dotnet · paulmedynski · May 8, 2025 · May 7, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
+# Release Notes
+
+## [Stable release 5.1.7] - 2025-04-25
+
+This update brings the following changes since the 5.1.6 release:
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed possible `NullPointerException` during socket receive (PR [#3285](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3285))
+- Fixed inconsistencies between source and reference projects (PR [#3180](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3180))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Updated the following dependencies:
+  - [Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI/5.1.2) 5.1.1 to 5.1.2 for .NET Framework on Windows (PR [#3294](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3294))
+  - [Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime/5.1.2) 5.1.1 to 5.1.2 for .NET on Windows (PR [#3294](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3294))
+  - [Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory/6.0.3) 6.0.1 to 6.0.3 - Avoid [CVE-2024-43483](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qj66-m88j-hmgj) (PR [#3068](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3068))
+  - [Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting/6.0.1) 6.0.0 to 6.0.1 - Avoid transitive dependency on vulnerable [System.Text.Json](https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Json/6.0.0) 6.0.0 (PR [#3207](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3207))
+  - [System.Private.Uri](https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Private.Uri) 4.3.2 - Avoid transitive [CVE-2019-0820](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-0820) (PR [#3077](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3077))
+  - [System.Text.Encodings.Web](https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Encodings.Web/6.0.1) 6.0.0 to 6.0.1 - Avoid transitive downgrade for .NET Framework targets (PR [#3279](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3279))
+  - [System.Text.Json](https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Text.Json/6.0.11) 6.0.11 - Avoid transitive dependencies on older vulnerable versions for .NET Framework targets (PR [#3279](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3279))
+
+## [Stable release 5.1.6] - 2024-08-27
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed Transient fault handling issue with `OpenAsync`. [#1983](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1983) [#2508](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2508)
+- Fixed `AcquireTokenAsync` timeout handling for edge cases in `ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider`. [#2706](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2706)
+- Fixed pending data with `SqlDataReader` against an encrypted column. [#2618](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2618) [#2818](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2818)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Upgraded `Azure.Identity` version from 1.11.3 to 1.11.4 [#2649] (https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2649) [#2529] (https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2529) to address [CVE-2024-35255](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5vv-6r4h-3vj9).
+- Upgraded `Microsoft.Identity.Client` version from 4.60.0 to 4.61.3 [#2649] (https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2649) [#2529] (https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2529) to address [CVE-2024-35255](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5vv-6r4h-3vj9).
+- Added caching to `TokenCredential` objects to take advantage of token caching. [#2776](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2776)
+- Code health improvements: [#2490] (https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2490)
 
 ## [Stable release 5.1.5] - 2024-01-29
 

diff --git a/release-notes/5.1/5.1.0-preview1.md b/release-notes/5.1/5.1.0-preview1.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 This update brings the below changes over the previous release:
 
+### Contributors
+Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.
+- [Wraith2](https://github.com/Wraith2)
+- [sorensenmatias](https://github.com/sorensenmatias)
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed `ReadAsync()` behavior to register Cancellation token action before streaming results. [#1781](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1781)

diff --git a/release-notes/5.1/5.1.0-preview2.md b/release-notes/5.1/5.1.0-preview2.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 This update brings the below changes over the previous release:
 
+### Contributors
+Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.
+- [Wraith2](https://github.com/Wraith2)
+- [ErikEJ](https://github.com/ErikEJ)
+- [panoskj](https://github.com/panoskj)
+
 ### Breaking changes over preview release v5.1.0-preview1
 
 - Add support for .NET 6.0 and Dropped support for .NET Core 3.1. [#1704](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1704) [#1823](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1823)
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ The default value of the `ServerCertificate` connection setting is an empty stri
 
 ## Target Platform Support
 
-- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows x86, Windows x64)
+- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows ARM64, Windows x86, Windows x64)
 - .NET 6.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
 - .NET Standard 2.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
 

diff --git a/release-notes/5.1/5.1.0.md b/release-notes/5.1/5.1.0.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 
 This update includes the following changes over the 5.0 release:
 
+### Contributors
+Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.
+- [Wraith2](https://github.com/Wraith2)
+- [ErikEJ](https://github.com/ErikEJ)
+- [roji](https://github.com/roji)
+- [panoskj](https://github.com/panoskj)
+- [teo-tsirpanis](https://github.com/teo-tsirpanis)
+- [sorensenmatias](https://github.com/sorensenmatias)
+
 ### Breaking changes
 
 - Dropped support for .NET Core 3.1. [#1704](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1704) [#1823](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1823)
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ The default value of the `ServerCertificate` connection setting is an empty stri
 
 ## Target Platform Support
 
-- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows x86, Windows x64)
+- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows ARM64, Windows x86, Windows x64)
 - .NET 6.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
 - .NET Standard 2.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
 
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ The default value of the `ServerCertificate` connection setting is an empty stri
 
 #### .NET
 
-- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.0
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.0
 - Azure.Identity 1.7.0
 - Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
 - Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ The default value of the `ServerCertificate` connection setting is an empty stri
 
 #### .NET Standard
 
-- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.0
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.0
 - Azure.Identity 1.7.0
 - Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
 - Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0

diff --git a/release-notes/5.1/5.1.1.md b/release-notes/5.1/5.1.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Release Notes
+
+## Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1.1 released 28 March 2023
+
+This update includes the following changes over the previous release:
+
+### Contributors
+Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed an incorrect exception when a symmetric key fails to decrypt a column using Always Encrypted. [#1968](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1968)
+- Fixed `TransactionScope` connection issue when `Enlist` is `enabled`, `Pooling` is `disabled`, and `Network Connection Type` is set to `Redirect`. [#1967](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1967)
+- Fixed throttling of token requests by calling `AcquireTokenSilent`. [#1966](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1966)
+- Fixed TDS RPC error on large queries in `SqlCommand.ExecuteReaderAsync`. [#1965](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1965)
+- Fixed `NullReferenceException` in `GetBytesAsync`. [#1964](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1964)
+
+## Target Platform Support
+
+- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows ARM64, Windows x86, Windows x64)
+- .NET 6.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+- .NET Standard 2.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+#### .NET Framework
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.0
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation 4.3.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.Web 6.0.0
+
+#### .NET
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.0
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource 6.0.0
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0
+
+#### .NET Standard
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.0
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- Microsoft.Win32.Registry 5.0.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.0
+- System.Runtime.Loader 4.3.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0
diff --git a/release-notes/5.1/5.1.2.md b/release-notes/5.1/5.1.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Release Notes
+
+## Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1.2 released 26 October 2023
+
+This update includes the following changes over the previous release:
+
+### Contributors
+Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.
+- [emidah](https://github.com/emidah)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed access violation when using SQL Express user instance. [#2101](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2101)
+- Fixed Always Encrypted secure enclave retry logic for async queries. [#1988](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1988)
+- Fixed LocalDb and managed SNI by improving the error messages and avoid falling back to the local service. [#2129](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2129)
+- Fixed .NET and .NET Standard file version. [2093](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2093)
+- Fixed non-string values and `SqlConnectionStringBuilder` property indexer issue. [#2018](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2018)
+- Fixed `SqlConnectionEncryptOption` type conversion by introducing the `SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter` attribute when using **appsettings.json** files. [#2057](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2057)
+- Fixed Transient fault handling issue with `OpenAsync`. [#1983](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1983)
+- Fixed activity correlator to continue use of same GUID for connection activity. [#1997](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/1997)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Updated `Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI` (.NET Framework dependency) and `Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime` (.NET Core/Standard dependency) version to `5.1.1`. [#2123](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2123)
+
+## Target Platform Support
+
+- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows ARM64, Windows x86, Windows x64)
+- .NET 6.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+- .NET Standard 2.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+#### .NET Framework
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.1
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation 4.3.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.Web 6.0.0
+
+#### .NET
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.1
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource 6.0.0
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0
+
+#### .NET Standard
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.1
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- Microsoft.Win32.Registry 5.0.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.0
+- System.Runtime.Loader 4.3.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0
diff --git a/release-notes/5.1/5.1.3.md b/release-notes/5.1/5.1.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Release Notes
+
+## Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1.3 released 9 January 2024
+
+This update includes the following changes over the previous release:
+
+### Contributors
+Thanks to the following public contributors. Their efforts toward this project are very much appreciated.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed encryption downgrade issue. [CVE-2024-0056](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0056)
+- Fixed certificate chain validation logic flow.
+
+## Target Platform Support
+
+- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows ARM64, Windows x86, Windows x64)
+- .NET 6.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+- .NET Standard 2.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+#### .NET Framework
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.1
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation 4.3.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.Web 6.0.0
+
+#### .NET
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.1
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource 6.0.0
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0
+
+#### .NET Standard
+
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime 5.1.1
+- Azure.Identity 1.7.0
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.47.2
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.24.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- Microsoft.Win32.Registry 5.0.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.0
+- System.Runtime.Loader 4.3.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0