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ANDROID DOCS CLOSE 93 PLACEHOLDER GAPS, KESTREL GAINS EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTTLS TRANSPORT

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Jonathan Peppers shipped five major documentation closures across Java atomic, time, and text APIs while AspNetCore lands an opt-in TLS transport that bypasses SslStream on Linux.

The android-api-docs team eliminated all 93 scoped "To be added" placeholders from Java.Util.Concurrent.Atomic, replacing them with proper Android API reference values [1]. The same push completed documentation for Java time chrono era values across four enum types [2], Java.Awt.Font coverage [3], and Android text classifier APIs with 71 XML files validated against 399 official reference links [4]. Over in AspNetCore, the Kestrel team introduced DirectTls, an experimental, opt-in transport that "terminates TLS directly on the connection's socket file descriptor via the runtime's low-level TlsContext / TlsSocketSession API, bypassing SslStream" [7], focusing on Linux workloads and aiming to cut the copy and allocation overhead on the TLS hot path for connection-dense scenarios. The same cycle also saw NuGet Audit warnings resolved [5], an ANCM file watcher bug fixed in app_offline.htm matching logic [6], and the InsecureChunkedParsing app context switch removed [8]. On the Android build side, Peppers fixed Bind=false binding dependencies to preserve metadata during categorization and expose JAR and AAR types as reference-only inputs [9], while obsolete build tools including the unused MSBuild fuzzer and retired Application Insights uploader were stripped [10]. Across 4 repos, 75 commits and 77 PRs landed this period.

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References

  1. [1] Document Java atomic APIs ↗ dotnet/android-api-docs
  2. [2] Document Java time chrono era values ↗ dotnet/android-api-docs
  3. [3] Document Java.Awt.Font ↗ dotnet/android-api-docs
  4. [4] Document Android text classifier APIs ↗ dotnet/android-api-docs
  5. [5] Resolve NuGet Audit warnings (#68514) dotnet/aspnetcore
  6. [6] Fix ANCM app_offline.htm notification match using QueryCCH ↗ dotnet/aspnetcore
  7. [7] [Experimental] DirectTls transport implementation ↗ dotnet/aspnetcore
  8. [8] Remove InsecureChunkedParsing app context switch (#68553) dotnet/aspnetcore
  9. [9] Fix Bind=false binding dependencies ↗ dotnet/android
  10. [10] [build] Remove obsolete build tools ↗ dotnet/android

Quick answers

What shipped in .NET on August 15, 2026?
Jonathan Peppers shipped five major documentation closures across Java atomic, time, and text APIs while AspNetCore lands an opt-in TLS transport that bypasses SslStream on Linux. In total, 75 commits and 77 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to .NET on August 15, 2026?
8 developers shipped this update, including Jonathan Peppers, Viktor Hofer, aw0lid, DeagleGross, Youssef Fahmy, vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2, csigs, and guardrex.
What were the notable .NET updates?
Document Java atomic APIs, Document Java time chrono era values, and Document Java.Awt.Font.

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