Add What's new in Aspire 13 article
Adds comprehensive "What's new in Aspire 13" documentation based on milestone 8 issues, following the established format of previous release articles.
Content Coverage
AppHost & Orchestration
- Simplified AppHost SDK usage with implicit
Aspire.Hosting.AppHostpackage references -
AddCSharpAppsupport for C# file-based apps - Resource certificate trust customization
Polyglot Support
- Intuitive environment variable naming (
PROJECTA_HTTP,PROJECTA_HTTPS) replacing service discovery patterns - First-class Python support with templates and onboarding documentation
Dashboard
- OpenID Connect claims actions configuration for custom identity mapping
Security
- Encoded parameters for sensitive configuration data
-
Breaking change:
DefaultAzureCredentialnow uses onlyManagedIdentityCredentialon Azure Container Apps and App Service
Files Modified
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docs/whats-new/dotnet-aspire-13.md- New article (191 lines) -
docs/whats-new/toc.yml- Added Aspire 13 entry -
docs/whats-new/index.yml- Added Aspire 13 to release documentation and GitHub releases -
docs/toc.yml- Updated main TOC reference
Article includes AI-usage disclosure, follows Microsoft writing style guide, and provides migration guidance for breaking changes.
Original prompt
Please create a PR that targets the release-13 branch, and drafts up a "What's new in Aspire 13" article that follows the same format of the existing what's new content. Also, please use all issues in the https://github.com/dotnet/docs-aspire/milestone/8 to figure out the initial conent for this article.
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Internal previews
| 📄 File | 🔗 Preview link |
|---|---|
| docs/toc.yml | docs/toc |
| docs/whats-new/dotnet-aspire-13.md | docs/whats-new/dotnet-aspire-13 |
| docs/whats-new/index.yml | docs/whats-new/index |
| docs/whats-new/toc.yml | docs/whats-new/toc |