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NuGet 5.10 Release Notes

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NuGet version Available in Visual Studio version Available in .NET SDK(s)
5.10.0 Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10 5.0.3001

1 Installed with Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Core workload

Note

Visual Studio 16.10, MSBuild 16.10, and .NET 5.0.300+ requires NuGet.exe 5.10 or later.

Summary: What's New in 5.10

  • Signing: implement dotnet trusted-signers command - #8053

  • Make default validation disabled on Linux, but enabled by default on Windows - #10713

  • Add an ENV Variable for Package Signing Verification on .NET 5+ Linux/MAC - #10742

  • Improve install new package performance for large solutions - #10166

  • Add the project type nfproj to the list of supportedProjectExtensions for Nuget CLI. - #10562

Issues fixed in this release

  • Suppress the <requireLicenseAcceptance> element when packing a project - #5133

  • [CPVM] preview warning should be shown on dotnet cli - #10226

  • Update the background and foreground color tokens of the PMUI to CommonDocumentColors - #10608

  • [Bug Bash] Error “operation canceled by user” show in Error List window when switching between tabs quickly in PM UI - #10671

  • PM UI: Improve package installation performance on the solution level - #10210

  • Replace GetService with GetServiceAsync everywhere in NuGet.Clients - #3784

  • NuGet.exe pack performance problem with .. relative path - #5016

  • The performance of "nuget pack" decreases with increasing levels in the source paths - #5706

  • NuGet doesn't error when packaging nuspec with duplicate files. - #6941

  • NuGet pack "The DateTimeOffset specified cannot be converted into a Zip file timestamp" - #7001

  • Timestamps of file of packed package is shifted by the timezone - #7395

  • NU1004 should contain more actionable information - #7696

  • [Bug Bash][Test Failure] The empty/malformed lock file should not be updated when running ‘dotnet restore --use-lock-file --locked-mode’ - #8640

  • NuGetVersionRange allows logically incorrect ranges to be parsed - #9145

  • PM UI can’t show distinguishable background color between selected and hovered package sources - #9538

  • Checkbox for selecting projects to install to isn't being read by screen reader - #9578

  • Details Pane Versions Dropdown default selection should be Installed/LatestStable on Installed/Updates tabs - #9887

  • Remove workaround account for some .NET 5 SDKs report TargetPlatformMoniker of ,Version= - #9913

  • dotnet nuget verify is too quiet - #10316

  • VersionRange cannot parse single-digit ranges - #10342

  • VS Solution manager throws null exception for during debugging - #10352

  • Move CLI exception messages to String Resource files - #10392

  • Remove dead code (TabItemButtonAutomationPeer) - #10435

  • Update context menu should scroll to first selected item - #10498

  • Solution PMUI Details has overlapping horizontal bar - #10533

  • Signing: primary signature details not displayed when certificate expired and timestamp untrusted - #10535

  • Having no enabled sources prevents the PM UI from showing - #10541

  • Package Metadata (details, deprecation) are sometimes not pulled from nuget.org in CodeSpaces - #10549

  • PMUI initialization fails with exception during debug session - #10559

  • nuget restore results in a package integrity check failure on big endian system - #10567

  • FormatException is thrown instead of PackagingException - #10595

  • CPVM - Concurrency issues in the graph walking algorithm - #10598

  • Add PMC powershell version telemetry - #10609

  • Improve NuGetVersion sort performance - #10611

  • Trusted-signers Add has inconsistent arguments - #10647

  • Vs2019 v16.9.0: Switching tabs in NuGet Package Manager from "Updates" to "Installed" doesn't update the frame. - #10654

  • Remove the "v" from the version number in PMUI - #10677

  • INuGetProjectService.GetInstalledPackagesAsync throws before receiving CPS project system nomination - #10681

  • Embedded Icons cause Access Denied from source "Microsoft Visual Studio Offline Packages" on Browse tab - #10687

  • INuGetProjectService.GetInstalledPackagesAsync throws when MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath is not set - #10739

  • "dotnet nuget remove source nuget.org" doesn't work the first time - #10745

  • Nuget blocks a threadpool thread in an async method making a synchronous call to the UI thread - #10775

  • PackageLoadContext.GetInstalledAndTransitivePackagesAsync is dead code and hurting performance - #10790

  • Use embedded icon in NuGet SDK packages - #10795

  • Update the SPDX license list - #10806

List of all issues fixed in this release - 5.10

List of commits in this release - 5.10.0

Community contributions

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

Who PRs Issues
louis-z 3991 VersionRange cannot parse single-digit ranges - #10342
omajid 3860 NuGet.Client build.sh is broken - #10139
Nirmal4G 3623 NuGet.Client build.sh is broken - #10139
BlackGad 3953 The performance of "nuget pack" decreases with increasing levels in the source paths - #5706
BlackGad 3953 NuGet.exe pack performance problem with .. relative path - #5016
marcin-krystianc 3940 CPVM - Concurrency issues in the graph walking algorithm - #10598
josesimoes 3943 Add the project type nfproj to the list of supportedProjectExtensions for Nuget CLI. - #10562

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