AI and machine learning in the .NET ecosystem.
The dotnet/extensions repository published v10.9.0 on 2026-08-12. The release notes list changes including: AI: New experimental routing APIs center on the abstract RoutingChatClient base class, with SemanticRoutingChatClient as a concrete semantic-routing…; AI Evaluation: The generated report gains redesigned Overview, Cases, History, and Comparison….
The microsoft/semantic-kernel repository published dotnet-1.79.0 on 2026-08-06. The release notes list changes including: fb137812c741b8d673ef331b2b517d028056b4bb .NET: Bump package version to 1.79.0 (#14275); 383d102346b7b29c929e0257ef672a48898b5f66 Bump .NET SDK from 10.0.301 to 10.0.302 (#14235).
The dotnet/extensions repository published v10.8.4 on 2026-07-30. The release notes list changes including: --provider azureopenai — Azure OpenAI; --provider ollama — Ollama (for local development).
The dotnet/extensions repository published v10.8.3 on 2026-07-27. The release notes list changes including: Updated serialization behavior for experimental ToolApprovalRequestContent.RequiresConfirmation so it no longer leaks into consumer source-generated AIContent…; Fixed MEAI001 leakage from RequiresConfirmation in source-generated AIContent contexts by using an internal JSON-included backing….
The dotnet/extensions repository published v10.8.2 on 2026-07-23. The release notes list changes including: Move Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.ConformanceTests to xUnit 3 #7636 by @adamsitnik (co-authored by @Copilot); @roji reviewed pull requests.
The dotnet/extensions repository published v10.8.1 on 2026-07-21. The release notes list changes including: Fix FICC tool_calls/tool ordering with approvals and service-managed chat history #7617 by @westey-m; Roundtrip OpenAI Responses reasoning item id for stateless (store=false) encrypted reasoning #7629 by @rogerbarreto (co-authored by @tarekgh).
Azure Updates published “Public Preview: Protect sensitive generative AI telemetry in Application Insights and Microsoft Foundry” on 2026-07-20. Here is what it covers and why it matters for AI & .NET developers.
Azure SDK Blog published “How to build long-running MCP tools on Azure Functions” by Lily Ma on 2026-07-16. Here is what it covers and why it matters for AI & .NET developers.
The dotnet/extensions repository published v10.8.0 on 2026-07-15. The release notes list changes including: New experimental API: AIFunctionNameAttribute and AIParameterNameAttribute #7610 by @jozkee (co-authored by @jeffhandley @Copilot); New experimental API: ToolApprovalRequestContent.RequiresConfirmation (MEAI001) #7549 by @javiercn (co-authored by @Copilot).
The microsoft/semantic-kernel repository published dotnet-1.78.0 on 2026-07-07. The release notes list changes including: 35ba23e1b3092271c778ca057afe1a796e16e70e .Net: Update package version to 1.78.0 (#14142); e6c9673684ca03621885083faff1644e1f42695e .Net: Disable automatic HTTP redirects in HttpPlugin and WebFileDownloadPlugin default clients (#14132).
The microsoft/semantic-kernel repository published python-1.44.0 on 2026-07-07. The release notes list changes including: Python: Bump tornado from 6.5.5 to 6.5.7 in /python by @dependabot[bot] (#14090); Python: Bump pyjwt from 2.11.0 to 2.13.0 in /python by @dependabot[bot] (#14084).
Azure SDK Blog published “Azure Functions MCP Extension: What’s New at Build 2026” by Lily Ma on 2026-06-24. Here is what it covers and why it matters for AI & .NET developers.