v7.2.0

Release Highlights

• Redis providers are now marked as stable. Note that there is a breaking change in Redis grain state storage from the beta releases. The break can be avoided using configuration (PRs #8467 & #8487)
• Cosmos DB providers are now available, special thanks to @galvesribeiro (PR: #7848)
• Grain methods can now return IAsyncEnumerable<T> (PR: #8416)
• Grains can migrate from host-to-host atomically, without needing to reload state from the database (PR: #8452)
• Many other fixes and improvements

What's Changed

• Adding missing display character by @rwkarg in #8407
• Support custom grain call return types by @ReubenBond in #8415
• Fix parameter null check in RegexStreamNamespacePredicate by @scalablecory in #8429
• Documentation fix by @bill-poole in #8435
• Moving RuntimeContext check inside ReminderRegistry by @cmeyertons in #8436
• Automate more of the Kubernetes hosting experience by @ReubenBond in #8426
• MySQL migration script: Remove modification for column that no longer exists in Orleans 7 by @david-obee in #8314
• Add initial IAsyncEnumerable<T> support for grain calls by @ReubenBond in #8416
• In TransactionQueue, ensure readyTask failures are recovered from by @ReubenBond in #8444
• Make PooledArrayBufferWriter more versatile, rename by @ReubenBond in #8453
• Improve : throw TypeLoadException on failing to load a type by @kwemou in #8463
• Fix debug assert added for void methods: VoidRequest implies OneWay by @ReubenBond in #8468
• Added HostApplicationBuilder extensions by @IEvangelist in #8466
• ObserverManager: nits by @ScarletKuro in #8460
• TestHost - Client ability to use IHostConfigurator to align w/ Silo functionality by @cmeyertons in #8454
• Mark Redis providers as stable by @ReubenBond in #8467
• Live grain migration (#7692) by @ReubenBond in #8452
• Clean up doc comments for placement strategies by @ReubenBond in #8473
• Add missing configuration validators for Azure Table Storage providers by @ReubenBond in #8484
• Improve DeploymentLoadPublisher logic and cleanup by @ReubenBond in #8472
• Add ActivationMigrationManager to batch grain activation migrations by @ReubenBond in #8474
• Fix for possible false-positive GC delays by @ntovas in #8483
• Deduplicate generated type manifest providers added via DI by @ReubenBond in #8489
• Add Azure Cosmos DB providers for clustering, grain storage, and reminders by @galvesribeiro in #7848
• Incorporate state name into key for Redis grain storage by @ReubenBond in #8487
• Make discord links more prominent by @ReubenBond in #8496
• Add regression test for #8503 by @ReubenBond in #8504
• Fix double-free when returning pooled buffers by @ReubenBond in #8508
• Relax diagnostic analyzers for static members of grain interfaces by @minichma in #8506
• Expose Writer<>.Output directly instead of via property by @ReubenBond in #8509
• Small, targeted refactor: Address CA1517 (use nameof) by @cybertyche in #8516
• Security: Upgrade two NuGets (and one dependency) that have been flagged by @cybertyche in #8517
• Wait for migrating activations to become active or terminated by @ReubenBond in #8527
• Avoid static members in generic types by @pentp in #8526
• Lift typeof(T) to an instance field where possible by @pentp in #8528
• Apply readonly modifier when possible by @cybertyche in #8531
• Move CancellationToken arguments to the end by @cybertyche in #8525

New Contributors

• @scalablecory made their first contribution in #8429
• @bill-poole made their first contribution in #8435
• @david-obee made their first contribution in #8314
• @kwemou made their first contribution in #8463
• @ScarletKuro made their first contribution in #8460
• @ntovas made their first contribution in #8483
• @minichma made their first contribution in #8506
• @cybertyche made their first contribution in #8516

Full Changelog: v7.1.2...v7.2.0