.NET Extensions 9.0.0

9.0.0 are all pushed now to NuGet.org!

What's Changed

• Adding CI support for dev branch by @joperezr in #4704
• Update SDK by @captainsafia in #4743
• Update SDK version by @sebastienros in #4760
• Enable AOT compatibility for all libraries by @eerhardt in #4625
• rev SDK to current nightly (build-ops) by @mgravell in #4786
• Correct build transitive targets location by @RussKie in #4773
• Update SDK to 23608.3 by @amcasey in #4800
• Add workflow for automatic SDK updates by @wtgodbe in #4886
• Ensure we emit preview.1 versions as prerelease label. by @joperezr in #4909
• Branding updates for 9.0 preview 2 by @joperezr in #4910
• Update Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Middleware.csproj by @RussKie in #4938
• Use 9.0 preview 3 shipping versions by @joperezr in #5094
• Migrate HybridCache from aspnetcore to extensions by @mgravell in #5391
• Fix CVE-2024-21319 by @RussKie in #5418
• HybridCache: ensure that Size is always specified in L1 by @mgravell in #5420
• Merge internal changes from Preview 9 release by @joperezr in #5479
• Improve registration of IDistributedCache in READMEs by @stephentoub in #5480
• Flip default on FunctionInvokingChatClient.ConcurrentInvocation by @stephentoub in #5485
• Remove x64 hardcoding from global.json runtimes by @eiriktsarpalis in #5488
• Fix AIFunctionFactory support for AOT. by @eiriktsarpalis in #5494
• Mark the FunctionCall/ResultContent.Exception properties as [JsonIgnore] by @stephentoub in #5492
• First cut of code ownership by @RussKie in #5486
• Doc updates to HybridCacheOptions by @gewarren in #5493
• Set WriteIndented=true for M.E.AI logging / telemetry / etc. by @stephentoub in #5497
• Sanitize structured output schema type name to satisfy restrictions by @kzu in #5504
• Remove unnecessary suppression in AIFunctionFactory by @eerhardt in #5505
• Allowing tags to start with _ by @carolineRe13 in #5478
• Use the same JsonSerializerOptions default in all locations. by @eiriktsarpalis in #5507
• Use the logging generator in LoggingChatClient / LoggingEmbeddingGenerator by @stephentoub in #5508
• Avoid use of FormattableString when logging by @stephentoub in #5503
• Add comment about use of hashing in CachingHelpers by @stephentoub in #5509
• Build fix - remove unnecessary 'using' by @SteveSandersonMS in #5512
• Rework the AIFunctionFactory APIs and remove redundant overloads following removal of trimmer annotations. by @eiriktsarpalis in #5510
• Improve CachingChatClient's coalescing of streaming updates by @stephentoub in #5514
• Add thread-safety comments about M.E.AI middleware components by @stephentoub in #5515
• Update README with rate limiting example by @stephentoub in #5519
• Add AdditionalPropertiesDictionary.TryGetValue by @stephentoub in #5528
• Expose an AIJsonUtilities class in M.E.AI and lower M.E.AI.Abstractions to STJv8 by @eiriktsarpalis in #5513
• Address PR feedback from #5513 by @eiriktsarpalis in #5533
• Update UseOpenTelemetry for latest genai spec updates by @stephentoub in #5532
• Use 8.0 era dependencies for non net9.0 TFMs by @joperezr in #5470
• Update the meter names of NetworkMetrics to match other meters in ResourceMonitoring by @makazeu in #5541
• Fix typo in ChatCompletions comment by @stephentoub in #5545
• Remove unnecessary ctors from FunctionResultContent by @stephentoub in #5536
• Make GenerateAsync extension just return the embedding by @stephentoub in #5543
• Remove AIContent.ModelId, add StreamingChatCompletionUpdate.ModelId by @stephentoub in #5535
• Fix embedding integration test after telemetry updates by @stephentoub in #5555
• Lower M.E.AI.Ollama STJ dependency back to 8 by @stephentoub in #5554
• Add missing [JsonIgnore] on ChatCompletion.Message by @stephentoub in #5552
• Add OllamaChatClient ctor with string endpoint by @stephentoub in #5553
• Fix a few issues in IChatClient implementations by @stephentoub in #5549
• Script to generate weekly digest by @RussKie in #5550
• Improve EmbeddingGeneratorExtensions by @stephentoub in #5551
• Update .gitattributes by @RussKie in #5565
• Fix cloning of ChatOptions.TopK by @stephentoub in #5564
• Add string constructor to OllamaEmbeddingGenerator by @stephentoub in #5562
• Remove some defunct lazy init from chat clients by @stephentoub in #5561
• Add EmbeddingGeneratorOptions.Dimensions by @stephentoub in #5563
• Structured output improvements (continuation of PR 5522) by @SteveSandersonMS in #5560
• Work around fixed bug in System.Memory.Data by @stephentoub in #5569
• Update M.E.AI.AzureAIInference for its beta2 release by @stephentoub in #5558
• [release/9.0] Merging changes from main into release branch for November release by @joperezr in #5602

New Contributors

• @captainsafia made their first contribution in #4743
• @kzu made their first contribution in #5504
• @carolineRe13 made their first contribution in #5478

Full Changelog: v8.10.0...v9.0.0