.NET Aspire 8.0 Preview 4

Announcing .NET Aspire Preview 4! For the full announcement, see .NET Aspire preview 4 in docs. The packages are now available on NuGet. Checkout our README in the root of the repo to learn how you can get started with .NET Aspire.

What's Changed

• Playground app for SQL Server resources (uses EF). by @mitchdenny in #1895
• Branding changes for preview 4 by @joperezr in #1892
• Fix dashboard not working with two applicationUrls specified. by @mitchdenny in #1901
• Remove unnecessary code from AppHost in Orleans playground by @VincentH-Net in #1904
• Added a mongo playground project by @davidfowl in #1921
• Consistent resource type XML docs by @JamesNK in #1772
• Removed static web assets from aspire hosting by @davidfowl in #1923
• Transform outgoing address to try to find a resource match by @JamesNK in #1932
• Improve environment variable debugging in the app model by @JamesNK in #1746
• Move shared code to shared directory by @JamesNK in #1751
• Fixed build from shared code change by @JamesNK in #1937
• Allow collapsing operations in the trace view by @stbau04 in #1323
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #1947
• Fix dotnet watch. by @mitchdenny in #1933
• Fix precondition in DcpHostService by @drewnoakes in #1943
• Fix histogram chart calculation by @JamesNK in #1968
• Fix exception when app host has no ASPNETCORE_URLS by @drewnoakes in #1970
• Revert state column badge changes by @adamint in #1955
• Update OpenTelemetry packages and use built-in metric methods by @martincostello in #1948
• Prevent ANE when resource state is null by @drewnoakes in #1975
• Remove PublishBuildArtifacts by @mmitche in #1990
• Design changes by @tlmii in #1882
• Fix presentation of resource exit code by @drewnoakes in #1994
• Fix rabbit mq bindings in manifest. by @mitchdenny in #1985
• Avoid Dashboard folder in dashboard project by @drewnoakes in #1995
• Add a known property for a resource's exit code by @drewnoakes in #1998
• Add CTRL-C and working directory messages. by @mitchdenny in #1983
• Map DCP's unknown container exit code to null in resource service by @drewnoakes in #2001
• Update to Mongo's AddDatabase() method by @Banovvv in #1987
• Use HashSet for constant time perf by @drewnoakes in #2002
• Add process metrics to service defaults by @martincostello in #1981
• Use IConfiguration by @drewnoakes in #2011
• Use the slim builder to avoid loading static assets by @davidfowl in #2013
• Update dashboard discovery to use .dll instead of executable by @danegsta in #2018
• Humanize resource state by @adamint in #1962
• Update IDE run session request doc by @karolz-ms in #2020
• Update to Unified Build controls by @mmitche in #1992
• Fix service resolution logic in the dashboard by @davidfowl in #2024
• Fix for unit tests failing. by @mitchdenny in #2028
• Publishing dashboard assets to blob storage in preparation of docker image generation by @joperezr in #1860
• Null is not true, but null is not false by @davidfowl in #2030
• Update Integration Tests by @eerhardt in #1540
• Move SB metadata to intermediates by @ellahathaway in #2023
• Fix Kafka Integration tests by @eerhardt in #2038
• Add AppInsights resource by @BrennanConroy in #2022
• AddParameter(...) by @mitchdenny in #2005
• Bump Microsoft.Data.SqlClient to 5.1.5 by @martincostello in #1950
• Fix publish of dashboard blobs by @joperezr in #2048
• Fix AppInsights dev time provisioning by @BrennanConroy in #2053
• Make ParameterEndToEnd use SQL Server. by @mitchdenny in #2061
• Adds phpMyAdmin to MySql component by @timheuer in #2055
• Generate metadata in manifest. by @mitchdenny in #1619
• Fix dapper package. by @mitchdenny in #2072
• Add ExcludeLaunchProfile method to model by @JamesNK in #1978
• Always show counts in span details by @JamesNK in #1966
• Remove RedisContainerResource and containerize RedisResource. by @mitchdenny in #2073
• Fix component governance alerts by @sebastienros in #2049
• Drop AccountKey in Azure OpenAI README by @eerhardt in #2086
• Refactor functional tests by @eerhardt in #2037
• Unit test ApplicationExecutor by @JamesNK in #2076
• Bump Polly to 8.3.0 by @martincostello in #1949
• Consolidate RabbitMQ resource types for P4. by @mitchdenny in #2078
• Fix missing uninstrumented peer icons in dashboard tracing for HTTP requests by @JamesNK in #2079
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #2088
• Postgres end to end. by @mitchdenny in #2063
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #2082
• Adding bicep resource type by @davidfowl in #2056
• Update Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience to 8.2 by @eerhardt in #2094
• Revert http resilience upgrade by @eerhardt in #2107
• Rename eShopLite to TestShop by @eerhardt in #2095
• Consolidation of Postgres resources. by @mitchdenny in #2097
• Avoid copying dependent projects output in AppHost by @BrennanConroy in #2108
• Fix mapping internal span kind by @JamesNK in #2112
• Consolidate sqlserver resources by @mitchdenny in #2110
• Update Components Progress doc by @eerhardt in #2121
• Clean-up Open AI resource. by @mitchdenny in #2115
• Fix build error on UpdateConfigurationSchema by @eerhardt in #2124
• Adds Mongo Express by @timheuer in #2091
• Consolidate Oracle resources. by @mitchdenny in #2126
• Consolidate MongoDB resources. by @mitchdenny in #2128
• Consolidate Kafka resources. by @mitchdenny in #2129
• Consolidate MySql resources. by @mitchdenny in #2127
• Add error preview tooltip to error log row, make exception message property multiline by @adamint in #2087
• Add resource name to annotations by @BrennanConroy in #2106
• Add test Npgsql EF Test with 2 DbContexts by @eerhardt in #2136
• Fix structured logging name and improve comment by @JamesNK in #2134
• Fix mysql playground build break by @tlmii in #2143
• Build playground projects in CI by @eerhardt in #2144
• Add Enrich EF API by @sebastienros in #2125
• [tests] Add support for running tests on helix by @radical in #1917
• Theme the scrollbars in dark theme, and refactor theming support by @tlmii in #2145
• Remove inner tooltip in exception info tooltip by @adamint in #2158
• Use standard otel properties for rabbitmq logs by @adamint in #2157
• Update RabbitMQ to the latest 6.8.1 by @eerhardt in #2159
• Use keyvault for secret outputs by @davidfowl in #2131
• Remove unnecessary link in Aspire.Hosting.Orleans by @eerhardt in #2164
• Update outdated packages by @joperezr in #2160
• [ci] Use .Open helix queues only for public builds by @radical in #2166
• Display "start time" in local time, not UTC, and omit date if today by @drewnoakes in #2152
• Container surrogate for UseEmulator for Azure Storage. by @mitchdenny in #2132
• Fail provisioning if any of the individual tasks fails by @davidfowl in #2176
• Cosmos DB Emualtor container surrogate. by @mitchdenny in #2175
• Show OLTP timestamps using user's time format preferences by @drewnoakes in #2135
• Clean up WithReference logic by @davidfowl in #2178
• Use existing constants rather than computing them by @drewnoakes in #2184
• Revert fluentui-blazor upgrade by @adamint in #2190
• [tests] Run SqlServer, and PostgreSQL tests on helix by @radical in #2162
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #2194
• Fix RabbitMQ StackTrace tag by @eerhardt in #2163
• Pass Otel service name to containers by @BrennanConroy in #2196
• Add WithEndpoint(name, callback) and WithImageX(...) methods. by @mitchdenny in #2179
• Implement PublishAsAzureRedis by @davidfowl in #2188
• Fix dashboard running without resource server by @JamesNK in #2199
• Always copy the bicep files by @davidfowl in #2202
• Merging Preview 3 branch into main by @joperezr in #2206
• Limit metrics to up to 100,000 values by @JamesNK in #2113
• Minor OpenAI fixes by @eerhardt in #2212
• Enable XML doc error by @eerhardt in #2191
• Make resources page inaccessible in standalone mode by @JamesNK in #2201
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #2216
• Remove comment about DotNet-Blob-Feed from common-variables.yml by @akoeplinger in #1924
• Only build manifest when building in VMR in general by @mmitche in #2141
• Add support for using podman as the container runtime by @danegsta in #2217
• Add connection security to dashboard OTLP by @JamesNK in #2114
• Rename AsDockerFileInManifest to PublishAsDockerFile by @davidfowl in #2209
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade by @dotnet-maestro in #2231
• Use cryptographically generated passwords by @sebastienros in #2210
• Update EF Sql Server API by @sebastienros in #2193
• Update Oracle database EF API by @sebastienros in #2195
• Updating SDK to 8.0.200 by @joperezr in #1888
• Update CosmosDb EF API by @sebastienros in #2215
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #2238
• Avoid adding non-HTTP URLs to ASPNETCORE_URLS during launch by @ReubenBond in #2239
• Extra dashboard validation for deserialised resource service messages by @drewnoakes in #2244
• Add a parent to replicas when selecting a resource by @adamint in #2123
• Fix resource start time formatting by @JamesNK in #2253
• Improvements to structured logs error tooltip by @JamesNK in #2170
• Increase default dependency check timeout and make it configurable by @danegsta in #2256
• Introduce execution context and expose operation. by @mitchdenny in #2261
• Persist state in structured logs page by @adamint in #2161
• Update dashboard README file by @drewnoakes in #2249
• Fix replica selection runtime error in dashboard by @JamesNK in #2262
• Use vector for Aspire logo in dashboard by @timheuer in #2279
• use resource name in metrics and traces page instead of instance id by @adamint in #2255
• Fixing transparency on AOAI package icon by @timheuer in #2254
• Use versioned tags. by @mitchdenny in #2224
• Write the postgres connection string to keyvault by @davidfowl in #2283
• Allow bicep outputs as bicep parameters by @davidfowl in #2287
• Add database migration playground and skip connection string validation for EF tooling by @JamesNK in #2263
• Clean up resource output modeling by @davidfowl in #2286
• Fix parameter secret by @mitchdenny in #2295
• Improve Cosmos with local emulator by @JamesNK in #2008
• Added GetSecretOutput by @davidfowl in #2296
• Fix SQL Server Bicep generated connection string. by @mitchdenny in #2297
• Add WithBindMount method by @JamesNK in #2245
• Require name when defining volume mount by @JamesNK in #2300
• Update Blazor Fluent UI package to 4.4.2 preview by @JamesNK in #2301
• Add dashboard integration tests for OLTP security by @JamesNK in #2223
• Refactor AzureBicepRedisResource to AzureRedisResource by @mitchdenny in #2299
• Fixed publish mode for secret outputs by @davidfowl in #2309
• More changes to make dates and times consistent across dashboard by @JamesNK in #2306
• Fix date formatting with milliseconds by @JamesNK in #2313
• Don't set ASPNETCORE_URLS etc. in DCP at all by @bwateratmsft in #2257
• AddAzureBicepPostgres(...).AddDatabase(...) => AddPostgres(...).PublishAsAzurePostgresFlexibleServer(...).AddDatabase(...) by @mitchdenny in #2312
• Don't try to cleanup DCP resources on shtudown by @danegsta in #2324
• Improve trace span overflow by @JamesNK in #2302
• Fix remembering details display for structured logs by @JamesNK in #2292
• Change the azure resource to be bicep based by @davidfowl in #2320
• Keep selected trace on data updates by @JamesNK in #2293
• Update migration playground to have a shared props file by @JamesNK in #2327
• Add ResourceState.Running by @JamesNK in #2325
• Make property validation exception message clearer by @drewnoakes in #2328
• Update MySql EF API by @sebastienros in #2237
• Consolidate EF API updates by @sebastienros in #2271
• Move azure storage resource to bicep model by @davidfowl in #2329
• Remove custom resource types for containers by @davidfowl in #2331
• Clean up log listener socket during shutdown by @ReubenBond in #2326
• Refactor azure sql resource by @mitchdenny in #2337
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #2342
• Update open-telemetry-architecture.md by @laurentkempe in #2156
• Add RabbitMQ logging tests by @eerhardt in #2343
• PublishAsConnectionString by @davidfowl in #2052
• AzureBicepCosmosDB -> AzureCosmosDB by @mitchdenny in #2352
• Give nested contexts a descriptive name by @JamesNK in #2353
• Service Bus Queues and Topics and child resources by @bjorkstromm in #2232
• Remove URI reserved characters from password generator by @timheuer in #2323
• Move files out of bicep folder by @davidfowl in #2361
• Add data grid view of metrics by @adamint in #1755
• Refactor RabbitMQ tests to use Testcontainers by @eerhardt in #2345
• Move files and unused references by @davidfowl in #2363
• Display version information in dashboard and host by @sebastienros in #2242
• Dispose DistributedApplication instances in tests. by @eerhardt in #2364
• Consistently use resource name as ID everywhere by @JamesNK in #2282
• Introduce database name property for Postgres database resources by @sebastienros in #2346
• Bump VS min version in SDK target by @timheuer in #2290
• Add proxyless endpoint support by @BrennanConroy in #2314
• Orleans: configure ports automatically by @ReubenBond in #2243
• Remove back button from trace detail page by @JamesNK in #2370
• Introduce IsRunning and IsPublishing properties. by @mitchdenny in #2372
• PublishAsConnectionString for Azure resources by @BrennanConroy in #2373
• Update protocol for resource commands by @drewnoakes in #2347
• Service Discovery: set port to 0 when scheme is not present, not -1 by @ReubenBond in #1885
• Adding Azure SignalR provisioning and a showcase to playground by @vicancy in #1873
• Remove DbContextPooling from appsettings tests and docs by @eerhardt in #2381
• Fix ServiceBus endpoint logic by @eerhardt in #2385
• Change Aspire URLs so trace detail is selected by @JamesNK in #2368
• Update Azure PostgreSQL flexible server defaults by @eerhardt in #2391
• Make resource details sections more obvious by @tlmii in #2270
• Add better caching support for reusing configuration values by @davidfowl in #2392
• Make the log analytics workspace visible a magic parameter by @davidfowl in #2374
• Update other details panels by @tlmii in #2401
• Fix footer padding by @tlmii in #2402
• Move resources to the right folder and namespace by @davidfowl in #2404
• Fix migrations service in playground by @JamesNK in #2351
• UseEmulator -> RunAsEmulator by @mitchdenny in #2416
• Rename ResourceMetadataCollection to ResourceAnnotationCollection. by @mitchdenny in #2418
• Remove IgnoreEmulatorCertificate from Cosmos EF integration by @JamesNK in #2425
• Update the DistributedApplicationLifecycle to use shared terminology by @IEvangelist in #2432
• Tweak header size and content padding by @JamesNK in #2419
• For #794. Add Azure AI Search Component by @levimatheri in #2070
• Update manifests by @sebastienros in #2440
• Add keyboard shortcuts for panels, pages, settings by @adamint in #2387
• Fixing issue where AspireManifestPublishOutputPath is specified by @joperezr in #2388
• Minor fixups for Azure AI Search PR by @eerhardt in #2447
• [main] Update dependencies from microsoft/usvc-apiserver by @dotnet-maestro in #2442
• Rename key Service Discovery types by @ReubenBond in #1877
• Show all resource endpoints on resource grid by @JamesNK in #2413
• Fix PassThroughServiceEndPointResolverTests by @ReubenBond in #2451
• Updating OTel Nuget package dependencies to the latest by @samsp-msft in #2454
• Enable signing and fix symbol publishing for dashboard image by @joperezr in #2477
• [release/8.0-preview4] Update templates for AppInsights by @github-actions in #2475
• Backport keyboard shortcut fixes into p4 by @adamint in #2483
• [release/8.0-preview4] Fix opening console logs in a new window or refreshing by @github-actions in #2489
• [release/8.0-preview4] Optimize project templates by @github-actions in #2473
• [release/8.0-preview4] Use fluent icon logo instead of img + svg by @github-actions in #2551
• Isolate the use of host.docker.internal by @davidfowl in #2685

New Contributors

• @martincostello made their first contribution in #1948
• @Banovvv made their first contribution in #1987
• @ellahathaway made their first contribution in #2023
• @laurentkempe made their first contribution in #2156
• @vicancy made their first contribution in #1873
• @levimatheri made their first contribution in #2070

Full Changelog: v8.0.0-preview.3.24105.21...v8.0.0-preview.4.24156.9