8.0.0

Issues

• Globalization invariant mode: Require explicit LCID when constructing SqlMetaData

  Breaking Change 🔨Public API 🆕
  Unread
  dotnet/SqlClient#4457·edwardneal opened Jul 19, 2026 · Updated Oct 8, 2026
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• Emit OpenTelemetry tracing

  Feature

  dotnet/SqlClient#2210 · Filter by author roji opened on Nov 7, 2023 · 8.0.0
  19

• Feature | Emit OpenTelemetry metrics

  Feature

  dotnet/SqlClient#2211 · Filter by author roji opened on Nov 7, 2023 · 8.0.0
  14

• Feature | Async friendly Always Encrypted support

  Approved
  Feature

  dotnet/SqlClient#3672 · Filter by author cheenamalhotra opened on Oct 8, 2025 · 8.0.0
  4

  

• Expose MSAL logs to the application

  Approved
  Feature

  dotnet/SqlClient#1846 · Filter by author shueybubbles opened on Nov 22, 2022 · 8.0.0
  3

• Feature | Implement async transaction begin/commit/rollback methods

  Approved
  Feature

  dotnet/SqlClient#113 · Filter by author roji opened on May 22, 2019 · 8.0.0
  9

  

• Feature | Cancelling an async SqlClient operation throws SqlException, not TaskCanceledException

  Breaking Change 🔨
  Feature

  dotnet/SqlClient#26 · Filter by author roji opened on Jun 8, 2016 · 8.0.0
  41

• Audit Best-effort Cleanup Code

  Code Health 💊
  Task

  dotnet/SqlClient#3581 · Filter by author benrr101 opened on Aug 22, 2025 · 8.0.0
  3