.NET Aspire 9.0.0 Release Candidate 1

This represents the first prerelease of 9.0.0 which is packed of cool features 😃. For all of the details on this release as well as info on how to try it out, please check out our release blog post.

What's Changed

• Replace "component" with "integration" by @IEvangelist in #5340
• Update package tags for "integration" and "library" terms by @DamianEdwards in #5403
• [templates] Update test package versions by @radical in #5406
• Fix issue where replacement text is not getting evaluated when pack by @joperezr in #5411
• Adding public API test coverage for Aspire.Hosting.Nats by @Zombach in #5129
• Updating NuGet and Docker versions to latest by @joperezr in #5405
• Adding public API test coverage for Aspire.Hosting.Python by @Zombach in #5110
• Test that StringComparers and StringComparisons are kept in sync by @drewnoakes in #5428
• GridColumnManager improvements by @drewnoakes in #5433
• Fix dashboard log parsing in host by @JamesNK in #5425
• Branding changes for 9.0 by @joperezr in #5400
• close #2636: added json schemas for Aspire.Hosting.AppHost and Aspire.Hosting.Azure by @vladimir-shirmanov in #4912
• Store non-sensitive UI state without protection by @JamesNK in #5434
• Give theme cookie an expiration by @JamesNK in #5429
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #5439
• Logging ordering fixes and feedback by @JamesNK in #5398
• Simplify timestamp display in console logs by @JamesNK in #5455
• Reuse properties in VersionPrefix by @eerhardt in #5443
• [tests] Add more playground apps by @radical in #5395
• Mark Aspire.Azure.Messaging.EventHubs as stable by @eerhardt in #5449
• Update MongoDB to 2.28 by @eerhardt in #5476
• Persist dismissing the OTLP unsecured message bar by @JamesNK in #5465
• Support multiple applicationUrl endpoints for the same scheme by @davidebbo in #5481
• WaitFor/WaitForCompletion implementation. by @mitchdenny in #5394
• Persistent container support by @danegsta in #5354
• [tests] Increase efcore timeout for cosmos in CosmosEndToEnd by @radical in #5464
• [tests] Wait for Kafka playground to be ready before waiting for messages by @radical in #5503
• Support reference expressions and endpoint references in WithParameter by @davidfowl in #5491
• WaitFor PR feedback by @eerhardt in #5500
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #5518
• Fix preview version given we have shipped 3 previews already by @joperezr in #5504
• Fix dashboard auth when unsecured by @JamesNK in #5499
• Fix issues around metrics with unit rates by @JamesNK in #5506
• Fix empty trace name when there is no root span by @JamesNK in #5527
• Prevent duplicate filters on structured logs page by @JamesNK in #5524
• Fix various bugs in dashboard metrics by @JamesNK in #5522
• Bump Microsoft.Data.SqlClient from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 by @dependabot in #5521
• Bump Microsoft.Azure.SignalR from 1.26.1 to 1.27.0 in the azure group by @dependabot in #5519
• Bump PowerShell from 7.4.4 to 7.4.5 by @dependabot in #5440
• Bump dotnet-coverage from 17.11.5 to 17.12.2 by @dependabot in #5520
• [ci] Internal build: build packages, and workload nugets only once by @radical in #5417
• Bump webpack from 5.93.0 to 5.94.0 in /playground/BrowserTelemetry/BrowserTelemetry.Web by @dependabot in #5463
• Suppress gRPC resource service error in host console by @JamesNK in #5534
• Add browser token authentication Playwright tests by @JamesNK in #5514
• Fixing unintended formatting changes by @joperezr in #5471
• chore: Bump Testcontainers to version 3.10.0 by @HofmeisterAn in #5539
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5542
• Add new DCP schema by @danegsta in #5547
• Allow Dashboard application to roll-forward by @joperezr in #5540
• Commands glow up by @JamesNK in #5516
• chmod +x start-code.sh by @captainsafia in #5566
• WaitFor integration with Health Check Service by @mitchdenny in #5515
• Add AddParameter overloads that take a constant and a ParameterDefault by @davidebbo in #5529
• Handle cases when there's no exit code by @davidfowl in #5576
• Add AzureFunctionsEndToEnd with prototype implementation by @captainsafia in #5418
• use static for classes with all static members by @SimonCropp in #5485
• Support Service Bus resources in Azure Functions by @captainsafia in #5593
• Wrap structured log filters in toolbar by @JamesNK in #5567
• Show container volumes in the dashboard by @drewnoakes in #5572
• Change details view orientation and hide columns on resize by @JamesNK in #5604
• Handle parsing wildcard urls in launch profiles by @davidfowl in #5588
• Apply workaround to unblock Azure Functions integration tests by @captainsafia in #5591
• Use generic constraints to override WithReference by @davidfowl in #5597
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5627
• Allow WithArgs to accept ReferenceExpressions by @afscrome in #4415
• Disable flaky Aspire.Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch.Tests by @radical in #5636
• Support displaying different resource properties by @JamesNK in #5526
• Stop health checks running until the underlying resource enters the running state. by @mitchdenny in #5601
• [tests] Disable flaky Aspire.Hosting.Tests.SlimTestProgramTests tests by @radical in #5640
• Add debugger display to HealthCheckAnnotation by @JamesNK in #5642
• [tests] Disable '/ef' endpoint for cosmos in Playground tests by @radical in #5671
• [tests] SlimTestProgramTests: Wait for services to start by @radical in #5668
• Minor style improvements by @JamesNK in #5678
• Upgrade tooling for 9.0x by @radical in #5483
• Fix buildArgs for dockerfile.v0 schema tests. by @mitchdenny in #5643
• Update and reduce size of plotly library by @drewnoakes in #5603
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5687
• Enable container-to-container service communication by @danegsta in #5628
• WaitFor: SQL Server by @mitchdenny in #5669
• Allow referencing older version of AppHost package for backward compatibility by @joperezr in #5556
• Bump dotnet-coverage from 17.12.2 to 17.12.3 by @dependabot in #5617
• Update container lifetime API and add schema for lifecycleKey property by @danegsta in #5630
• Make volume icon size consistent with other inline icons by @JamesNK in #5644
• [tests] Fixes to improve helix test runs hitting docker soft limits for network subnets by @radical in #5694
• Don't throw from hosted services by @davidfowl in #5699
• WaitFor support for Garnet. by @mitchdenny in #5698
• Add logging to min execute interval test by @JamesNK in #5701
• WaitFor for MongoDB (health checks) by @mitchdenny in #5697
• WaitFor for MySql by @mitchdenny in #5705
• Update NuGet and Docker dependencies by @joperezr in #5575
• Add functional tests for PgAdmin and RedisCommander. by @mitchdenny in #5511
• Support net9+ VMR properties by @mmitche in #5709
• WaitFor (HealthCheck) Valkey by @Alirexaa in #5706
• Add AWS CDK support by @vlesierse in #2225
• [tests] Additional tests for ReferenceExpression by @jeffl8n in #5342
• Fix Kafka Persistence (WithDataVolume and WithDataBindMount) by @Alirexaa in #5553
• [tests] Enable VerifyWithPgWeb test by @Alirexaa in #5717
• WaitFor for RabbitMQ by @mitchdenny in #5718
• Record time in callback and more logging in min interval test by @JamesNK in #5720
• SchemaStore whitepsace formatting. by @mitchdenny in #5690
• Fix mininterval test for real by @JamesNK in #5728
• WaitFor for Kafka by @mitchdenny in #5719
• Refactor console logs page and friends by @JamesNK in #5703
• Redis playground app by @Alirexaa in #5726
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5737
• [tests] Use test registry for mysql tests by @radical in #5740
• [tests] use test container registry in WaitFor hosting tests by @radical in #5743
• WaitFor for Elasticsearch by @Alirexaa in #5725
• WaitFor Milvus by @Alirexaa in #5707
• Fix issue with duplicate entry in manifest for AWS CloudFormation reference by @normj in #5748
• Bump Microsoft.Playwright from 1.46.0 to 1.47.0 by @dependabot in #5733
• Bump dotnet-coverage from 17.12.3 to 17.12.4 by @dependabot in #5732
• Update playground manifests by @eerhardt in #5744
• Bump Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.EventHubs from 6.3.5 to 6.3.6 in the azure group by @dependabot in #5730
• Add WithRedisInsight by @Alirexaa in #5227
• WaitFor for Cosmos DB by @mitchdenny in #5729
• Rename default network to workaround bug where Docker loses exposed port info by @danegsta in #5754
• Improve pgweb test by @Alirexaa in #5752
• WaitFor for Oracle by @Alirexaa in #5734
• Update Azure.Provisioning to latest version by @eerhardt in #5592
• Configure Aspire Dashboard with key-per-file configuration provider (#4526) by @mu88 in #4728
• Change components > integrations in contributing.md by @maddymontaquila in #5758
• [tests] Add AspireEventHub to playground tests by @radical in #5319
• [ci] Fix codeql build by @radical in #5739
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5774
• Fix garnet persistence by @Alirexaa in #5087
• Fix file config directory name in config by @JamesNK in #5777
• Generate a container resource postfix based on a hash of the AppHost project for persistent containers by @danegsta in #5757
• WaitFor for Nats by @Alirexaa in #5753
• Fix console logs page when linked from resource by @JamesNK in #5776
• Show aggregate health status in the dashboard by @davidfowl in #5770
• Support callback, custom config key and publishing for parameters. by @davidebbo in #5586
• Add command annotations and wire up by @JamesNK in #5538
• Fix RID regression by adding a task that calculates the best matching RID for platform by @joperezr in #5695
• Add support for trace filters UI in the dashboard by @JamesNK in #5751
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5808
• Update to latest CDK version by @eerhardt in #5791
• Update Azure Functions Core Tools to v4.0.6280 by @captainsafia in #5815
• Inject commands on all DCP based resources by @davidfowl in #5802
• Possible fix for flaky DashboardClientAuthTests by @JamesNK in #5817
• Uses values from constants in documentation by @sebastienros in #5806
• Valkey playground by @Alirexaa in #5818
• Ignore unknown ConEmu and terminal sequences in console logs by @JamesNK in #5798
• Include global json in solution file for new contributors by @cmeyertons in #5804
• Stop "mask" button from jumping on mouse enter by @drewnoakes in #5799
• Make unnamed volume names more unique by @davidfowl in #5779
• Remove lifecycle commands from dashboard resource by @JamesNK in #5840
• Support icon variant on commands, make start and stop icons filled by @JamesNK in #5839
• Add ItemKey to various grids to preserve UI state during push update by @JamesNK in #5841
• Fix removing lifecycle commands from dashboard by @JamesNK in #5843
• Disable 2 elastic search tests by @davidfowl in #5849
• Allow resource properties to be marked as secret by @drewnoakes in #5380
• WaitAnnotation and ResourceNotificationService.WaitForDependenciesAsync by @mitchdenny in #5842
• Add OpenAI component by @sebastienros in #5621
• Collapse resource and trace detail sections when no data by @JamesNK in #5848
• Cannot WaitFor self. by @mitchdenny in #5847
• Improve logging on console logs page for test debugging by @JamesNK in #5846
• Add authentication (username & password) to AddMongoDB by @eerhardt in #5788
• Allow for customization of the Azure ProvisioningContext + Better Azure resource name scheme by @eerhardt in #5809
• Update "PythonProjectResource" to "PythonAppResource" by @maddymontaquila in #5759
• Fix losing resources grid row selection by @JamesNK in #5869
• Add stop time to resource properties by @JamesNK in #5852
• WaitForResourceHealthyAsync by @mitchdenny in #5867
• Add initial app host analyzers to the Aspire.Hosting.AppHost package by @DamianEdwards in #5775
• fix broken param name docs by @SimonCropp in #5484
• Clarify how launch profiles should be processed for Aspire services by @karolz-ms in #5865
• Make waiting command state consistent with starting by @JamesNK in #5877
• Fix AzureResourceOptionsCanBeConfigured flakiness by @eerhardt in #5889
• Add WithPartitionCount and WithDataVolume to Azure.Hosting.Azure.CosmosDB by @hansmbakker in #5157
• Add method to select the OpenAI component based on configuration by @sebastienros in #5789
• Configuration schema generator: fix missing cref inside para tag by @bart-vmware in #5800
• Make publishValueAsDefault and secret flags mutually exclusive in AddParameter by @davidebbo in #5891
• Remove SDK Workload from Aspire 9.0 by @joperezr in #5773
• Fix ReplicasAndProxylessEndpointThrows by @JamesNK in #5906
• Improve logging in TestServicesWithMultipleReplicas by @JamesNK in #5912
• Fix System.Formats.Asn1 CG alert by @eerhardt in #5863
• Fix console logs after restart by @JamesNK in #5909
• Fix the .sln file by @eerhardt in #5924
• Disable flaky Workload tests on Windows by @joperezr in #5927
• Preserve the type of application builder in chained extension methods by @sliekens in #4759
• Support loading port info from launch profile for Azure Functions by @captainsafia in #5873
• Refactor console logs page to use parameters instead of ref by @JamesNK in #5923
• Remove custom publish manifest for Azure Functions by @captainsafia in #5935
• Pass thru WaitFor to parent resourcs. by @mitchdenny in #5936
• Fix ClientOptions configuration binding for Event Hubs clients by @oising in #5899
• Add autocomplete of values when filtering telemetry by @JamesNK in #5762
• Fail to start when health check registration is missing for resource. by @mitchdenny in #5938
• Localized file check-in by OneLocBuild Task: Build definition ID 1309: Build ID 2547143 by @dotnet-bot in #5942
• Fix playground tests build on helix by @radical in #5945
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #5957
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #5682
• Live update opened resource details by @JamesNK in #5948
• Use bicep friendly name for default Azure Functions storage resource by @captainsafia in #5963
• Add #ifdef around ServiceBus trigger by @captainsafia in #5961
• Fix KubernetesHasResourceNameForContainersAndExes by @davidebbo in #5921
• Fix SpecifyingEnvPortInEndpointFlowsToEnv by @davidebbo in #5919
• Fix Azure Functions endpoint mappings under publish by @captainsafia in #5967
• Add unknown state, add to transitory states by @adamint in #5929
• Skip AzureFunctionsTest by @captainsafia in #5974
• Added support for customizing container apps in ACA via the CDK by @davidfowl in #5470
• Update FluentUI to 4.10.1 by @JamesNK in #5670
• Fix start/stop/restart command tooltips by @JamesNK in #5969
• Make Aspire.Hosting.AWS ready for GA status with next release by @normj in #5970
• Support connection name-based configuration for Azure components by @captainsafia in #5827
• Merge from release by @joperezr in #5964
• Clean up how we write parameters to the manifest by @davidfowl in #5986
• Allow WithReference for AWS CDK Stack resources by @vlesierse in #5951
• Support Managed Identity in Azure Cache for Redis by @eerhardt in #5966
• Fix roles on default Storage resource and endpoint mappings for Functions by @captainsafia in #6000
• Make file log change test less flaky and remove post configure from dashboard web app by @JamesNK in #5933
• Add support for dashboard listening on any IP by @JamesNK in #5941
• Span details fixes by @JamesNK in #5946
• Improve browser token login link when running in a container by @JamesNK in #5968
• Fix metrics grouping empty attributes and unset attributes dimensions together by @JamesNK in #5914
• Replace health check publisher and scheduler with ResourceHealthCheckService and introduce ResourceReadyEvent. by @mitchdenny in #5870
• Bump the polly group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #6024
• Bump dotnet-coverage from 17.12.4 to 17.12.5 by @dependabot in #6027
• Bump the azure group with 7 updates by @dependabot in #5855
• Fix VerifyWithPgWeb failing test by @Alirexaa in #5787
• Update ready state check for Azure Functions tests by @captainsafia in #5987
• Fix how we handle secret outputs in the aca code gen logic by @davidfowl in #6005
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #6022
• Add a maximum log batch size to avoid exceeding max message size limit by @JamesNK in #6018
• Only make things secrets that contain secrets by @davidfowl in #6036
• Move extension methods to Aspire.Hosting namespace by @captainsafia in #6042
• Alirexaa/qdrant waitfor by @mitchdenny in #6044
• Remove bad link to Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components CSS by @JamesNK in #6019
• Cancel console logs load await when unloaded by @JamesNK in #6023
• Add all resource command options to annotation and extension method by @JamesNK in #6047
• Show toast immediately when a command is started by @JamesNK in #6046
• Add console logs button to main grid by @JamesNK in #6011
• Add Azure PostgreSQL managed identity by @eerhardt in #5930
• Add metrics and improve telemetry support in Azure.AI.OpenAI by @sebastienros in #5999
• Fix filter encoding with colon and plus characters by @JamesNK in #5976
• Highlight in filter autocomplete and various UI improvements by @JamesNK in #5984
• Fix scrollbars added when opening menus by @JamesNK in #6039
• Update to the latest Azure.Provisioning version by @eerhardt in #6061
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #6041
• WaitFor for Azure Storage by @mitchdenny in #5761
• Fix typo in unit test code by @drewnoakes in #6070
• Fix mobile->desktop detail panel size staying full screen by @adamint in #5928
• Add action column to structured logs, traces, trace detail by @JamesNK in #6064
• Limit max size of displayed filters on structured logs and traces pages by @JamesNK in #6062
• Guarantee default Functions host storage has unique name by @captainsafia in #6012
• Update OpenAI packages by @sebastienros in #6060
• Disable eventhubs test by @davidfowl in #6072
• Add OpenTelemetry action menu options by @JamesNK in #6013
• Improve console log batching by counting characters by @JamesNK in #6065
• Filter containers out of Azure Provisioner. by @mitchdenny in #6066
• Improve the handling of Container to Container references by @davidebbo in #6049
• Suppress log noise produced by WithRedisInsights by @mitchdenny in #6067
• Update daily installation instructions to account for workload removal. by @afscrome in #6010
• Highlight search matches in resource details by @drewnoakes in #6071
• Remove default values from AzureOpenAIDeployment ctor by @sebastienros in #6037
• Added default labels to issue feature & bug templates by @afscrome in #6009
• Revert "Improve the handling of Container to Container references (#6… by @davidfowl in #6082
• Add health checks to eventhubs emulator. by @mitchdenny in #6079
• Add WithHttpHealthCheck/WithHttpsHealthCheck. by @mitchdenny in #6081
• Put all database connection strings in keyvault by @eerhardt in #6059
• Improve resource logging, and using wait for with replicas by @JamesNK in #6080
• Add templates for 9.0 by @radical in #6058
• Clean up new code by @eerhardt in #6086
• Support named config binding for remaining Aspire resources by @captainsafia in #6045
• Rename ContainerApps assembly to AppContainers by @eerhardt in #6088
• Update to the latest version of the Azure.Provisioning packages by @eerhardt in #6073
• Add fallback to 20px icon in commands by @JamesNK in #6093
• Show persistent containers in the dashboard by @drewnoakes in #6095
• Fix typo in manifest spec by @martincostello in #6102
• Fix apphost crashing when dependencies fail. by @mitchdenny in #6101
• Add "Container" prefix to lifetime property label by @drewnoakes in #6106
• Rename ContainerLifetime.Default to Session by @JamesNK in #6098
• Make popup menu icons consistent by @drewnoakes in #6107
• Improve the handling of Container to Container references (take 2) by @davidebbo in #6100
• Update package dependencies and image tags by @joperezr in #6075
• Fix bad ordering of resources by name in some situations by @JamesNK in #6096
• Enable dotnet watch Hot Reload by @tmat in #6090
• Update Azure Sql to use new API pattern by @eerhardt in #6094
• Update starter template to use WaitFor & add application tracing source by @DamianEdwards in #6115
• Rename components to integrations in templates by @captainsafia in #6091
• Show health-check data in dashboard by @drewnoakes in #6069
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #6123
• Sanitize bicep indentifiers by @eerhardt in #6116
• Only create default storage resource once by @captainsafia in #6128
• Fix menu displaying under header issue by @JamesNK in #6126
• Fix not being able to copy endpoints in resource details by @JamesNK in #6129
• [tests] Fix generation of random ids for projects by @radical in #6127
• Update Azure.Provisioning to latest version by @eerhardt in #6121
• [release/9.0-rc1] Improve the experience when docker isn't running by @github-actions in #6157
• [release/9.0-rc1] Handle HostUrl in ExpressionResolver by @github-actions in #6158
• [release/9.0-rc1] Add IResourceWithWaitSupport. by @github-actions in #6159
• [release/9.0-rc1] Backport Update template ids, names etc (#6118) by @radical in #6172
• [release/9.0-rc1] Remove RedisInsight AcceptEula API by @github-actions in #6170
• [release/9.0-rc1] Share Annotations with inner resources in Azure PostgreSQL, Redis, and SQL Server resources. by @github-actions in #6171
• [release/9.0-rc1] Ensure unique attributes on telemetry by @github-actions in #6179
• [release/9.0-rc1] [tests] Fix internal pipeline build by @github-actions in #6180
• [release/9.0-rc1] Add net9.0 support for EFCore components (#5932) by @sebastienros in #6190
• Prevent preview packages to ship as RC by @joperezr in #6195
• [release/9.0-rc1] Mark Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Functions package as preview by @eerhardt in #6214
• [release/9.0-rc1] Update versions for latest .NET release by @eerhardt in #6213
• [release/9.0-rc1] Template changes to consolidate to single package by @joperezr in #6255

New Contributors

• @vladimir-shirmanov made their first contribution in #4912
• @HofmeisterAn made their first contribution in #5539
• @SimonCropp made their first contribution in #5485
• @vlesierse made their first contribution in #2225
• @jeffl8n made their first contribution in #5342
• @mu88 made their first contribution in #4728
• @maddymontaquila made their first contribution in #5758
• @hansmbakker made their first contribution in #5157
• @sliekens made their first contribution in #4759
• @tmat made their first contribution in #6090

Full Changelog: v8.2.1...v9.0.0-rc.1.24511.1