(RC2) Downgrade to LTS SqlClient
Part of #32915
Description
We develop with the latest SqlClient package so that we have a better chance of catching regressions. However, we cannot release with this package because it has an open-ended support policy that may end before .NET 9/EF9 support ends. Therefore, we revert to the latest LTS package before release.
See SqlClient driver support lifecycle
Customer impact
Customer's get an LTS dependency by default. They can manually update to the non-LTS package.
How found
N/A
Regression
N/A
Testing
All tests pass with LTS version.
Risk
Low.
/cc @artl93
I really hope 5.1.6 will make the cut! It looks like it is planned for today
https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/2769/files#diff-06572a96a58dc510037d5efa622f9bec8519bc1beab13c9f251e97e657a9d4edR219
5.1.6 was just released
LGTM 🙏
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