ContextQMD
Back to Entityframework

EF Core releases and planning

entity-framework/core/what-is-new/index.md

latest6.6 KB
Original Source

EF Core releases and planning

Stable releases

ReleaseTarget frameworkSupported untilLinks
EF Core 10.0.NET 10November 10, 2028What's new / Breaking changes
EF Core 9.0.NET 8November 10, 2026What's new / Breaking changes
EF Core 8.0.NET 8November 10, 2026What's new / Breaking changes
EF Core 7.0.NET 6Expired May 14, 2024What's new / Breaking changes
EF Core 6.0.NET 6Expired November 12, 2024What's new / Breaking changes
EF Core 5.0.NET Standard 2.1Expired May 10, 2022Announcement / Breaking changes
EF Core 3.1.NET Standard 2.0Expired December 13, 2022Announcement
EF Core 3.0.NET Standard 2.1Expired March 3, 2020Announcement / Breaking changes
EF Core 2.2.NET Standard 2.0Expired December 23, 2019Announcement
EF Core 2.1.NET Standard 2.0Expired August 21, 2021*Announcement
EF Core 2.0.NET Standard 2.0Expired October 1, 2018Announcement
EF Core 1.1.NET Standard 1.3Expired June 27 2019Announcement
EF Core 1.0.NET Standard 1.3Expired June 27 2019Announcement

See supported platforms for information about the specific platforms supported by each EF Core release.

Entity Framework Core releases and support are aligned with .NET releases and support. See the .NET support policy for information on support expiration and long-term support (LTS) releases.

* EF Core 2.1 will continue to be supported when used with ASP.NET Core 2.1 on .NET Framework only. See ASP.NET Support Policy for details.

Guidance on updating to new releases

  • Supported releases are patched for security and other critical bugs. Always use the latest patch of a given release. For example, for EF Core 10.0, use 10.0.x for the highest 'x' available.
  • Major version updates (for example, from EF Core 9 to EF Core 10) often have breaking changes. Thorough testing is advised when updating across major versions. Use the breaking changes links above for guidance on dealing with breaking changes.
  • Minor version updates do not typically contain breaking changes. However, thorough testing is still advised since new features can introduce regressions.

Release planning and schedules

EF Core releases align with the .NET shipping schedule.

Patch releases usually ship monthly, but have a long lead time.

See the release planning process for more information on how we decide what to ship in each release. We typically don't do detailed planning for further out than the next major or minor release.

EF Core 11.0

The next planned stable release is EF Core 11.0, or just EF11, scheduled for November 2026.