framework dotnet ai-agents

Agent Framework 1.21: LocalCodeAct Stops Handing Your Host Environment to Model-Written Python

Microsoft Agent Framework .NET 1.21.0 ships Microsoft.Agents.AI.LocalCodeAct 1.21.0-preview.260911.1, which no longer lets the CodeAct Python subprocess inherit the parent environment when Environment is null. On 1.20, generated code could read every host variable, API keys included.

2026-09-13 errors cursor ai-agents

Fix: Cursor Agent Won't Initialise Because the Extension Host Didn't Finish Starting Within 60 Seconds

Agent Execution Timed Out, ERROR_EXTENSION_HOST_TIMEOUT and Timeout waiting for EverythingProvider are one failure: Cursor's extension host missed its 60 s startup budget. Read exthost.log first, then fix the right cause: endpoint security, a VPN capturing loopback, a corrupt state database, or an extension.

2026-09-13 aspnetcore minimal-apis dotnet-11

How to bind a complex query-string object with [AsParameters] in a minimal API in ASP.NET Core 11

Put [AsParameters] on a class or record to bind a whole query-string filter in an ASP.NET Core 11 minimal API. Covers defaults, arrays, enums, nested objects, validation, OpenAPI, and a Native AOT generator bug with positional records.

2026-09-13 dotnet-maui android r8

How to enable R8 shrinking and obfuscation for a .NET MAUI Android release build

Set AndroidLinkTool to r8, keep trimming on, and add a ProguardConfiguration file. Why .NET 10 and .NET 11 RC 1 still ship un-obfuscated Java, how the new AndroidR8ObfuscationMode property changes that, and how to verify R8 actually ran.

2026-09-13 dotnet-maui android maui-shell

How to intercept the Android back button on a .NET MAUI Shell root page

Override OnBackButtonPressed on the root page and run .NET MAUI 10.0.101 or later. Why root pages stopped receiving back presses from 10.0.70 (Android 16) and 10.0.100 (every Android version), why .NET 11 RC 1 is still affected, why Shell.OnNavigating and BackButtonBehavior.Command do not help, and a MainActivity workaround for the broken versions.

2026-09-12 dotnet-11 containers sdk

.NET 11 RC 1 Makes dotnet publish Container Images Reproducible

The .NET 11 RC 1 SDK honors SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH when publishing container images, strips the process id from layer tar headers, and skips blob uploads when the registry already has the manifest. Same commit in, same digest out.

2026-09-12 mcp ai-agents errors

Fix: an MCP client drops the Authorization header across a 308 cross-origin redirect and gets a 401

Your MCP URL 307/308-redirects to another host, the client follows it, the Authorization header is stripped, and the target answers 401. Register the final URL.

2026-09-12 ef-core ef-core-11 dotnet-11

How to escape % and _ wildcards in EF.Functions.Like and StartsWith queries in EF Core 11

StartsWith, EndsWith and Contains already escape % and _ for you in EF Core 11, but EF.Functions.Like does not. Here is the SQL EF generates, a reusable escape helper, and the escapeCharacter overload that makes it work on SQL Server, SQLite and PostgreSQL.

2026-09-12 comparison ef-core ef-core-11

Native json column vs nvarchar(max) for storing JSON in SQL Server with EF Core 11

Use the native json type on SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL: EF Core 11 gets JSON_CONTAINS, typed JSON_VALUE, in-place modify() and JSON indexes out of it. Stay on nvarchar(max) for SQL Server 2019/2022, legacy tooling, or a schema you must be able to roll back.