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JIT FLAGS BUG FIXES CRITICAL PATH FOR X86 ROTATE OPERATIONS

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The runtime shipped a precision fix that stops the JIT from incorrectly claiming rotate instructions set the zero flag, a bug that could silently corrupt conditional logic downstream.

The core issue landed in dotnet/runtime: ROL and ROR instructions on x86 only affect the carry flag (CF), not zero flag (ZF), but the JIT was claiming otherwise [1]. This matters because downstream code relies on those flag states to make branching decisions. If the JIT lies about which flags are set, you get silent logic corruption that's nearly impossible to debug in production. In parallel, the diagnostics team consolidated follow-ups to the cDAC refactor, cleaning up StackWalk documentation and fixing the DataGenerator build [2]. On the WASM front, the team split out browser compatibility work ahead of the Emscripten 5.0.6 bump, bumping Firefox support from 125.0.1 to 140.11.0esr and prepping the toolchain transition [3]. Roslyn fixed a records codegen bug where synthesized methods were making non-virtual calls to abstract methods, which violated the inheritance contract [4].

Action items

References

  1. [1] JIT: don't claim rotates set ZF on xarch ↗ dotnet/runtime
  2. [2] [cdac] Pipeline refactor + StackWalk doc cleanup + DataGenerator build fix ↗ dotnet/runtime
  3. [3] [browser][wasm] Prep changes ahead of emsdk bump ↗ dotnet/runtime
  4. [4] Records: Avoid synthesized non-virtual calls to abstract methods ↗ dotnet/roslyn

FAQ

What changed in .NET on June 15, 2026?
The runtime shipped a precision fix that stops the JIT from incorrectly claiming rotate instructions set the zero flag, a bug that could silently corrupt conditional logic downstream.
What should .NET teams do about it?
Review JIT flag fix [ref:1] before next runtime build - verify your rotate-dependent code paths • Track the Emscripten 5.0.6 bump; these WASM prep changes [ref:4] can ship independently • Test records with abstract method inheritance if you use C# 9+ record types
Which .NET repositories shipped on June 15, 2026?
dotnet/runtime, dotnet/roslyn

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