Stale issue review: close candidates (Nov 2026)

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This issue reviews stale backlog candidates in microsoft/aspire and reports close recommendations and owner checks; it does not request a code or documentation change. Start by reading the candidate tables and their evidence, then check each linked issue against the stated criteria. Done means the stale candidates are accurately reviewed; this coordinating work is already under way and is not suitable as a first contribution.

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@maddymontaquila, here's a review of stale backlog issues in microsoft/aspire that may no longer be relevant. Scope: open issues not updated since 2026-05-09 (180+ days), excluding assigned issues, issues with open PRs, and CI/flaky-test issues; findings were checked against main.

Totals: 605 issues scanned across four slices (split by creation date). 122 candidates: 63 recommend close and 59 need an owner check. Each candidate was re-checked today: still open, unassigned, no activity since 2026-05-09, and no open linked PR.

Recommend close (63)

Already fixed (14)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#2427 Add OpenTelemetry tracing instrumentation for SqlClient 2026-03-20 close SqlClient tracing via AddSqlClientInstrumentation in AspireSqlServerSqlClientExtensions.cs
#1209 Add Aspire related analyzers for improved developer experience 2026-03-20 close Analyzers shipped in PR #5775 (Aspire.Hosting.Analyzers)
#9575 Dashboard reports ActivationFailed in ACA for ProjectResource that ran to completion 2025-06-04 close ACA jobs (#4366), PublishAsAzureContainerAppJob
#8890 PostgreSqlFlexibleServerVersion enum missing Ver16, PostgreSQL 16 2025-04-20 close Azure Postgres defaults to v16
#8724 Set defaults on Sql server instances 2026-03-20 close PR #8887 Azure SQL free SKU default
#8111 Starting a resource (WithExplicitStart) in Aspire tests 2026-02-06 close ResourceCommandService public in 9.4, PR #11328
#7931 Tracing for OpenAI integrations 2025-05-28 close Aspire.OpenAI listens to MEAI sources; decision made
#9879 WebApi doesn't start When Running Aspire via dotnet run 2025-08-29 close Fixed by VS update per thread
#12970 dotnet watch on apphost does not start azure functions project 2026-04-06 close Author: not seen after 13.2.x
#16488 Python Apphost - Windows - aspire start failes in second run 2026-05-04 close Author: stopped failing
#11337 PostgreSQL container fails with SCRAM auth when started by Aspire if data volume exists: “password authentication failed for user 'postgres'” 2026-03-20 close Fixed via persisted params (#9475)
#13994 Azure Managed Redis: Customize provisioning infrastructure docs example does not work / out of date. 2026-02-03 close Docs added in aspire.dev#266
#11899 Broken link - https://aspire.dev/ in "Aspire Roadmap" 2025-10-08 close Roadmap link now resolves
#16284 Update install script to avoid relying on dotnet/aspire → microsoft/aspire repo redirect 2026-04-20 close Install script uses microsoft/aspire
Removed API (1)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#4008 ContainerRegistryHook can't add image prefix 2026-03-20 close ContainerRegistryHook is gone; use WithImageRegistry; remainder tracked in #18015
Superseded (2)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#1869 Add AzureB2C component 2026-03-20 close AAD B2C end-of-sale; Entra epic #21060
#9000 Unhealthy Azure Storage Emulator on some devices 2026-03-20 close Superseded by #20066 (winnat port ranges)
Duplicate (1)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#4528 Add PathBaseMiddleware to Aspire Dashboard 2026-03-20 close Duplicate of #4159 (also #5134)
Waiting on author (14)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#3552 Blazor Aspire MS Identity combination 2026-03-20 close No reply since 2024-09 (preview 5)
#3910 Using custom schema registry for Kafka component requires custom hostname 2026-03-20 close eerhardt asked 2025-01-14, no reply
#4732 Getting sporadic "context deadline exceeded" or "Catastrophic failure" in Aspire GA with Azure Function Isolated Worker (.Net 8) 2026-03-20 close 8.0 GA; asked 2025-04-07, no reply
#5117 Windows with docker WSL, having issues with file mapping 2026-03-20 close No reply since 2024-11; docker/for-win#14229
#7281 Unable to add package Aspire.Hosting.MongoDB to AppHost, dependencies don't support any target frameworks 2026-03-20 close No reply since 2025-06-26
#9275 [AspireE2E] Using the Aspire Starter App template, the "Distributed application started. Press Ctrl + C to shutdown " is missing when running the project using "dotnet new" command. 2026-02-03 close No reply since 2025-05-20; 9.3
#7829 Disable Custom Domain validation on deployment 2025-06-02 close No reply since 2025-05-04
#15382 New Account Create 2026-03-19 close davidfowl asked 2026-03-19, no reply
#12866 The remote server returned an error: (503) Server Unavailable | https://json.schemastore.org/ 2026-02-03 close No reply since 2025-11-10
#12222 Publishing as dockerfile doesnt call right command to publish image 2026-02-03 close No reply since 2025-10-28
#11993 Creating Aspire projects should warn about space in the project names 2025-10-14 close No reply in >90 days
#10608 Package 'Aspire.AppHost.Sdk 9.3.1' has a package type 'DotnetPlatform' that is not supported by project 'Tickets' 2026-02-03 close No reply since 2025-08-23
#10304 Yarp can not resolve service name 2025-08-28 close No reply since 2025-08-28
#9682 azure functions not working while running aspire in github workflow 2025-06-04 close No reply since 2025-06-04
Answered (17)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#6740 Issue with Persistent Cosmos DB Container Restart in Aspire (.NET 9) 2026-03-20 close Cosmos emulator bug, redirected upstream; 9.0
#9468 After add AzureRedis to my Host deploy freezies for ever. 2025-05-22 close Redis slow first deploy; AddAzureRedis obsolete
#9463 Unable to test HTTP triggered Azure Functions 2026-03-31 close Author fixed by installing Functions Core Tools
#9061 SSL client error in GitHub Actions for DistributedApplicationTesting test 2025-08-08 close Trust dev certs in CI
#8177 Azure Cosmos DB Preview Emulator with EF Core and Enrich API fails writing to the database 2026-03-20 close Configure connection string per README
#7025 efcore9 reports an error when there are multiple migrations 2026-03-20 close Migration-service pattern (DamianEdwards)
#8522 otel service name is not taken into account in Azure, locally it is working 2025-04-07 close Use OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
#14617 Extend HealthCheckAnnotation with a reference to an endpoint 2026-02-25 close Author: addressed by probes
#14939 PublishAsDockerFile() ignores DockerfileContext MSBuild property — Docker build context defaults to project directory instead of solution root 2026-03-20 close Answered (AppHost API), no follow-up
#13960 aspire deploy failing for a simple Azure Container App 2026-02-03 close Author found cause in Scalar
#13716 Aspire + Nuxt + Entra support 2026-03-04 close Author: all is well
#11996 Support underscore '_' character for snake_case in Aspire PostgreSQL database names 2025-10-20 close Use AddDatabase(name, databaseName)
#11967 Aspire Storage integration does not work due to ;; part in connection string 2025-11-14 close Answered by eerhardt
#11605 Error Deploying .NET Aspire ViteApp Using azd in Azure DevOps Pipeline 2025-09-23 close Answered by davidfowl
#11152 AddAzureBlobClient ignores WithName when creating Health Check 2026-03-20 close Use AddKeyedAzureBlobClient
#10174 RabbitMQ Username/Password Issue 2025-07-03 close Bitnami-image specific; answered
#14831 Tests can require you to create DcpOptions to resolve environment variables 2026-03-02 close Use DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder
External / not Aspire (7)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#7816 Aspire uses the 'Release' folder to find the Dacpac file of the referenced SqlProject 2025-08-21 close dacpac lives in CommunityToolkit SqlDatabaseProjects
#15349 Role AI Model Access 2026-03-18 close App migration error, not Aspire
#14257 Don't spam windows event logs 2026-02-02 close .NET event-log behavior, not Aspire
#14342 WithDataBindMount fails using PostgreSQL on Podman on Windows 2026-02-09 close Upstream Podman bind-mount issue
#11128 .NET location cannot be found in Linux on a Clean Template of AppHost Console 2026-03-20 close Not an Aspire bug (redirected)
#10916 No table in dynamoDblocal after creating it via ResourceReadyEvent 2025-08-12 close Redirected to AWS integrations repo
#10804 CosmosDB Extension and Emulator Support Gremlin API 2026-03-20 close Redirected to Cosmos emulator repo
Declined (5)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#13588 Feature Request: GitOps-oriented Configuration Provider for Aspire 2026-02-03 close Declined (GitOps config provider)
#12852 Include support OpenTelemetry automatic instrumentation with AddUvicornApp 2026-02-03 close Declined by davidfowl
#11689 Add support for aspire add to create proj references 2025-10-03 close Declined by team
#14120 Allow loading of external ServiceDefaults 2026-02-02 close Declined; community package suggested
#13719 Yarp - Support Custom Transforms 2026-02-03 close Declined: not feasible
Out-of-support version (2)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#12763 Aspire.Hosting.SqlServer v9.5.2 causes Permissions error on Apple Silicon device 2026-02-03 close 9.5.2-specific; 2025 image works
#11866 aspire-starter Sample not running in aspire 9.5.1 (missing dcp.exe in nuget package) 2025-10-11 close 9.5.1 win-x86; no win-x86 packs by design

Needs owner check (59)

Partly superseded (1)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#898 Add extension methods to make adding HTTP & gRPC service references + optionally health checks easier 2026-03-20 owner check Mostly superseded by #186; health-check part may remain
Partly fixed (8)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#2981 More DefaultAzureCredential diagnostics information with AddAzureProvisioning 2026-03-20 owner check CredentialSource exists; diagnostics flag missing
#4021 Cosmos DB resource RunAsEmulator(): "The evaluation period has expired" 2026-03-20 owner check Pull policy exists; default unclear
#4683 Ensure all hosting resources have at least one example in XML docs 2026-04-14 owner check XML examples flow to aspire.dev; more work?
#6651 Persistent Kafka getting restarted 2026-03-20 owner check Persistent = proxyless on main (#17924); confirm default
#5094 ApplicationExecutor shouldn't conflate stderr with LogLevel.Error 2026-03-20 owner check Container stderr fixed; general stderr remains
#8906 Change ACA containerPort parameter to int instead of string 2025-06-02 owner check Mitigated with AsInt; parameter still string
#9110 Test Host doesn't use ports specified in launchSettings 2025-05-30 owner check RandomizePorts=false works; per-resource ask open
#16170 Add environment management commands (aspire env new/list/select/set) 2026-04-15 owner check Env support mostly exists
Possibly superseded (2)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#1898 Add possibility to prefix EnvVar Names 2026-03-20 owner check Covered by #8350? No generic env prefix API
#1868 Extensibility of the Dashboard 2026-03-20 owner check Related issue closed; custom-link ask may remain
Overlap (2)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#1435 Support categorization in running the AppHost 2026-03-20 owner check Overlaps #303
#1492 Host Run Targets for jobs versus/web sites and no debugger by default with EASY attach to debug 2026-03-20 owner check Overlaps #303
Answered (5)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#2793 Do we have a grafana dashboard for the built-in metrics of ResourceMonitoring 2026-03-20 owner check Question answered; no feature work
#8116 Implementors of IResourceWithAzureFunctionsConfig should set additional params for identity-based configuration. 2026-03-20 owner check davidfowl: not needed (KEDA); docs ask
#8895 Release Port from DCP if Resource is not running 2025-04-28 owner check Workaround isProxied:false given
#15581 Aspire doesn't add development certificate to dev-certs storage 2026-04-30 owner check dev-certs answered
#15116 Easy access to app logs form tests 2026-03-16 owner check Answered with docs (feature ask)
Declined (4)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#4054 FEATURE: Kubernetes Probes - Sidecar - Source Generator 2026-03-20 owner check Declined (belongs in ASP.NET Core)
#3985 Operate as a config server 2026-03-20 owner check Declined (config server)
#4341 Deploy on Multiple Server with Control, Master-Slave database support 2026-03-20 owner check Declined (cool-ideas)
#8999 Provide a way to detect if a service is running in the context of NET Aspire host 2025-10-15 owner check Declined API
Duplicate (3)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#9288 Aspire CLI should show PID when --wait-for-debugger passed 2025-05-14 owner check Dup of #9095; CLI message lacks PID
#13592 after updating to Aspire 13, the dashboard no longer launches 2026-02-03 owner check Dup of #13494
#14294 RunAsDocker 2026-03-20 owner check Dup of #969
Possibly fixed (6)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#9377 SQL Persistent lifetime not respected 2025-10-31 owner check Linked #12481 fixed; unverified for SQL
#9087 Support DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder with IsPublishMode == true 2026-03-20 owner check Testing builder accepts --publisher; unverified
#10146 Flakey tests if running Tests WithEndpointProxySupport(false) in parallel 2026-04-30 owner check Maybe closable with proxyless
#15970 Aspire.Hosting.Foundry should output a Summary after deployment 2026-04-30 owner check Foundry prints portal URL on main
#15399 Polyglot (guest) AppHost restore does not isolate staging NuGet packages from global cache 2026-04-30 owner check PRs #15416/#15991 merged
#14445 Producer fails to connect to broker on custom port 53377 connection closed by peer POLLHUP 2026-02-11 owner check PR #20092 merged
Fixed upstream (2)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#7010 Azure function integration: An error occurred trying to start process 'func' with working directory 'bin\Debug\net9.0\'. The system cannot find the file specified. 2026-03-20 owner check Fixed upstream in functions-dotnet-worker#3127
#10225 Azure Functions - OpenTelemetry host.json log filtering and excessive log noise from host 2025-10-23 owner check Fixed upstream in Functions host
Out-of-support version (9)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#9519 [AspireE2E] The start time displayed in the ACA dashboard does not refresh or update correctly when using the Start button to restart a stopped project. 2025-08-08 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#7213 Aspire Dashboard is not showing the updated start time and Actions (Stop/Start) only working from Dashboard. (Multiple Bugs) 2026-03-20 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#7644 [WebToolsE2E][Aspire] When publishing the Aspire project in ACA, there is a 'stdout F' in the Resources section of the Console logs. 2026-03-20 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#8693 [WebToolsE2E][Aspire] The webfrontend of the Aspire project with Azure Service Bus integration remains in the 'Running (Unhealthy)' state and has some errors in the console logs. 2025-04-11 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#8623 [WebToolsE2E][Aspire] When using the 'aspire new' command on choosing the templates, input words that match using "Type to Search" and press enter, no specific template has been selected. 2025-04-08 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#7974 [WebToolsE2E] Using VS Code C# Dev Kit, when we add Aspire orchestration to function app, it missed adding the function app project to the IDistributedApplicationBuilder and the package 'Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Functions' was missing. 2025-03-11 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#8803 .NET services intermittently fail to start with timeout error from VS Code 2026-02-03 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#7557 [AzureTools][Aspire] Succeed to start the Azure Function container with an error 2026-03-20 owner check Old-version E2E/IDE report (9.0–9.3)
#11021 Since Aspire.Hosting.Testing 9.4 the tests throws TaskCanceledException 2025-09-29 owner check 9.4 testing; no repro on current
Waiting on author (1)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#8075 Aspire Host cannot be started normally. 2025-03-14 owner check No details since 2025-03
External / other repo (5)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#8884 aspire samples: javascript 2025-04-21 owner check Belongs in aspire-samples
#8805 Improve handling of azd deploy auth errors 2026-02-03 owner check azd-owned
#8262 azd pipeline config is not asking for all parameters from Aspire app host 2026-02-03 owner check azd-owned
#10996 Support either netstandard or net472 on Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery 2025-08-19 owner check ServiceDiscovery moved out of repo
#9913 Aspir8 and resolving service endpoints in kubernetes with DNS SRV 2026-02-03 owner check ServiceDiscovery moved out of repo
By design (4)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#11263 [AspireE2E] Notification in the Aspire Dashboard does not localize when switching languages in the Dashboard settings. 2026-03-20 owner check By-design localization limit
#9905 Publishing docker compose fails if ProjectResource is excluded from manifest 2026-03-20 owner check ExcludeFromManifest by design
#13927 Using WithReference on a resource that depends on another resource annoated ExcludeFromManifest fails 2026-02-03 owner check ExcludeFromManifest by design
#13979 NuGet package Aspire.Dashboard.Sdk.win-x86 is missing 13.1 release 2026-02-03 owner check win-x86 dashboard not produced by design
Removed API (3)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#16203 [AspireE2E] An Empty AppHost TypeScript (Node.js) project can be created using two template commands 2026-05-08 owner check Empty TS template removed
#10045 AddNpmApp does not build Next.js app before starting — missing '.next' build directory 2026-03-20 owner check AddNpmApp removed
#10782 JavaScript templates with ASP.NET Core backend and Aspire doesn't orchestrate the client project. 2025-09-24 owner check AddNpmApp removed
Superseded (3)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#13925 [AspireE2E] When dotnet watch on Aspire Starter App (ASP.NET Core/React) app, The command line does not get any update information, but the browser has updated automatically 2026-02-10 owner check Superseded by #13839
#13928 [AspireE2E] When dotnet watch on Aspire Starter App (ASP.NET Core/Blazor) app, The dotnet watch information displays incorrect after editing the file 2026-02-03 owner check Superseded by #13839
#16092 Aspire MCP in Visual Studio 2026-05-02 owner check MCP moved to aspire agent init
Needs recheck (1)
Issue Title Last updated Recommendation Evidence
#12190 Internal server error: The method or operation is not implemented. 2026-05-07 owner check davidfowl 2026-05-07: recheck on current CLI

Next steps: nothing has been closed. A maintainer can close the "Recommend close" items after a quick sanity check; the "Needs owner check" items need an area owner decision.

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