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2026-09-15 dotnet ai microsoft-extensions-ai

Microsoft.Extensions.AI 10.10 Fails Evaluation Metrics the Judge Never Scored

Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality 10.10.0 now marks unparseable and out-of-range quality scores as failed, and Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI 10.10.0 drops the Assistants adapter. Measured before and after on 10.9.0.

2026-09-14 dapper dotnet csharp

Dapper 2.1.86 brings back DateOnly and TimeOnly, two years after pulling them

Dapper 2.1.86 re-enables built-in DateOnly and TimeOnly mapping for parameters, members, and scalars, with the column-offset and silent default(T) bugs fixed. What changed, what I measured, and what it means for your custom type handlers.

2026-09-14 errors ef-core ef-core-11

Fix: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, Version=7.0.0.0' after updating EF Core

EF Core 11 is compiled against Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.0.0, but a 6.x copy won the restore or the deploy. Remove the old SqlClient pin and redeploy the full output.

2026-09-14 errors efcore dotnet

Fix: InvalidOperationException: Nullable object must have a value in an EF Core 11 projection

EF Core throws this when a Select reads a SQL NULL into a non-nullable int, decimal or DateTime. Cast the member to its nullable type and add ?? default, or guard the navigation with a null check.

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.

2026-09-12 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 comparison csharp dotnet

Lookup<TKey, TElement> vs Dictionary<TKey, List<TValue>> for duplicate keys in C#

Use ToLookup when you group once and only read: it is immutable, returns an empty sequence for missing keys, accepts null keys and keeps first-seen order. Use Dictionary<TKey, List<TValue>> when the groups change after construction or cross a JSON boundary.

2026-09-09 dotnet-11 csharp process

.NET 11 RC 1 Lets You SIGTERM a Child Process Without P/Invoke

Signal, WaitForExitStatus, and ProcessExitStatus land directly on System.Diagnostics.Process in .NET 11 RC 1, so graceful shutdown of a child process no longer needs a kill P/Invoke or a SafeProcessHandle detour.

2026-09-08 errors ef-core ef-core-11

Fix: MissingMethodException 'AbstractionsStrings.ArgumentIsEmpty' after upgrading EF Core Tools

dotnet ef throws MissingMethodException on ArgumentIsEmpty because Tools 10.0.6 stopped pulling a matching Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design. Pin Design explicitly to your EF Core version.