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2026-07-28 ef-core ef-core-11 dotnet

How to apply EF Core 11 migrations in production with dotnet ef migrations bundle

A complete guide to deploying EF Core 11 schema changes with migration bundles: building efbundle in CI, the appsettings.json trap with named connection strings, self-contained bundles and the Alpine musl RID, migration locking since EF Core 9, rolling back with a target migration, and why per-migration transactions do not save you on MySQL.

2026-05-14 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: SqlException: Timeout expired during EF Core migrations

Migrations use the design-time DbContext, not your runtime CommandTimeout. Set the timeout via UseSqlServer(o => o.CommandTimeout(...)), the connection string Command Timeout, or Database.SetCommandTimeout before Migrate().

2026-05-11 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: dotnet ef migrations add fails with 'Unable to create an object of type DbContext'

EF Core's design-time tools could not instantiate your DbContext. Either expose a host via WebApplication.CreateBuilder, point to the right startup project, or implement IDesignTimeDbContextFactory.