NuGet-5.6.md

title	NuGet 5.6 Release Notes
description	Release notes for NuGet 5.6 including new features, bug fixes, and DCRs.
author	nkolev92
ms.author	nikolev
ms.date	05/19/2020
ms.topic	conceptual

NuGet 5.6 Release Notes

NuGet distribution vehicles:

NuGet version	Available in Visual Studio version	Available in .NET SDK(s)
5.6.0	Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6	3.1.3001

¹Installed with Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Core workload

Summary: What's New in 5.6

• Support prerelease packages with floating versions. Version="*-*", Version="1.*-*", and similar float to latest versions, including prerelease versions, within specified range - #912

Issues fixed in this release

Bugs:

• nuget push *.nupkg fails when snupkg does not exist - #8148

• Pack, and several other code paths, fail dependent on locale. Use RegexOptions.CultureInvariant - #8246

• Perf: DG Spec for unloaded project scenarios should not be written in preview restores - #8793

• Restore: Improve performance by caching solution dependency graph spec - #9201

• PM UI doesn't work for SDK style projects after installing a package with PM Console - #9203

• Embedded icon can’t be shown in PM UI with local package feed - depending on / vs \ - #9225

• NuGetVersion.TryParseStrict() should return false if it fails to parse - #9255

• nuget.exe push help for -source, should suggest usage of source name, not source URL - #9265

• dotnet nuget add package SourceUri creates bad default package source name - #9277

• Screen reader doesn't announce "Searching..." message when switching tabs - #9307

• Accessibility: Focus-rectangle color is not accessible PM UI tabs in dark theme - #9336

• nuget.exe 5.5 fails to restore with MSBuild 14 or below - #9458

• Don't log millisecond times in restore messages - #8977

• Make IOutputConsole async - #9268

• MSBuild version picking works poorly on some non-english cultures - #9322

• Missing format default on dotnet nuget list source - #9337

• Perf: RestoreOperationLogger has unnecessary thread affinity - #9288

• Automated creation of docs for dotnet nuget commands - #9146

• Default verbosity should not report each project's noop restore - #8792

• Support -DependencyVersion parameter for NuGet.exe update, similar to install command - #7694

DCRs:

• Add initial support for net5.0 target framework - #9584

• Sort packages by ID in the Updates tab of the PM UI - #9278

List of all issues fixed in this release - 5.6