Breaking Changes

• Dropped support for .NET 6#2927
• Removed SQL 2000 client-side debugging support for .NET Framework#2981,#2940

Added

• Enabled NuGet package auditing via NuGet.org audit source#3024
• Added support for .NET 9#2946
• Added dependency on System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs:9.0.0 to addressSYSLIB0057#2946
• Added dependency on Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography:9.0.0#2946
• Added missing SqlCommand_BeginExecuteReader code sample#3009
• Added support for SqlConnectionOverrides in OpenAsync() API#2433
• Added localization in Czech, Polish, and Turkish#2987

Fixed

• Reverted default value of UseMinimumLoginTimeout context switch to 'true'#2419
• Added missing DynamicallyAccessedMembers attributes in .NET Runtime reference assemblies.#2946
• Synchronized dependencies of Reference Assemblies with Runtime assemblies#2878
• Fixed lazy initialization of the _SqlMetaData hidden column map for .NET Framework#2964

Changed

• Updated Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory to 9.0.0 for all frameworks#2946
• Updated System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager to 9.0.0#2946
• Updated docs to use absolute links#2949
• Removed System.Text.Json dependency from .NET 8#2930

Contributors

Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.

• @MichelZ
• @EamonHetherton
• @edwardneal
• @deadlydog
• @mus65

For detailed release notes, refer to6.0.0-preview3.md

Contributors