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2026-05-21 comparison aspnetcore minimal-apis

Minimal APIs vs controllers in ASP.NET Core 11: which should you pick in 2026?

Pick minimal APIs by default in ASP.NET Core 11. Use controllers only when you need MVC features that minimal APIs still do not match: convention-based routing across many actions, MVC-style filters, or Razor views.

2026-05-12 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: InvalidOperationException: Synchronous operations are disallowed

Replace the Stream.Read or Write call with ReadAsync/WriteAsync. As a last resort, set AllowSynchronousIO on Kestrel, IIS, or per-request via IHttpBodyControlFeature.

2026-05-10 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: Cannot consume scoped service 'X' from singleton 'Y'

ASP.NET Core's scope validation throws this when a singleton would capture a scoped dependency for the rest of the process. Make the consumer scoped, or take IServiceScopeFactory and create a scope on demand.

2026-05-10 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: Unable to resolve service for type 'X' while attempting to activate 'Y'

ASP.NET Core throws this when a constructor asks for a type that was never registered, was registered on the wrong container, or was added after the host was built. Three concrete fixes cover almost every case.

2026-05-05 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: System.InvalidOperationException: No connection string named 'DefaultConnection' could be found

If GetConnectionString returns null in .NET 11, your appsettings.json is missing the key, not copied to the build output, or the wrong environment file is being selected. Three checks fix 95% of cases.

2026-05-01 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to set up structured logging with Serilog and Seq in .NET 11

A complete guide to wiring Serilog 4.x and Seq 2025.2 into a .NET 11 ASP.NET Core app: AddSerilog vs UseSerilog, two-stage bootstrap logging, JSON configuration, enrichers, request logging, OpenTelemetry trace correlation, API keys, and the production gotchas around buffering, retention, and signal level.

2026-05-01 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to use OpenTelemetry with .NET 11 and a free backend

Wire OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs into a .NET 11 ASP.NET Core app with the OTLP exporter, then ship them to a free, self-hosted backend: the standalone Aspire Dashboard for local dev, Jaeger and SigNoz for self-hosted production, and the OpenTelemetry Collector when you need both.

2026-04-30 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to add per-endpoint rate limiting in ASP.NET Core 11

A complete guide to per-endpoint rate limiting in ASP.NET Core 11: when to pick fixed window vs sliding window vs token bucket vs concurrency, how RequireRateLimiting and [EnableRateLimiting] differ, partitioning by user or IP, the OnRejected handler, and the distributed deployment pitfall everyone hits.

2026-04-28 dotnet-10 aspnetcore openapi

Asp.Versioning 10.0 finally plays nicely with built-in OpenAPI in .NET 10

Asp.Versioning 10.0 is the first release that targets .NET 10 and the new Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi pipeline. Sander ten Brinke's April 23 walkthrough shows how to register one OpenAPI document per API version with WithDocumentPerVersion().

2026-04-28 aspnetcore openapi swagger

How to add OpenAPI authentication flows to Swagger UI in .NET 11

In .NET 11 the OpenAPI document is generated by Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi and Swagger UI is no longer in the template. Here is how to wire Bearer, OAuth2 with PKCE, and OpenID Connect so the Authorize button actually works.