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NuGet 6.11 Release Notes

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6.11 Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11 8.0.4xx1

1 Installed with Visual Studio 2022 with any .NET workload

Summary: What's New in 6.11

  • Suppress NuGetAudit warnings for specific advisories for PackageReference projects - #13679

  • Add --allow-insecure-connections option to dotnet SDK - #13396

  • Swap authors for owners in Visual Studio Package Manager UI - #12501

  • [Feature]: add dotnet nuget why to dotnet CLI - #11943

  • NuGet cannot restore from HTTPS sources that have SSL certificate problems - #4387

Breaking changes

  • MSBuildRestoreUtility.GetRestoreAuditProperties needs a breaking change to read NuGetAuditSuppress items - #13313

Issues fixed in this release

  • IVsNuGetProjectUpdateEvents.ProjectUpdateStarted or ProjectUpdateFinished should only provide a list of files that will get changed. - #13413

  • dotnet nuget commands should not output usage information on all errors - #13251

  • [DCR]: NuGet causes many ArgumentExceptions to be thrown & caught in VS - #11535

  • Remove .NET Framework TFM from NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat - #8452

  • PERF: GetPackageInfo allocates by unnecessarily calling GetNupkgMetadataPath - #13556

  • 'dotnet nuget why' crashes when using --framework option - #13547

  • SignatureUtility.GetCertificates in NuGet.Client can skip calling Dispose on error - #13535

  • 'dotnet nuget why' does not work when a directory is provided for the 'Path' argument - #13527

  • NuGet IntelliCode Package Suggestions are missing Author in packages list - #13515

  • Rebuilding in VS causes unnecessary restores - #13505

  • MSB4181: The "Restore Task" task returned false but did not log an error. - #13460

  • TaskResultCache incorrectly shares the same lock object for all the keys. - #13448

  • Calls to CompareTo and Equals should not allocate - #13442

  • Enable Nullable and throw in KnownOwnerViewModel - #13425

  • PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource doesn't respect a value from disableTLSCertificateValidation attribute - #13423

  • PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource doesn't respect a value from AllowInsecureConnection field - #13418

  • "nuget install -ExcludeVersion" inaccurate reports "already installed" when trying to install older version - #13334

  • Vulnerability InfoBar remains visible in the Solution Explorer after closing solution - #13055

List of commits in this release

Community contributions

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

  • seclerp
    • 5783 Fix PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource doesn't respect a value from DisableTLSCertificateValidation field
    • 5767 Fix PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource doesn't respect a value from AllowInsecureConnection field
  • mmitche
    • 5749 Build NuGet from the VMR
    • 5752 Fixup signing support conditional
  • ToddGrun
    • 5859 Reduce allocations in GetPackageInfo by conditionally calling GetNupkgMetadataPath
  • omajid
    • 5848 Dispose certificates on failure in SignatureUtility.GetCertificates
  • SimonCropp
    • 5842 remove redundant .GetTypeInfo()
  • ryanmolden
    • 5834 Eliminate first-chance ArgumentExceptions when querying a legacy project for properties that don't exist via DTE
  • hickford
    • 5743 Correct message in the case that a higher version of package is already installed
  • ViktorHofer
    • 5764 Use .NET SDK sourcelink integration
  • NikolaMilosavljevic
    • 5738 Disable CA2022 errors
  • jv42
    • 5717 Fixed NullReferenceException in ResolverComparer