Stable release V5.2.0

[Stable release 5.2.0] - 2024-02-28

Added

• Added a new AccessTokenCallBack API to SqlConnection. #1260
• Added SqlBatch support on .NET 6+ #1825, #2223,#2371, #2373
• Added support of SqlDiagnosticListener on .NET Standard. #1931
• Added new property RowsCopied64 to SqlBulkCopy. #2004
• Added support for the SuperSocketNetLib registry option for Encrypt on .NET on Windows. #2047
• Added the ability to generate debugging symbols in a separate package file #2137
• Added Workload Identity authentication support #2159, #2264
• Added support for Big Endian systems #2170
• Added support for Georgian collation #2194
• Added Localization support on .NET #2210
• Added .NET 8 support #2230
• Added explicit version for major .NET version dependencies on System.Runtime.Caching 8.0.0, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 8.0.0, and System.Diagnostics.
• DiagnosticSource 8.0.0 #2303

Changed

• Improved parsing buffered characters in TdsParser. #1544
• Added Microsoft.SqlServer.Types to verify support for SqlHierarchyId and Spatial for .NET Core. #1848
• Moved to new System.Data.SqlTypes APIs on .NET 7 and up. #1934 and #1981
• Removed reference to Microsoft.Win32.Registry since it's shipped starting with .NET 6.0. #1974
• 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
• 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
• Improved error messages when validating server certificates in managed SNI (Linux/macOS) #2060
• Improved CPU usage when AppContext switches are in use #2227
• Upgraded Azure.Identity dependency version to 1.10.3 to address CVE-2023-36414, #2189
• Changed Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens and Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect version 6.24.0 to 6.35.0 #2290 to address CVE-2024-21319
• Updated Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI (.NET Framework dependency) and Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime (.NET/.NET Standard dependency) version to v5.2.0. #2363, which includes removing dead code and addressing static analysis warnings
• Code health improvements: #1198, #1829, #1943, #1949, #1959, #1985, #2071, #2073, #2088, #2091, #2098, #2121, #2122, #2132, #2136, #2144, #2147, #2157, #2164, #2166, #2168, #2186, #2254, #2288, #2305, #2317

Fixed

• Fixed Always Encrypted secure 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
• Fixed socket synchronization issue during connect in managed SNI. #1029
• Fixed issue with SqlConnectionStringBuilder property indexer not supporting non-string values. #2018
• 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
• Fixed an issue when using the Authentication option, but not encrypting on .NET Framework where the server certificate was being incorrectly validated #2224
• Fixed a deadlock problem for distributed transactions when on .NET #2161
• Fixed an issue with connecting to named instances on named pipes in managed SNI (Linux/macOS) #2142
• Fixed LocalDb connection issue with an invalid source when using managed SNI #2129
• Fixed an AccessViolationException when using a SQL Express user instance #2101
• Fixed a metadata query issue when connecting to Azure SQL Edge #2099
• Fixed file version information for .NET and .NET Standard binaries #2093
• Fixed the SPN sent for a named instance when using Kerberos authentication on Linux/macOS #2240
• Fixed connection to unsubscribe from transaction completion events before returning it to the connection pool #2301
• Fixed InvalidCastException when reading an Always Encrypted date or time column #2275
• Fixed token caching to prevent expired access tokens from being reused in a connection pool #2273

[AzureKeyVaultProvider] Stable Release v5.1.0

Changed

• Changed Microsoft.Data.SqlClient version 3.0.0 to 5.1.5 #2330
• Changed Azure.Core version 1.6.0 to 1.35.0 #2330
• Changed Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys 4.0.3 to 4.5.0 #2330
• Changed Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory 5.0.0 to 8.0.0 for .Net 8.0 and 6.0.1 for other Target frameworks #2330

Stable Release v5.1.5

[Stable release 5.1.5] - 2024-01-29

This update brings the below changes over the previous release:

Fixed

• Fixed connection to unsubscribe from transaction completion events before returning it to the connection pool #2321
• Fixed InvalidCastException when reading an Always Encrypted date or time column #2324

Changed

• Changed Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens and Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect version 6.24.0 to 6.35.0 #2320 to address CVE-2024-21319

Preview Release v5.2.0-preview5

[Preview Release 5.2.0-preview5.24024.3] - 2024-01-24

This update brings the below changes over the previous release:

Added

• Added .NET 8 support #2230
• Added explicit version for major .NET version dependencies on System.Runtime.Caching 8.0.0, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 8.0.0, and System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource 8.0.0 #2303
• Added the ability to generate debugging symbols in a separate package file #2137

Changed

• Changed Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens and Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect version 6.24.0 to 6.35.0 #2290 to address CVE-2024-21319

Fixed

• Fixed connection to unsubscribe from transaction completion events before returning it to the connection pool #2301
• Fixed InvalidCastException when reading an Always Encrypted date or time column #2275
• Fixed token caching to prevent expired access tokens from being reused in a connection pool #2273
• Code health improvements: #2288, #2305, #2254, #2317

Stable Release v5.1.4

[Stable release 5.1.4] - 2024-01-09

Fixed

• Fixed a deadlock problem for distributed transactions when on .NET.

Changed

• Upgraded Azure.Identity dependency version to 1.10.3 to address CVE-2023-36414.

For summary of all changes over v5.1.3, refer to 5.1.4.md

Preview Release v5.2.0-preview4.23342.2

[Preview Release 5.2.0-preview4.23342.2] - 2023-12-08

Added

• Added SqlBatch support on .NET 6+ #1825, #2223
• Added Workload Identity authentication support #2159, #2264
• Added Localization support on .NET #2210
• Added support for Georgian collation #2194
• Added support for Big Endian systems #2170

Changed

• Updated Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI (.NET Framework dependency) and Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime (.NET/.NET Standard dependency) version to v5.2.0-preview1.23340.1. #2257, which includes removing dead code and addressing TSA warnings
• Improved CPU usage when AppContext switches are in use #2227
• Upgraded Azure.Identity dependency version to 1.10.3 to address CVE-2023-36414, #2188
• Improved error messages when validating server certificates in managed SNI (Linux/macOS) #2060

Fixed

• Fixed an issue when using the Authentication option, but not encrypting on .NET Framework where the server certificate was being incorrectly validated #2224
• Fixed a deadlock problem for distributed transactions when on .NET #2161
• Fixed an issue with connecting to named instances on named pipes in managed SNI (Linux/macOS)#2142
• Fixed an issue when connecting to an invalid LocalDB name using managed SNI #2129
• Fixed an AccessViolationException when using a SQL Express user instance #2101
• Fixed a metadata query issue when connecting to Azure SQL Edge #2099
• Fixed file version information for .NET and .NET Standard binaries#2093
• Fixed the SPN sent for a named instance when using Kerberos authentication on Linux/macOS #2240
• Various code improvements #2091, #2098, #2121, #2122, #2132, #2136, #2144, #2147, #2157, #2164, #2166, #2168, #2186

Stable Release v5.1.3

[Stable release 5.1.3] - 2024-01-09

Fixed

• Fixed encryption downgrade issue. CVE-2024-0056
• Fixed certificate chain validation logic flow.

For summary of all changes over v5.1.2, refer to 5.1.3.md

Stable Release v4.0.5

[Stable release 4.0.5] - 2024-01-09

Fixed

• Fixed encryption downgrade issue. CVE-2024-0056
• Fixed certificate chain validation logic flow.

For summary of all changes over v4.0.4, refer to 4.0.5.md

Stable Release 3.1.5

[Stable release 3.1.5] - 2024-01-09

Fixed

• Fixed encryption downgrade issue. CVE-2024-0056
• Fixed certificate chain validation logic flow.

For summary of all changes over v3.1.4, refer to 3.1.5.md

Stable Release v2.1.7

[Stable release 2.1.7] - 2024-01-09

Fixed

• Fixed encryption downgrade issue. CVE-2024-0056
• Fixed certificate chain validation logic flow.

For summary of all changes over v2.1.6, refer to 2.1.7.md