Release 23.4.2 | End of .NET 6, 7 Support | November'24 release | +semver: patch

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📦 End of .NET 6, 7 Support (version 23.4.2)

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Hot fixed version: 23.4.1
Milestone: November'24
Version: 23.4.2

This is the last patched version for .NET 6 and 7 frameworks. The upcoming major release, version 24.0, will target .NET 9 alongside the LTS .NET 8. Projects targeting .NET 6 or 7 should update to this version while considering an upgrade to .NET 8 or 9 in the future.

ℹ️ About

• All package versions have been updated to latest versions targeting the net6.0 and net7.0 frameworks, along with the LTS net8.0.
• Dependabot alerts concerning reported vulnerabilities related to IdentityServer4 have not yet been addressed; these will be resolved in the next major release (refer to Warnings further information).

❗ Warning

1. Releasing a patched 23.4.* is possible.
2. In the next major version, the Ocelot team will remove references to the IdentityServer4 package from testing projects due to its "Public Archive" status; the version, 4.1.2, was released on July 7, 2021.
3. The main Ocelot package is not integrated with IdentityServer4, allowing Ocelot users to utilize any authentication provider, as Ocelot's Authentication feature is provider-agnostic.
4. Our plans to utilize the ASP.NET Core Identity framework in testing projects due to industry standards, instead the IdentityServer4 library.
5. Following the release of .NET 9, the team will begin the deprecation of the Ocelot extension-packages: Ocelot.Cache.CacheManager, Ocelot.Tracing.Butterfly, and Ocelot.Tracing.OpenTracing.

Features

• Review Dependabot alerts for net6.0 and net7.0 target frameworks and bump all packages #2220

Predecessor

• Release 23.4.1 | Routing patch | November'24 release | +semver: patch #2215

Successor

• .NET 9