Release notes from dotnet-script

2.0.0

2025-11-14T10:56:09Z

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2.0.0 (11/13/2025)

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Merged Pull Requests

Update Dockerfile to use .NET SDK 9.0 (11/7/2025) #776 (oncybersec)
Added '--cache-path' command line option (11/12/2025) #778 (psryland)
Replaced nuget.exe with dotnet pack for script package tests (11/7/2025) #779 (filipw)
Added support for .NET 10, made isolated load context default (11/12/2025) #780 (seesharper)
Roslyn5 (11/13/2025) #781 (seesharper)
rev up to 2.0.0 (11/12/2025) #782 (filipw)
Bumped dependencies (11/13/2025) #783 (seesharper)

Closed Issues

Guidance for using dotnet-script in Azure Pipelines (10/21/2025) #577 (ssippe)
Execution Speed (2/5/2025) #726 (LostTime76)
.NET Script Debug not launching dotnet-script correctly (3/3/2025) #771 (Bruehdiger)
Unable to eval a .csx script; dotnet-script fails with error about $Home. (2/5/2025) #773 (RokeJulianLockhart)
❓Question: Executing dotnet script in AWS CodeBuild and fetching credentials for AWS service SDK clients (4/7/2025) #774 (skirk-mpr)
Native AOT build of dotnet-script runner (4/18/2025) #775 (gitnlsn)

1.6.0

2024-11-13T19:12:42Z

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1.6.0 (11/13/2024)

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added .NET 8.0 to the README (11/15/2023) #745 (filipw)
fixed global tool path detection (5/7/2024) #753 (filipw)
Bump System.Text.Json from 7.0.0 to 8.0.4 in /src/Dotnet.Script.Core (7/11/2024) #756 (dependabot)
Fixes #758 - manual install of dotnet note (8/1/2024) #759 (Dorian-Grim)
dotnet script register doesn't work after vscode registers for file (11/13/2024) #761 (tomlm)
Fixes #723 shebang before sdk (11/13/2024) #762 (joshuabrink)
Update Dotnet.Script.DependencyModel.csproj (11/7/2024) #768 (zentron)
This PR adds support for .Net 9 and removed support (11/13/2024) #769 (seesharper)

Closed Issues

Prerelease nuget packages (6/13/2024) #407 (b0urb4k1)
Cache and windows storage sensor issue (2/15/2024) #704 (toras9000)
Shebang directive on top of the file breaks #r SDK parsing (11/13/2024) #723 (marvfinsy)
Will .net 8 be supported as soon as it comes out? Will there be any further performance improvements? (11/15/2023) #739 (nczsl)
When I use ScriptCompiler compile and run, memory usage not released (12/11/2023) #747 (Cricle)
VSCode: dotnet-script installed in the global path creates a launch.json with absolute path to the .dll (6/24/2024) #755 (jojorne)
small add to instructions (8/1/2024) #758 (Dorian-Grim)

1.5.0

2023-11-15T06:43:26Z

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1.5.0 (11/15/2023)

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Merged Pull Requests

fixed deprecated syntax (1/31/2023) #698 (filipw)
allow DOTNET_SCRIPT_CACHE_LOCATION to be relative (1/31/2023) #699 (filipw)
respect Environment.ExitCode when running the script (4/3/2023) #712 (filipw)
Fix greedy parsing of load directive part (5/27/2023) #724 (atifaziz)
Remove hardwired return type in ExecuteScriptCommand (6/5/2023) #725 (isaacvale)
added a note about default namespaces (6/6/2023) #730 (filipw)
Update prerestore.Dockerfile to dotnet 7 (6/20/2023) #731 (andmos)
Support .NET 8.0 (11/9/2023) #740 (filipw)
conditionally reference appropriate version of Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console (11/13/2023) #742 (filipw)
Updated to Roslyn 4.8.0-3.final and .NET 8 stable packages/SDK (11/15/2023) #744 (filipw)

Closed Issues

Dependency Injection? (6/6/2023) #493 (jamie-tillman)
How to use dotnet script within Visual Studio/Rider? (10/3/2023) #562 (EmilyGraceSeville7cf)
Memory leak when executing scripts in a loop dynamically in process (6/7/2023) #598 (gimatech)
does “dotnet script” (csx) support ASP.NET Core app development? (6/6/2023) #602 (jagchat)
Which namespaces are implictly used? (6/6/2023) #647 (maptz)
Omnisharp issues with generated project (2/1/2023) #651 (dewinterjack)
Bug - DOTNET_SCRIPT_CACHE_LOCATION doesn't work with relative path (1/31/2023) #658 (mcintyre321)
dotnet tool install fails without explanation on dotnet 6 (2/1/2023) #679 (carlin-q-scott)
(Feature proposal) Ability to specify SDK (11/27/2022) #689 (seesharper)
dotnet 7 support? (11/27/2022) #692 (brad-jones)
vscode launch file absolute path workaround? (2/8/2023) #697 (adamfk)
Setting Environment.ExitCode = 1; doesn't work (4/3/2023) #700 (adamfk)
CS0433 erorr (3/31/2023) #702 (nczsl)
dotnet-script fails with StateSmith because it uses Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp 4.5.0.0 or higher (3/9/2023) #703 (adamfk)
CS1503 (10/28/2023) #705 (nczsl)
CS1624 (10/28/2023) #706 (nczsl)
CS0433 (4/4/2023) #708 (nczsl)
CS1660 (10/28/2023) #710 (nczsl)
dotnet -h doesn't show script command (4/9/2023) #714 (tombohub)
Reference to Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web not work (5/10/2023) #716 (i-mark)
Not getting environment from DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT variable (5/10/2023) #718 (charring)
csx parsing problems (5/22/2023) #720 (i-mark)
Change target framework from net7.0 to net472 (6/5/2023) #729 (amine-aboufirass)
System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly (8/16/2023) #736 (m4ss1m0g)
syntax highlighting + intellisense not working for project created using dotnet script init (11/6/2023) #737 (amine-aboufirass)
dotnet script Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found (10/3/2023) #738 (stealthAngel)

1.4.0

2022-11-27T22:30:01Z

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1.4.0 (11/26/2022)

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Updated McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils to 3.0.0 (2/4/2022) #640 (badbort)
Add missing TFMs to ReadMe (12/27/2021) #650 (devlead)
fixed errorDiagnostics check (2/4/2022) #659 (filipw)
Fix MacOs build in Azure Pipelines (2/4/2022) #660 (seesharper)
Improve documentation to answer #664 (3/21/2022) #665 (Maximetinu)
small improvements in the code (3/7/2022) #667 (filipw)
Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.3 to 13.0.1 in /src/Dotnet.Script.Core (6/23/2022) #676 (dependabot)
Correct order of dotnet script register command in readme (8/4/2022) #678 (CBielstein)
Added support for net7.0 (9/19/2022) #682 (seesharper)
Set stopAtEntry to false in globaltool.launch.json.template (9/21/2022) #683 (seesharper)
Updated a bunch of links and logos (9/21/2022) #684 (filipw)
Don't write diagnostics to stdOut (9/26/2022) #686 (seesharper)
Remove Newtonsoft.Json (9/27/2022) #687 (seesharper)
removed unnecessary CS8073 warnings (10/24/2022) #690 (filipw)
updates for .NET 7.0 (11/9/2022) #693 (filipw)
Add support for specifying Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web as the sdk (11/26/2022) #694 (seesharper)

Closed Issues

How is dotnet-script different from csi? (9/27/2022) #371 (giggio)
Is it possible to reference System packages without using nuget? (9/27/2022) #499 (Metrowerks)
How to run a script using CompilationDependencyResolver? (9/27/2022) #515 (dfkeenan)
GitLab support for remote scripts (3/24/2022) #566 (EmilySeville7cfg)
Cannot add NuGet packages (9/27/2022) #584 (AndiRudi)
Question: Using dotnet-script in webapi (9/27/2022) #588 (ryzam)
Condition in PackageReference generated from #r "nuget: ... directive (9/27/2022) #600 (dave-yotta)
dotnet script doesn't obey version (9/27/2022) #622 (phatcher)
Unable to find an entry point named 'CompressionNative_DeflateInit2_' in DLL 'clrcompression.dll' (9/21/2022) #634 (SvenEssentry)
Question: How to access content files in NuGet packages (9/27/2022) #639 (JulianBirch)
How can I use this tool in code? (5/29/2022) #643 (oliver021)
Assembly version issue (9/27/2022) #648 (intrasight)
C# language version issue (1/6/2022) #652 (intrasight)
Is it possible to use dotnet-script without installing the SDK (using runtime only) ? (1/11/2022) #653 (uffebjorklund)
Other ways to enable isolated load context. (1/28/2022) #654 (toras9000)
[Question] Possible to access environment variable in #load? (1/29/2022) #655 (MostHated)
Add syntax highlight and code completion to CLI (9/27/2022) #656 (iSeiryu)
Stop compiler warnings being written to stdout (9/26/2022) #657 (mcintyre321)
Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.0 from dotnet-script always imported even when 13.0.1 package installed (9/27/2022) #663 (georgiosd)
Question: how to execute scripts directly from the shell as if they were executables. (9/19/2022) #664 (Maximetinu)
Question: can I use extension methods? (3/9/2022) #668 (kasimier-vireq)
Default using statements (4/25/2022) #669 (DanJBower)
Assembly with same name is already loaded exception when run second script (9/27/2022) #671 (nowwwak)
MacOS arm64 debugging in VSCode has a weird behaviour (9/19/2022) #673 (centur)
Remove the dependency on Newtonsoft.Json (9/27/2022) #674 (KAW0)
Weird problem under Windows Sandbox (9/22/2022) #675 (kasajian)
Absolute minimum requirement for running? (9/25/2022) #681 (MostHated)
[Linux: Pop_OS 22.04] Updated dotnet-script and am getting Fatal error. Internal CLR error. (0x80131506) (9/26/2022) #685 (MostHated)
[Question] Why Dotnet.Script.Core reference more unused nuget package? (9/27/2022) #688 (Cricle)

1.3.1

2021-12-03T15:52:44Z

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1.3.1 (12/3/2021)

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Net6 compilation dependencies (12/3/2021) #649 (seesharper)

1.3.0

2021-11-14T15:31:38Z

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1.3.0 (11/12/2021)

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Update to Net6.0 (11/8/2021) #644 (seesharper)
Bumped version to 1.3.0 (11/12/2021) #645 (seesharper)
updated to Roslyn 4 (11/9/2021) #646 (filipw)

Closed Issues

Accessing file from current directory works, but accessing configuration files do not (10/5/2021) #439 (gldraphael)
1.2.0 causes NUnit.Engine.TestEngineActivator.CreateInstance() to return null (8/27/2021) #635 (dave-yotta)
Question: EF Core 5 Error (9/18/2021) #641 (andrebarsotti)

1.2.1

2021-08-26T21:36:31Z

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1.2.1 (8/26/2021)

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Assembly isolation opt-in at dotnet-script level (8/26/2021) #637 (hrumhurum)
Bumped to version 1.2.1 (8/26/2021) #638 (seesharper)

1.2.0

2021-08-25T20:31:25Z

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1.2.0 (8/25/2021)

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Merged Pull Requests

Add Dockerfile for networkless container support; Add ghcr docker auto deploy workflow (6/4/2021) #617 (zekroTJA)
Don't stop at entry when debugging in VS Code (8/5/2021) #628 (seesharper)
Test issues when running from a folder containing a space character in its name (8/18/2021) #629 (hrumhurum)
Memory leak in AppDomain.AssemblyResolve event subscription (8/18/2021) #630 (hrumhurum)
Ability to isolate script execution with AssemblyLoadContext (8/25/2021) #631 (hrumhurum)
drop support for .NET Core 2.1 (8/23/2021) #633 (filipw)

Closed Issues

R2R, Single File and IL Link Trim support (8/18/2021) #490 (gdmka)
Execution cache file is per script folder leading to error when running scripts in parallel (5/1/2021) #540 (mungojam)
Allow CancellationToken in Execute method (5/5/2021) #612 (sean-mcl)
Metadata file 'System.Data.Odbc' could not be found (5/5/2021) #619 (stevenkc)
ODBC need runding under x86 (5/5/2021) #620 (stevenkc)
Unable to install dotnet-script (5/7/2021) #621 (drewburlingame)
Consider adding Roll Forward policy for dotnet-script tool (6/6/2021) #624 (GlebChili)
Debugging in Visual Studio Code no longer works (7/18/2021) #627 (DanielEgbers)
Can't reference nuget packages (8/20/2021) #632 (michaelalpine)

1.1.0

2021-05-01T01:26:00Z

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1.1.0 (5/1/2021)

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fixed CompilationDependencyResolver for .NET 5.0 (11/11/2020) #591 (filipw)
updated to Roslyn 3.8.0 (11/18/2020) #595 (filipw)
cache script per file instead of per directory (3/8/2021) #596 (DanielEgbers)
corrected OmniSharp.json (12/12/2020) #599 (filipw)
Bugfix-Initialize folder with whitespace (2/9/2021) #606 (seesharper)
updated to Roslyn 3.9.0 (3/12/2021) #609 (filipw)
Bump Microsoft packages to 5.0.0 (4/22/2021) #614 (seesharper)
added strong naming (5/1/2021) #618 (filipw)

Closed Issues

Error on running script (unable to restore packages) (11/17/2020) #593 (hitochan777)
nuget packages not loading (12/18/2020) #601 (rsquarev)
.NET 5 support (1/4/2021) #603 (AmSmart)
dotnet-script init error when setting permissions when working directory path includes a space. (2/9/2021) #605 (easp)
Unable to use C# 8 using statements (3/22/2021) #611 (dasMulli)
FileLoadException when running C# script (4/22/2021) #613 (badclone)

1.0.1

2020-11-10T21:13:53Z

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1.0.1 (11/10/2020)

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Use Roslyn 3.8.0 final beta (11/10/2020) #590 (seesharper)