You may encounter the following known issues, which may include workarounds, mitigations, or expected resolution timeframes.
In earlier previews (or .NET 8 and before), applications that attempted to use a DynamicResource with incorrect types, and referenced the same from a library, would silently fail by swallowing the exception. However, with the introduction of DynamicResource optimization here, this behavior has changed.
The same implementation will now result in a XamlParseException being thrown, potentially causing the application to crash.
The crash might look something like this:
PresentationFramework.dll!System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.RewrapException(System.Exception e, System.Xaml.IXamlLineInfo lineInfo, System.Uri baseUri)
PresentationFramework.dll!System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.Load(System.Xaml.XamlReader xamlReader, System.Xaml.IXamlObjectWriterFactory writerFactory, bool skipJournaledProperties, object rootObject, System.Xaml.XamlObjectWriterSettings settings, System.Uri baseUri)
PresentationFramework.dll!System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.LoadBaml(System.Xaml.XamlReader xamlReader, bool skipJournaledProperties, object rootObject, System.Xaml.Permissions.XamlAccessLevel accessLevel, System.Uri baseUri)
PresentationFramework.dll!System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.LoadBaml(System.IO.Stream stream, System.Windows.Markup.ParserContext parserContext, object parent, bool closeStream)
PresentationFramework.dll!System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(object component, System.Uri resourceLocator)Developers can prevent this crash by updating the resource with the correct value types. However, for those who need to maintain the previous behavior, an opt-out switch is being provided in the .NET 9 RC1 release. This switch allows applications to revert to the unoptimized DynamicResource usage.
Applications using library-based themes might encounter incorrect rendering of the dark theme due to the implementation of the Fluent theme. This could result in incorrect resource settings for windows, such as background and accent colors, which may appear transparent.
This issue occurs only when starting the application with the dark theme enabled. To ensure correct rendering, the resources can be reloaded. This reloading process can be implemented by hooking into a window event, such as ContentRendered.
The implementation for the same would look something like this -
private void ReactiveWindow_ContentRendered(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
var x = Application.Current.Resources;
Application.Current.Resources = null;
Application.Current.Resources = x;
}The behavior will be fixed in .NET 9 RC1 release.
There is an incompatible dependency between a file referenced in the SDK and the dependencies that Visual Studio includes.
NETSDK1060 Error reading assets file: Error loading lock file '...\obj\project.assets.json' : Could not load file or assembly 'System.Text.Json, Version=8.0.0.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
To target .NET 9 from Visual Studio, .NET SDK requires the use of Visual Studio 17.12 Preview 2.0 or higher.
Visual Studio 17.11.4 restored support for targeting .NET 8 and lower using .NET SDK 9.0.100. A workaround that can be temporarily checked into affected repositories is available.
The CopyWithPrivateKey methods that combine a certificate with its associated private key fail on macOS 15 when using in-memory (ephemeral) keys. This failure is most commonly seen when creating new certificates via CertificateRequest.CreateSelfSigned or when loading a certificate and key from a PEM file (or files) with X509Certificate2.CreateFromPem, which utilize the affected methods.
Callers of these methods on macOS 15 ("Sequoia") will receive a CryptographicException, specifically Interop+AppleCrypto+AppleCommonCryptoCryptographicException: The specified item is no longer valid. It may have been deleted from the keychain. The dotnet dev-certs https command relies on CertificateRequest.CreateSelfSigned and fails with this error.
The CopyWithPrivateKey methods that combine a certificate with its associated private key fail on macOS 15 when using in-memory (ephemeral) keys. This failure is most commonly seen when creating new certificates via CertificateRequest.CreateSelfSigned or when loading a certificate and key from a PEM file (or files) with X509Certificate2.CreateFromPem, which utilize the affected methods.
Callers of these methods on macOS 15 ("Sequoia") will receive a CryptographicException, specifically Interop+AppleCrypto+AppleCommonCryptoCryptographicException: The specified item is no longer valid. It may have been deleted from the keychain. The dotnet dev-certs https command relies on CertificateRequest.CreateSelfSigned and fails with this error.
This issue is addressed in the upcoming .NET 9.0.0-rc2 release, scheduled for release in October 2024.
macOS 15 uses a different status code to indicate a key is not in a Keychain than prior versions do.
If you have not already upgraded to macOS 15 from a prior version and use .NET, you are not impacted by this issue. If you are planning to upgrade to macOS 15, the workaround is to upgrade to .NET 9.0.0-rc2 (scheduled for October 2024) prior to upgrading to macOS 15.
Loading a certificate and its associated private key from a PKCS#12/PFX are not affected. If you are using an application that supports loading a certificate (and associated private key) by either PFX or PEM, converting your PEM contents to PFX - and updating configuration appropriately - may unblock you.
If you target the Windows 10 OS version target framework (i.e. net8.0-windows10.0.22000.0) and run into one of the below compiler errors, see the CsWinRT issue for how to get the fix. The fix will be available by default in an upcoming .NET SDK update.
If you have a type marked partial implementing WinRT mapped interfaces nested within a type that isn't marked partial, you may see the below compiler error instead of a diagnostic message with a code fix indicating that the outer type needs to be made partial.
CS0260 Missing partial modifier on declaration of type '..'; another partial declaration of this type exists
If you have certain special characters in your assembly name (i.e. -) and you have WinRT generic instantiation scenarios, you may notice the generated code doesn't compile due to the source generator fails to escape all possible special characters not allowed in identifiers.
WinRT.SourceGenerator\Generator.WinRTAotSourceGenerator\WinRTGenericInstantiation.g.cs
WinRT.SourceGenerator\Generator.WinRTAotSourceGenerator\WinRTGlobalVtableLookup.g.cs
error CS0116: A namespace cannot directly contain members such as fields, methods or statements
error CS1514: { expected
error CS1022: Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected
error CS0118: 'WinRT.Text' is a namespace but is used like a variable
error CS0103: The name 'GenericHelpers' does not exist in the current context
The .NET 9 SDK now supports profiles for the Windows SDK projection package. Due to that, if you use WindowsSdkPackageVersion to explicitly specify an older version of the package without profiles (i.e. before the .38 version), you will see no types from Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll resolve.
If you had previously specified the WindowsSdkPackageVersion property to get a version of the package not available in the .NET SDK, you can remove that property as the .NET SDK now has a newer version of the package including for 26100.
If you had previously specified the WindowsSdkPackageVersion property to fix the version of the package to control your dependencies and need to stay on the older version, you can add the below to your csproj or a common props or targets file to workaround the issue. This will be done automatically by the .NET 9 SDK in an upcoming update upon which you can remove it.
<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IncludeWindowsSDKRefFrameworkReferences)' == 'true' ">
<FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" Pack="false" PrivateAssets="All" />
</ItemGroup>