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2026-07-23 comparison csharp dotnet

Typed results (Results<>) vs IResult vs IActionResult in ASP.NET Core 11

In ASP.NET Core 11, return Results<T1, TN> with TypedResults for minimal APIs and ActionResult<T> for controllers. Treat bare IResult and bare IActionResult as escape hatches: they compile for any response but describe nothing to OpenAPI, so you pay for them in hand-written ProducesResponseType attributes.

2026-07-23 comparison aspnetcore dotnet-11

WebApplication.CreateBuilder vs CreateSlimBuilder vs CreateEmptyBuilder in ASP.NET Core 11

Use CreateBuilder for a normal app, CreateSlimBuilder when you publish trimmed or Native AOT behind a TLS proxy, and CreateEmptyBuilder only when you want to register every service yourself. Here is the feature matrix and the gotchas that force the call.

2026-07-22 comparison aspnetcore dotnet-11

Output caching vs response caching in ASP.NET Core 11: which should you use?

Output caching is the right default for almost every server-side app in ASP.NET Core 11. Response caching only wins when your goal is to steer browser and proxy caches through HTTP headers. Here is the decision, with a feature matrix and the gotchas that force the call.

2026-07-20 aspnetcore dotnet-11 validation

Async validation lands in Minimal APIs with .NET 11 Preview 6

Preview 6 adds AsyncValidationAttribute and IAsyncValidatableObject so DataAnnotations rules can hit the database before your endpoint runs, without blocking a thread.

2026-07-19 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to add a health check endpoint to a minimal API in ASP.NET Core 11

A complete, working guide to health checks in an ASP.NET Core 11 minimal API: AddHealthChecks and MapHealthChecks, custom IHealthCheck classes returning Healthy/Degraded/Unhealthy, the AddDbContextCheck EF Core probe, tag-based liveness and readiness endpoints for Kubernetes, a JSON ResponseWriter, ResultStatusCodes, securing the endpoint with RequireAuthorization and RequireHost, and pushing results with IHealthCheckPublisher.

2026-07-19 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to add an endpoint filter to a minimal API in ASP.NET Core 11

A complete, working guide to endpoint filters in an ASP.NET Core 11 minimal API: AddEndpointFilter with an inline delegate, IEndpointFilter classes with DI, GetArgument and the Arguments list, short-circuiting with Results.Problem, FIFO/FILO ordering across multiple filters, group-level filters on MapGroup, and AddEndpointFilterFactory for signature-aware filters.

2026-07-17 aspnetcore dotnet-11 security

ASP.NET Core 11 Preview 6 turns on automatic CSRF protection

Preview 6 rejects unsafe cross-origin browser requests by default, reading the Sec-Fetch-Site header instead of an antiforgery token. Here is what it blocks and how to opt out.

2026-07-17 errors dotnet dotnet-11

Fix: "413 Request Entity Too Large" when uploading a file to an ASP.NET Core endpoint

Kestrel caps request bodies at 30,000,000 bytes by default and returns 413 when you exceed it. Raise MaxRequestBodySize globally, per endpoint, or in web.config behind IIS.

2026-07-17 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: System.InvalidOperationException: Headers are read-only, response has already started

You set a header, status code, or content type after the body was already flushed. Set all headers before the first write, or guard with HttpResponse.HasStarted and OnStarting.

2026-07-14 csharp dotnet dotnet-11

How to add response compression to an ASP.NET Core 11 API

A complete guide to response compression in ASP.NET Core 11: AddResponseCompression and UseResponseCompression, the new built-in Zstandard provider alongside Brotli and Gzip, compression levels, EnableForHttps and the CRIME/BREACH risk, custom MIME types, middleware ordering, and when to let the reverse proxy do it instead.