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NuGet 6.5 Release Notes

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NuGet version Available in Visual Studio version Available in .NET SDK(s)
6.5 Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 7.0.2001
6.5.1 N/A N/A 1

1 Installed with Visual Studio 2022 with.NET Core workload

Summary: What's New in 6.5.1

  • [Security]: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2023-29337 | NuGet Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - #12653

Note

There is a behavior breaking change on Linux. The temp folder location, where NuGet stores temporary files during its various operations, has changed from /tmp/NuGetScratch to /tmp/NuGetScratch<username>. E.g. for user User1, the temp folder will be /tmp/NuGetScratchUser1.

Summary: What's New in 6.5

  • Manage packages in the Directory.Packages.props file for CPM projects - #11890

  • Package Source Mapping UI - Allow the Creation/Removal of package source mappings in the NuGet Options UI - #11363

  • Package Source Mapping UI - List Package Source Mappings in the NuGet Options UI - #11362

  • Observe Retry-After delay on HTTP request retry - #10558

  • Machine readable output for dotnet list package - #7752

  • Honor WarningsNotAsErrors - #5375

  • Reload Visual Studio package sources when nuget.config is modified manually - #1538

  • Restore dependencies for projects listed in a solution filter (.slnf) file - #10809

Issues fixed in this release

DCRs:

  • During MSBuild project SDK resolution, always log errors in the case of failure - #12312

  • Environment variable NUGET_CLI_LANGUAGE to control language of nuget.exe command output - #12181

  • Make it obvious when a warning is elevated to an error - #8803

  • Show error when using nuget.exe to pack SDK csproj - #7778

Bugs:

  • Output version option only applicable for format json option in dotnet list package - #12293

  • NuGet transitive pinning changes g.props import order, breaking the build - #12278

  • PrivateAssets for central transitive dependencies should flow regardless whether the parent is a project or a package - #12276

  • Include flags flow incorrectly to transitively pinned centrally managed dependencies - #12274

  • Possible race condition in ConfigurationDefaults.Instance.DefaultPackageSources - #12246

  • NuGet doesn't retry on HTTP 429 responses - #12214

  • Simplification of Linq Any method for performance improvement - #12193

  • StackOverflowException in InstallPackagesFromVSExtensionRepository - #12192

  • Versions_SelectionChanged throws NullReferenceException when changing selected package - #12184

  • Static graph-based restore fails with a NullReferenceException during SetPlatform negotiation - #12177

  • Reduce memory allocation while creating empty InnerNodes and ParentNodes for a new GraphNode during restore - #12157

  • SettingsLoadingContext throws exceptions when a different settings file causes an exception - #12154

  • Bad NuGet.config causes NuGet-based MSBuild SDK resolver to throw an unhandled exception - #12152

  • Watermark TextBox font color is incorrect in Add Dialog of Package Source Mapping Options - #12141

  • VS2022 17.1.2: Dependency between .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET 4.7.1 throws NuGet error System.Memory, Version=4.0.1.1 not found - #12137

  • Breaking change in .NET 8 - Environment.GetFolderPath returns incorrect path on Unix - #12127

  • nuget.exe strings from NuGet.Commands are not localized - #12097

  • Process argument string is too long when publishing in Visual Studio with static graph enabled - #11968

  • Provide solution for NuGet Error NU1012 - the pack error does not call out the problem files - #11905

  • Some CLI commands don't respect DOTNET_CLI_UI_LANGUAGE - #11326

  • Reduce UI thread switching when determining solution folder and if solution is open - #11090

  • Issue saving settings in Visual Studio - adding a source throws an exception - #8407

  • PackageDependencyGroup does not implement Equals correctly - #6478

List of commits in this release

Community contributions

Thank you to all the contributors who helped make this NuGet release awesome!

  • Forgind
    • 4970 Have SDK resolver always log an error when SDK resolution in unsuccessful
  • marcin-krystianc
    • 4952 PrivateAssets for central transitive dependencies should flow regardless whether the parent node is a project or a package
  • marcin-krystianc
    • 4950 Fix include flags calculation for transitively pinned centrally managed dependencies
  • drewnoakes
    • 4891 Display documents from packages in the dependencies tree
  • kvpt
    • 4790 Add support for restoring slnf file from command line
  • AtariDreams
    • 4863 Simplification of Linq Any method
  • davidegiacometti
    • 4840 Refactor PackageDependencyGroup Equals and GetHashCode
  • danjagnow
    • 4843 Updated NU1012 error message to display item paths