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2.0.0 (11/13/2025)

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Merged Pull Requests

• Update Dockerfile to use .NET SDK 9.0 (11/7/2025)#776 (oncybersec)
• Added '--cache-path' command line option (11/12/2025)#778 (psryland)
• Replaced nuget.exe with dotnet pack for script package tests (11/7/2025)#779 (filipw)
• Added support for .NET 10, made isolated load context default (11/12/2025)#780 (seesharper)
• Roslyn5 (11/13/2025)#781 (seesharper)
• rev up to 2.0.0 (11/12/2025)#782 (filipw)
• Bumped dependencies (11/13/2025)#783 (seesharper)

Closed Issues

• Guidance for using dotnet-script in Azure Pipelines (10/21/2025)#577 (ssippe)
• Execution Speed (2/5/2025)#726 (LostTime76)
• .NET Script Debug not launching dotnet-script correctly (3/3/2025)#771 (Bruehdiger)
• Unable toeval a.csx script;dotnet-script fails with error about$Home. (2/5/2025)#773 (RokeJulianLockhart)
• ❓Question: Executingdotnet script in AWS CodeBuild and fetching credentials for AWS service SDK clients (4/7/2025)#774 (skirk-mpr)
• Native AOT build of dotnet-script runner (4/18/2025)#775 (gitnlsn)

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1.6.0 (11/13/2024)

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• added .NET 8.0 to the README (11/15/2023)#745 (filipw)
• fixed global tool path detection (5/7/2024)#753 (filipw)
• Bump System.Text.Json from 7.0.0 to 8.0.4 in /src/Dotnet.Script.Core (7/11/2024)#756 (dependabot)
• Fixes#758 - manual install of dotnet note (8/1/2024)#759 (Dorian-Grim)
• dotnet script register doesn't work after vscode registers for file (11/13/2024)#761 (tomlm)
• Fixes#723 shebang before sdk (11/13/2024)#762 (joshuabrink)
• Update Dotnet.Script.DependencyModel.csproj (11/7/2024)#768 (zentron)
• This PR adds support for .Net 9 and removed support (11/13/2024)#769 (seesharper)

Closed Issues

• Prerelease nuget packages (6/13/2024)#407 (b0urb4k1)
• Cache and windows storage sensor issue (2/15/2024)#704 (toras9000)
• Shebang directive on top of the file breaks #r SDK parsing (11/13/2024)#723 (marvfinsy)
• Will .net 8 be supported as soon as it comes out? Will there be any further performance improvements? (11/15/2023)#739 (nczsl)
• When I use ScriptCompiler compile and run, memory usage not released (12/11/2023)#747 (Cricle)
• VSCode: dotnet-script installed in the global path creates a launch.json with absolute path to the .dll (6/24/2024)#755 (jojorne)
• small add to instructions (8/1/2024)#758 (Dorian-Grim)

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1.5.0 (11/15/2023)

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Merged Pull Requests

• fixed deprecated syntax (1/31/2023)#698 (filipw)
• allow DOTNET_SCRIPT_CACHE_LOCATION to be relative (1/31/2023)#699 (filipw)
• respect Environment.ExitCode when running the script (4/3/2023)#712 (filipw)
• Fix greedy parsing of load directive part (5/27/2023)#724 (atifaziz)
• Remove hardwired return type in ExecuteScriptCommand (6/5/2023)#725 (isaacvale)
• added a note about default namespaces (6/6/2023)#730 (filipw)
• Update prerestore.Dockerfile to dotnet 7 (6/20/2023)#731 (andmos)
• Support .NET 8.0 (11/9/2023)#740 (filipw)
• conditionally reference appropriate version of Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console (11/13/2023)#742 (filipw)
• Updated to Roslyn 4.8.0-3.final and .NET 8 stable packages/SDK (11/15/2023)#744 (filipw)

Closed Issues

• Dependency Injection? (6/6/2023)#493 (jamie-tillman)
• How to use dotnet script within Visual Studio/Rider? (10/3/2023)#562 (EmilyGraceSeville7cf)
• Memory leak when executing scripts in a loop dynamically in process (6/7/2023)#598 (gimatech)
• does “dotnet script” (csx) support ASP.NET Core app development? (6/6/2023)#602 (jagchat)
• Which namespaces are implictly used? (6/6/2023)#647 (maptz)
• Omnisharp issues with generated project (2/1/2023)#651 (dewinterjack)
• Bug - DOTNET_SCRIPT_CACHE_LOCATION doesn't work with relative path (1/31/2023)#658 (mcintyre321)
• dotnet tool install fails without explanation on dotnet 6 (2/1/2023)#679 (carlin-q-scott)
• (Feature proposal) Ability to specify SDK (11/27/2022)#689 (seesharper)
• dotnet 7 support? (11/27/2022)#692 (brad-jones)
• vscode launch file absolute path workaround? (2/8/2023)#697 (adamfk)
• SettingEnvironment.ExitCode = 1; doesn't work (4/3/2023)#700 (adamfk)
• CS0433 erorr (3/31/2023)#702 (nczsl)
• dotnet-script fails with StateSmith because it usesMicrosoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp 4.5.0.0 or higher (3/9/2023)#703 (adamfk)
• CS1503 (10/28/2023)#705 (nczsl)
• CS1624 (10/28/2023)#706 (nczsl)
• CS0433 (4/4/2023)#708 (nczsl)
• CS1660 (10/28/2023)#710 (nczsl)
• dotnet -h doesn't show script command (4/9/2023)#714 (tombohub)
• Reference to Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web not work (5/10/2023)#716 (i-mark)
• Not getting environment from DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT variable (5/10/2023)#718 (charring)
• csx parsing problems (5/22/2023)#720 (i-mark)
• Change target framework fromnet7.0 tonet472 (6/5/2023)#729 (amine-aboufirass)
• System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly (8/16/2023)#736 (m4ss1m0g)
• syntax highlighting + intellisense not working for project created usingdotnet script init (11/6/2023)#737 (amine-aboufirass)
• dotnet script Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found (10/3/2023)#738 (stealthAngel)

Change Log

1.4.0 (11/26/2022)

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• Updated McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils to 3.0.0 (2/4/2022)#640 (badbort)
• Add missing TFMs to ReadMe (12/27/2021)#650 (devlead)
• fixed errorDiagnostics check (2/4/2022)#659 (filipw)
• Fix MacOs build in Azure Pipelines (2/4/2022)#660 (seesharper)
• Improve documentation to answer#664 (3/21/2022)#665 (Maximetinu)
• small improvements in the code (3/7/2022)#667 (filipw)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.3 to 13.0.1 in /src/Dotnet.Script.Core (6/23/2022)#676 (dependabot)
• Correct order ofdotnet script register command in readme (8/4/2022)#678 (CBielstein)
• Added support for net7.0 (9/19/2022)#682 (seesharper)
• Set stopAtEntry to false in globaltool.launch.json.template (9/21/2022)#683 (seesharper)
• Updated a bunch of links and logos (9/21/2022)#684 (filipw)
• Don't write diagnostics to stdOut (9/26/2022)#686 (seesharper)
• Remove Newtonsoft.Json (9/27/2022)#687 (seesharper)
• removed unnecessary CS8073 warnings (10/24/2022)#690 (filipw)
• updates for .NET 7.0 (11/9/2022)#693 (filipw)
• Add support for specifying Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web as the sdk (11/26/2022)#694 (seesharper)

Closed Issues

• How is dotnet-script different from csi? (9/27/2022)#371 (giggio)
• Is it possible to reference System packages without using nuget? (9/27/2022)#499 (Metrowerks)
• How to run a script using CompilationDependencyResolver? (9/27/2022)#515 (dfkeenan)
• GitLab support for remote scripts (3/24/2022)#566 (EmilySeville7cfg)
• Cannot add NuGet packages (9/27/2022)#584 (AndiRudi)
• Question: Using dotnet-script in webapi (9/27/2022)#588 (ryzam)
• Condition in PackageReference generated from #r "nuget: ... directive (9/27/2022)#600 (dave-yotta)
• dotnet script doesn't obey version (9/27/2022)#622 (phatcher)
• Unable to find an entry point named 'CompressionNative_DeflateInit2_' in DLL 'clrcompression.dll' (9/21/2022)#634 (SvenEssentry)
• Question: How to access content files in NuGet packages (9/27/2022)#639 (JulianBirch)
• How can I use this tool in code? (5/29/2022)#643 (oliver021)
• Assembly version issue (9/27/2022)#648 (intrasight)
• C# language version issue (1/6/2022)#652 (intrasight)
• Is it possible to use dotnet-script without installing the SDK (using runtime only) ? (1/11/2022)#653 (uffebjorklund)
• Other ways to enable isolated load context. (1/28/2022)#654 (toras9000)
• [Question] Possible to access environment variable in #load? (1/29/2022)#655 (MostHated)
• Add syntax highlight and code completion to CLI (9/27/2022)#656 (iSeiryu)
• Stop compiler warnings being written to stdout (9/26/2022)#657 (mcintyre321)
• Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.0 from dotnet-script always imported even when 13.0.1 package installed (9/27/2022)#663 (georgiosd)
• Question: how to execute scripts directly from the shell as if they were executables. (9/19/2022)#664 (Maximetinu)
• Question: can I use extension methods? (3/9/2022)#668 (kasimier-vireq)
• Defaultusing statements (4/25/2022)#669 (DanJBower)
• Assembly with same name is already loaded exception when run second script (9/27/2022)#671 (nowwwak)
•  MacOS arm64 debugging in VSCode has a weird behaviour (9/19/2022)#673 (centur)
• Remove the dependency on Newtonsoft.Json (9/27/2022)#674 (KAW0)
• Weird problem under Windows Sandbox (9/22/2022)#675 (kasajian)
• Absolute minimum requirement for running? (9/25/2022)#681 (MostHated)
• [Linux: Pop_OS 22.04] Updated dotnet-script and am getting Fatal error. Internal CLR error. (0x80131506) (9/26/2022)#685 (MostHated)
• [Question] WhyDotnet.Script.Core reference more unused nuget package? (9/27/2022)#688 (Cricle)

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1.3.1 (12/3/2021)

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• Net6 compilation dependencies (12/3/2021)#649 (seesharper)

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1.3.0 (11/12/2021)

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• Update to Net6.0 (11/8/2021)#644 (seesharper)
• Bumped version to 1.3.0 (11/12/2021)#645 (seesharper)
• updated to Roslyn 4 (11/9/2021)#646 (filipw)

Closed Issues

• Accessing file from current directory works, but accessing configuration files do not (10/5/2021)#439 (gldraphael)
• 1.2.0 causes NUnit.Engine.TestEngineActivator.CreateInstance() to return null (8/27/2021)#635 (dave-yotta)
• Question: EF Core 5 Error (9/18/2021)#641 (andrebarsotti)

Change Log

1.2.1 (8/26/2021)

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• Assembly isolation opt-in at dotnet-script level (8/26/2021)#637 (hrumhurum)
• Bumped to version 1.2.1 (8/26/2021)#638 (seesharper)

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1.2.0 (8/25/2021)

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• Add Dockerfile for networkless container support; Add ghcr docker auto deploy workflow (6/4/2021)#617 (zekroTJA)
• Don't stop at entry when debugging in VS Code (8/5/2021)#628 (seesharper)
• Test issues when running from a folder containing a space character in its name (8/18/2021)#629 (hrumhurum)
• Memory leak in AppDomain.AssemblyResolve event subscription (8/18/2021)#630 (hrumhurum)
• Ability to isolate script execution with AssemblyLoadContext (8/25/2021)#631 (hrumhurum)
• drop support for .NET Core 2.1 (8/23/2021)#633 (filipw)

Closed Issues

• R2R, Single File and IL Link Trim support (8/18/2021)#490 (gdmka)
• Execution cache file is per script folder leading to error when running scripts in parallel (5/1/2021)#540 (mungojam)
• Allow CancellationToken in Execute method (5/5/2021)#612 (sean-mcl)
• Metadata file 'System.Data.Odbc' could not be found (5/5/2021)#619 (stevenkc)
• ODBC need runding under x86 (5/5/2021)#620 (stevenkc)
• Unable to install dotnet-script (5/7/2021)#621 (drewburlingame)
• Consider adding Roll Forward policy for dotnet-script tool (6/6/2021)#624 (GlebChili)
• Debugging in Visual Studio Code no longer works (7/18/2021)#627 (DanielEgbers)
• Can't reference nuget packages (8/20/2021)#632 (michaelalpine)

Change Log

1.1.0 (5/1/2021)

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Merged Pull Requests

• fixed CompilationDependencyResolver for .NET 5.0 (11/11/2020)#591 (filipw)
• updated to Roslyn 3.8.0 (11/18/2020)#595 (filipw)
• cache script per file instead of per directory (3/8/2021)#596 (DanielEgbers)
• corrected OmniSharp.json (12/12/2020)#599 (filipw)
• Bugfix-Initialize folder with whitespace (2/9/2021)#606 (seesharper)
• updated to Roslyn 3.9.0 (3/12/2021)#609 (filipw)
• Bump Microsoft packages to 5.0.0 (4/22/2021)#614 (seesharper)
• added strong naming (5/1/2021)#618 (filipw)

Closed Issues

• Error on running script (unable to restore packages) (11/17/2020)#593 (hitochan777)
• nuget packages not loading (12/18/2020)#601 (rsquarev)
• .NET 5 support (1/4/2021)#603 (AmSmart)
• dotnet-script init error when setting permissions when working directory path includes a space. (2/9/2021)#605 (easp)
• Unable to use C# 8 using statements (3/22/2021)#611 (dasMulli)
• FileLoadException when running C# script (4/22/2021)#613 (badclone)

Change Log

1.0.1 (11/10/2020)

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Merged Pull Requests

• Use Roslyn 3.8.0 final beta (11/10/2020)#590 (seesharper)