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Add a README to Your NuGet Package

May 6, 2021 May 6, 2021 05/6/21

Christopher Gill

Today, we're excited to announce that you can pack a `README.md` file in your NuGet package and have it fully rendered on NuGet.org!

.NET 5 NuGet Restore Failures on Linux distributions using NSS or ca-certificates

April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21

Jon Douglas

We will be releasing updated builds of NuGet this week to accommodate NuGet restore failures on Linux distributions. The failures are observed when updated versions of the NSS or ca-certificates packages are installed.

Performance and Polish with NuGet 5.9

March 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021 03/17/21

Jon Douglas

NuGet 5.9 is a great release that brings a refined experience to everything package management. We’ve added a bunch of exciting quality of life improvements while also bringing you a more performant package management experience. We’re excited to see you use NuGet 5.9 & include it in your toolset to build amazing things with .NET.

How to Scan NuGet Packages for Security Vulnerabilities

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Drew Gillies

Today, we are announcing the public availability of NuGet’s vulnerability features that you can use to ensure your projects are vulnerability free and if not, to take action to securing your software supply chain.

State of the NuGet Ecosystem

March 1, 2021 Mar 1, 2021 03/1/21

Jiachen Jiang

Recently, our team launched our first quarterly user survey for NuGet.org. With over 500 responses, we wanted to spend some time to share with you what we've learned in these last few months.

The NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as March 15th, 2021

February 25, 2021 Feb 25, 2021 02/25/21

Christopher Gill

The current NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as March 15th, 2021. If you validate that packages are repository signed by NuGet.org, you will need to take steps to avoid disruptions when installing packages from NuGet.org.

Happy 10th Birthday, NuGet!

January 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021 01/13/21

Christopher Gill

NuGet 1.0 was released on January 13th, 2011 – 10 years and 4 major version releases ago. Since then, NuGet.org has grown to host a large and vibrant package ecosystem with over 230 thousand unique packages.

Custom V2 OData queries will be deprecated March 9, 2021

December 2, 2020 Dec 2, 2020 12/2/20

Jiachen Jiang

We announced the deprecation of custom V2 OData queries (#37) last year and conducted a dry run in early November to ensure that there are no surprises for users. Going forward, we plan to bring all new features and improvements only to the newer V3 APIs. As part of this strategy, we will begin blocking select endpoints used by 3rd party ...

Getting Started With NuGet 5.8

November 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 11/13/20

Jon Douglas

NuGet 5.8 is one of many releases in our .NET unification journey. Our NuGet tooling helps developers discover new .NET packages to use for their .NET applications, while making package management easier during your daily development.

The Microsoft author signing certificate will be updated as soon as November 1st, 2020

October 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 10/22/20

Christopher Gill

The current Microsoft author signing certificate will be updated as soon as November 1st, 2020. If you validate that packages are author signed by Microsoft, you will need to take steps to avoid disruptions when installing Microsoft packages.