Who contributed to .NET on August 9, 2026?

4 developers shipped this update, including AndyAyersMS, am11, rcj1, and ReubenBond.

What were the notable .NET updates?

JIT: rewrite Runtime_131713 without the XML serializer, Fix haiku and illumos x64 builds, and [cDAC] Fix x86 stackwalking bug.

Aug 9, 2026

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RUNTIME JITS AWAY XML SERIALIZER DEPENDENCY, ORLEANS DOCS RESCUE MISSION CONTINUES

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:59 UTC on August 9, 2026 · About .NET · Composed from the cited sources · methodology

4 people shipped this

ReubenBond @ReubenBond 5 cited

AndyAyersMS @AndyAyersMS 1 cited

am11 @am11 1 cited

rcj1 @rcj1 1 cited

The .NET runtime shed a test dependency on XML serialization while Orleans spent the day restoring critical guidance that vanished in a recent docs overhaul.

Andy Ayers landed a surgical refactor of a JIT test that removes its reliance on the XML serializer, keeping the original bug detection intact [1]. Meanwhile, the runtime team fixed build breakage on haiku and illumos x64 platforms [2] and patched a stackwalking bug in the compact DAC discovered during internal diagnostics [3], the kind of low-level fix that saves hours of production debugging later. On the Orleans side, Reuben Bond shipped a hardened DynamoDB transactional storage layer that now requires a successful reload after failed stores and adds partition-scoped diagnostics without exposing sensitive payloads [4], tightening what was a safety gap. The team also restored four major doc guides that got lost in a modernization pass: grain call filter patterns with compiled examples [5], DelayDeactivation timing semantics [6], the bare-bones Hello World quickstart [7], and custom placement strategies [8]. Across both repos, 17 commits and 17 PRs shipped in the last 24 hours.

Action items

→ Review the new DynamoDB transaction diagnostics in Orleans to understand failure surfacing for your grain state storage dotnet/orleans [plan]
→ Consult the restored Orleans docs before writing new grain filters or placement logic dotnet/orleans [monitor]
→ Test your haiku or illumos x64 builds against the latest runtime dotnet/runtime [monitor]

References

[1] JIT: rewrite Runtime_131713 without the XML serializer ↗ dotnet/runtime
[2] Fix haiku and illumos x64 builds ↗ dotnet/runtime
[3] [cDAC] Fix x86 stackwalking bug ↗ dotnet/runtime
[4] fix(dynamodb): harden transactional storage conflicts ↗ dotnet/orleans
[5] docs: restore safe grain call filter examples ↗ dotnet/orleans
[6] docs: restore activation delay semantics (#10359) dotnet/orleans ↗
[7] docs: restore Orleans Hello World onboarding ↗ dotnet/orleans
[8] docs: restore custom placement examples (#10369) dotnet/orleans ↗