Preview Release v5.2.0-preview3.23201.1

[Preview Release 5.2.0-preview3.23201.1] - 2023-07-20

This update brings the below changes over the previous release:

Added

• Added a new AccessTokenCallBack API to SqlConnection. #1260
• Added support for the SuperSocketNetLib registry option for Encrypt on .NET on Windows. #2047

Fixed

• Fixed SqlDataAdapter.Fill and configurable retry logic issue on .NET Framework. #2084
• Fixed SqlConnectionEncryptOption type conversion by introducing the SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter attribute when using appsettings.json files. #2057
• Fixed th-TH culture info issue on Managed SNI. #2066

Changed

• Switched to the new .NET NegotiateAuthentication API on .NET 7.0 and above for SSPI token negotiation using Managed SNI. #2063
• Removed ignoreSniOpenTimeout in open connection process on Windows. #2067
• Enforce explicit ordinal for internal StringComparison operations. #2068
• Code health improvements: #1959, #2071, #2073, #2088

For detailed release notes, refer to 5.2.0-preview3.md

Preview Release v5.2.0-preview2.23159.1

[Preview Release 5.2.0-preview2.23159.1] - 2023-06-08

This update brings the below changes over the previous release:

Added

• Added new property RowsCopied64 to SqlBulkCopy. #2004

Fixed

• Fixed mixed synchronization issue in managed SNI. #1029
• Fixed issue with SqlConnectionStringBuilder property indexer not supporting non-string values. #2018

Changed

• Moved to new System.Data.SqlTypes APIs in .NET 7 and upper. 1934 and #1981
• Changed UseOneSecFloorInTimeoutCalculationDuringLogin App Context switch default to true and extended its effect to .NET and .NET Standard. #2012
• Updated Microsoft.Identity.Client version from 4.47.2 to 4.53.0. #2031, #2055
• Code health improvement: #1985

For detailed release notes, refer to 5.2.0-preview2.md

Stable Release v2.1.6

[Stable release 2.1.6] - 2023-04-27

Fixed

• Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync. #1986
• Fixed Default UTF8 collation conflict. #1989
• Fixed async deadlock issue when sending attention fails due to network failure. #1767

Preview Release v5.2.0-preview1.23109.1

[Preview Release 5.2.0-preview1.23109.1] - 2023-04-20

This update brings the below changes over the v5.1 release:

Added

• Added support of SqlDiagnosticListener on .NET Standard. #1931

Fixed

• Fixed AE enclave retry logic for async queries. #1988
• Fixed activity correlator to continue use of same GUID for connection activity. #1997
• Fixed behavior when error class is greater than 20 on connection retry. #1953
• Fixed error message when symmetric key decryption failed using Always Encrypted. #1948
• Fixed TransactionScope connection issue when Enlist is enable, Pooling is disabled and network connection type is Redirect. #1960
• Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync. #1936
• Fixed throttling of token requests by calling AcquireTokenSilent. #1925
• Fixed Linux code coverage result in Build proj. #1950
• Fixed NullReferenceException in GetBytesAsync. #1906
• Fixed Transient fault handling issue with OpenAsync. #1983
• Fixed invariant mode checks. #1917
• Fixed GC behavior in TdsParser by adding array rental capability in TryReadPlpUnicodeChars. #1866

Changed

• Updated Azure Identity version from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0. #1921
• Improved parsing buffered characters in TdsParser. #1544
• Removed reference to Microsoft.Win32.Registry since it's shipped starting with .NET 6.0. #1974
• Added Microsoft.SqlServer.Types to verify support for SqlHierarchyId and Spatial for .NET Core. #1848
• Code health improvements:#1943#1949#1198#1829

For detailed release notes, refer to 5.2.0-preview1.md

Stable Release v4.0.3

[Stable release 4.0.3] - 2023-04-20

Fixed

• Fixed throttling of token requests by calling AcquireTokenSilent in AAD Integrated/Password flows when the account is already cached.#1995
• Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync.#1987

Stable Release v5.0.2

[Stable release 5.0.2] - 2023-03-31

Fixed

• Fixed memory leak regression from #1785 using a DisposableTemporaryOnStack struct. #1980
• Fixed TransactionScope connection issue when Enlist is enabled, Pooling is disabled, and Network Connection Type is set to Redirect. #1978
• Fixed an incorrect exception when a symmetric key fails to decrypt a column using Always Encrypted. #1977
• Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync. #1976
• Fixed deadlock when using SinglePhaseCommit with distributed transactions. #1975

For summary of all changes over v5.0.1, refer to 5.0.2.md

Stable Release v5.1.1

[Stable release 5.1.1] - 2023-03-28

Fixed

• Fixed an incorrect exception when a symmetric key fails to decrypt a column using Always Encrypted. #1968
• Fixed TransactionScope connection issue when Enlist is enabled, Pooling is disabled, and Network Connection Type is set to Redirect. #1967
• Fixed throttling of token requests by calling AcquireTokenSilent. #1966
• Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync. #1965
• Fixed NullReferenceException in GetBytesAsync. #1964

For summary of all changes over v5.1.0, refer to 5.1.1.md

Stable Release v3.1.3

[Stable release 3.1.3] - 2023-03-10

Fixed

• Fixed throttling of token requests by calling AcquireTokenSilent in AAD Integrated/Password flows when the account is already cached.#1926
• Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync.#1939

For summary of all changes over v3.1.2, refer to 3.1.3.md

Stable Release v3.1.2

[Stable release 3.1.2] - 2023-02-03

Added

• Added Windows ARM64 support when targeting .NET Framework. #1908

Fixed

• Fixed thread safety of transient error list in configurable retry logic. #1911
• Fixed deadlock when using SinglePhaseCommit with distributed transactions. #1912
• Fixed Default UTF8 collation conflict. #1910
• Added CommandText length validation when using stored procedure command types. #1909

For summary of all changes over v3.1.1, refer to 3.1.2.md

Stable Release v5.1.0

Breaking changes

• Dropped support for .NET Core 3.1. #1704 #1823

Added

• Added support for .NET 6.0. #1704
• Added support for DateOnly and TimeOnly for SqlParameter value and GetFieldValue. #1813
• Added support for TLS 1.3 on .NET Core and native SNI. #1821
• Added ServerCertificate setting for Encrypt=Mandatory or Encrypt=Strict. #1822
• Added Windows ARM64 support when targeting .NET Framework. #1828

Fixed

• Fixed thread safety of transient error list in configurable retry logic. #1882
• Fixed deadlock when using SinglePhaseCommit with distributed transactions. #1801
• Fixed Dedicated Admin Connections (DAC) to localhost in managed SNI #1865
• Fixed memory leak regression from #1781 using a DisposableTemporaryOnStack struct. #1818
• Fixed ReadAsync() behavior to register Cancellation token action before streaming results. #1781
• Fixed NullReferenceException when assigning null to SqlConnectionStringBuilder.Encrypt. #1778
• Fixed missing HostNameInCertificate property in .NET Framework Reference Project. #1776
• Fixed async deadlock issue when sending attention fails due to network failure. #1766
• Fixed failed connection requests in ConnectionPool in case of PoolBlock. #1768
• Fixed hang on infinite timeout and managed SNI. #1742
• Fixed Default UTF8 collation conflict. #1739

Changed

• Updated Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI (.NET Framework dependency) and Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime (.NET Core/Standard dependency) version to 5.1.0. #1889 which includes fix for AppDomain crash in issue #1418, TLS 1.3 Support, removal of ARM32 binaries, and support for the ServerCertificate option. #1822 Read more
• Reverted "Excluding unsupported TLS protocols" for issue #1151 (i.e. removed Switch.Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.EnableSecureProtocolsByOS) by adding support for TLS 1.3. #1824
• Changed the SqlConnectionEncryptOption string parser to public. #1771
• Converted ExecuteNonQueryAsync to use async context object. #1692
• Code health improvements #1867 #1849 #1812 #1520 #1604 #1598 #1595 #1443

For summary of all changes over v5.0, refer to 5.1.0.md