Azure · Bernd Verst (berndverst) · Aug 11, 2026
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -9,113 +9,105 @@
 
   <!-- Product dependencies -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Core" Version="1.44.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Core" Version="1.61.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Data.Tables" Version="12.11.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus" Version="7.20.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.27.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.22.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.21.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus" Version="7.20.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Blobs" Version="12.29.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.27.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Castle.Core" Version="5.2.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="ImpromptuInterface" Version="6.2.2" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="ImpromptuInterface" Version="7.0.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="ImpromptuInterface" Version="8.0.6" />
+    <!-- Application Insights 3.x removes the telemetry module APIs exposed by DurableTask.ApplicationInsights. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.OwinSelfHost" Version="5.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="10.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Services.Client" Version="5.8.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="2.1.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric" Version="6.4.617" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Data" Version="3.3.617" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Services" Version="3.3.617" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="1.15.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="1.2.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="6.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive.Compatibility" Version="4.4.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive.Core" Version="4.4.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric" Version="11.6.239" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Data" Version="8.6.239" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Services" Version="8.6.239" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.301" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="1.17.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="7.0.1" />
+    <!-- System.Reactive 7.0.0's analyzer requires Roslyn 4.12 and cannot build with the .NET 8 SDK. -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive" Version="6.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Product dependencies with net48 only-->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.KeyVault.Core" Version="1.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.KeyVault.Core" Version="3.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Edm" Version="5.8.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.OData" Version="5.8.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager" Version="3.2.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Rest.ClientRuntime" Version="2.3.24" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Rest.ClientRuntime.Azure" Version="3.3.19" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager" Version="3.2.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Spatial" Version="5.8.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.ServiceBus" Version="4.1.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="6.36.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.ServiceBus" Version="7.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Test dependencies -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" Version="1.8.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.9.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="1.9.71" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" Version="1.8.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.9.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging.EventSourceAnalyzer.NetCore" Version="2.0.1406.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core" Version="5.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.Core" Version="1.5.6" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.10.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.10.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="3.5.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="3.5.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.5.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.Core" Version="1.13.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.8.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="4.3.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="4.3.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.9.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.8" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="9.3.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="8.7.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="9.3.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Test dependencies with net8.0-->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging.NetCore" Version="2.0.1406.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.1.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Test dependencies with net472-->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Owin" Version="5.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" Version="4.2.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" Version="4.2.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Test dependencies with net48-->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
+    <!-- NuGet reports 6.0.1302 as newer, but it predates the 2.0.1406 release line. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging" version="2.0.1406.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="EnterpriseLibrary.SemanticLogging.TextFile" version="2.0.1406.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" Version="4.2.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Tpl.Dataflow" version="4.5.24" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" Version="4.2.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Tpl.Dataflow" Version="4.5.24" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Samples dependencies -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.21.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.DependencyCollector" Version="2.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService" Version="2.23.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.AzureStorage" Version="1.17.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.AzureStorage" Version="1.17.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" Version="1.14.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="10.0.8" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="10.0.8" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="10.0.8" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.15.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.15.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.17.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.17.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Vio.DurableTask.Hosting" Version="2.2.17" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <!-- Dependencies specific to net8.0-->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0'">
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="10.0.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="10.0.3" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net8.0'">
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="6.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="6.0.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-
   <!-- Samples dependencies with net48-->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
     <PackageVersion Include="ncrontab" Version="3.4.0" />

diff --git a/Test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests/AllowedTypesSerializationBinderTests.cs b/Test/DurableTask.AzureServiceFabric.Tests/AllowedTypesSerializationBinderTests.cs
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ public void BindToType_AllowsNullAssemblyName()
         [TestMethod]
         public void BindToType_RejectsArbitraryAssembly()
         {
-            Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            Assert.ThrowsExactly<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
                 this.binder.BindToType("Evil.Assembly", "Evil.PwnedDescriptor"));
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void BindToType_RejectsQualifiedArbitraryAssembly()
         {
-            Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            Assert.ThrowsExactly<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
                 this.binder.BindToType("Evil.Assembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null", "Evil.PwnedDescriptor"));
         }
 
@@ -97,23 +97,23 @@ public void BindToType_RejectsSystemDiagnosticsProcess()
         {
             // A common gadget type — must be rejected
             var type = typeof(System.Diagnostics.Process);
-            Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            Assert.ThrowsExactly<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
                 this.binder.BindToType(type.Assembly.GetName().Name, type.FullName));
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void BindToType_RejectsNonAllowlistedMscorlibType()
         {
             // System.Type is from mscorlib but not in the type allowlist
-            Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            Assert.ThrowsExactly<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
                 this.binder.BindToType("mscorlib", typeof(Type).FullName));
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void BindToType_RejectsUnresolvableType()
         {
             // A type name that cannot be resolved should throw a controlled exception, not NullReferenceException
-            var ex = Assert.ThrowsException<JsonSerializationException>(() =>
+            var ex = Assert.ThrowsExactly<JsonSerializationException>(() =>
                 this.binder.BindToType("DurableTask.Core", "DurableTask.Core.NonExistentType"));
             StringAssert.Contains(ex.Message, "NonExistentType");
         }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public void BindToType_RejectsNonAllowlistedDurableTaskCoreType()
         {
             // TaskOrchestration is a DurableTask.Core type but not in the proxy endpoint allowlist
             var type = typeof(TaskOrchestration);
-            Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            Assert.ThrowsExactly<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
                 this.binder.BindToType(type.Assembly.GetName().Name, type.FullName));
         }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public void Deserialize_MaliciousPayload_IsRejected()
             };
 
             // Newtonsoft wraps the binder's InvalidOperationException in a JsonSerializationException
-            var ex = Assert.ThrowsException<JsonSerializationException>(() =>
+            var ex = Assert.ThrowsExactly<JsonSerializationException>(() =>
                 JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<object>(maliciousJson, settings));
             Assert.IsInstanceOfType(ex.InnerException, typeof(InvalidOperationException));
             StringAssert.Contains(ex.InnerException.Message, "is not allowed");

diff --git a/Test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/Storage/DurableTaskStorageExceptionTests.cs b/Test/DurableTask.AzureStorage.Tests/Storage/DurableTaskStorageExceptionTests.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public void MissingRequestFailedException()
             Assert.IsFalse(exception.LeaseLost);
         }
 
-        [DataTestMethod]
+        [TestMethod]
         [DataRow(true, HttpStatusCode.Conflict, nameof(BlobErrorCode.LeaseLost))]
         [DataRow(false, HttpStatusCode.Conflict, nameof(BlobErrorCode.LeaseNotPresentWithBlobOperation))]
         [DataRow(false, HttpStatusCode.NotFound, nameof(BlobErrorCode.BlobNotFound))]

diff --git a/samples/DistributedTraceSample/ApplicationInsights/README.md b/samples/DistributedTraceSample/ApplicationInsights/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This sample demonstrates direct integration with Azure Application Insights for
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- .NET 6.0 SDK or later
+- .NET 8.0 SDK or later
 - Azure Storage Emulator (Azurite) or Azure Storage account
 - Azure Application Insights resource
 

diff --git a/samples/DistributedTraceSample/README.md b/samples/DistributedTraceSample/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services.TryAddEnumerable(
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- .NET 6.0 SDK or later
+- .NET 8.0 SDK or later
 - Azure Storage Emulator (Azurite) or Azure Storage account
 - (Optional) Application Insights resource
 - (Optional) Zipkin instance for OpenTelemetry sample

diff --git a/samples/DurableTask.Samples/Options.cs b/samples/DurableTask.Samples/Options.cs
@@ -13,37 +13,37 @@
 
 namespace DurableTask.Samples
 {
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
     using CommandLine;
     using CommandLine.Text;
 
     internal class Options
     {
-        [Option('c', "create-hub", DefaultValue = false,
+        [Option('c', "create-hub", Default = false,
             HelpText = "Create Orchestration Hub.")]
         public bool CreateHub { get; set; }
 
-        [Option('s', "start-instance", DefaultValue = null,
+        [Option('s', "start-instance", Default = null,
             HelpText = "Start new instance.  Supported Orchestrations: 'Greetings, Cron, Average, ErrorHandling Signal'.")]
         public string StartInstance { get; set; }
 
         [Option('i', "instance-id",
             HelpText = "Instance id for new orchestration instance.")]
         public string InstanceId { get; set; }
 
-        [OptionArray('p', "params",
+        [Option('p', "params",
             HelpText = "Parameters for new instance.")]
-        public string[] Parameters { get; set; }
+        public IEnumerable<string> Parameters { get; set; }
 
         [Option('n', "signal-name",
             HelpText = "Instance id to send signal")]
         public string Signal { get; set; }
 
-        [Option('w', "skip-worker", DefaultValue = false,
+        [Option('w', "skip-worker", Default = false,
             HelpText = "Don't start worker")]
         public bool SkipWorker { get; set; }
 
-        [HelpOption]
-        public string GetUsage()
+        public static string GetUsage(ParserResult<Options> options)
         {
             // this without using CommandLine.Text
             //  or using HelpText.AutoBuild
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public string GetUsage()
             help.AddPreOptionsLine("Usage: DurableTaskSamples.exe -c -s SumOfSquares");
             help.AddPreOptionsLine("Usage: DurableTaskSamples.exe -c -s Signal -i 1");
             help.AddPreOptionsLine("Usage: DurableTaskSamples.exe -w -n User -i 1 -p MyName");
-            help.AddOptions(this);
+            help.AddOptions(options);
             return help;
         }
     }