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Use HasData only for fixed, model-owned reference data. Use UseSeeding and UseAsyncSeeding for everything else in EF Core 11. A side-by-side comparison with the rules that force the decision.

Claude Code v2.1.191 (June 24, 2026) extends /rewind so you can restore conversation and code state from before you ran /clear, recovering context that used to be gone for good.

EF Core throws FOREIGN KEY constraint failed because the parent still has dependents the database refuses to orphan. Load the children, make the relationship optional, or configure OnDelete.

MCP error -32000 means your MCP server process exited before the handshake finished. Fix the missing binary, the Windows cmd /c wrap, the event-loop exit, and the startup race.

EF Core throws this when AddDbContext never ran, ran after Build, or your context's constructor takes the wrong DbContextOptions. Register before Build and use DbContextOptions<YourContext>.

Use cookie authentication for any app where the browser is the only client, and reserve JWT bearer tokens for APIs called by mobile apps, other services, or third parties. Here is the full decision matrix.

The new sandbox.credentials setting in Claude Code v2.1.187 denies reads of credential files and unsets secret env vars before sandboxed Bash commands run. Here is why the default read policy was a hole, and how to close it.

A protected endpoint returning 405 instead of 401 almost always means routing rejected the HTTP verb before auth ran, or a cookie scheme stole the challenge. Here is how to tell which.

A valid token that still 401s almost always means the bearer handler never ran or ran under the wrong scheme. Check middleware order, the default scheme, the scheme name, and whether the header even reached the handler.

HasData seeds an entity with a store-generated key but no explicit value. Give every seed row a stable non-zero Id, or switch to UseSeeding for generated keys.