dotnet · dotnet-policy-service · Jan 12, 2026 · Jan 12, 2026 · Jan 12, 2026 · Jan 12, 2026
diff --git a/.github/agents/breakingchange.agent.md b/.github/agents/breakingchange.agent.md
@@ -16,20 +16,22 @@ Start with this header (replace placeholders):
 
 ```
 ---
-title: "Breaking change - <Concise descriptive title>"
+title: "Breaking change: <Concise descriptive title>"
 description: "Learn about the breaking change in <product/version without preview> where <brief description>."
 ms.date: <Today's date in MM/DD/YYYY format>
 ai-usage: ai-assisted
 ---
 ```
 
-> **Note:** Use today's date in the format MM/DD/YYYY. This date cannot be earlier than 11/12/2025.
+> **Note:**
+> - Use today's date in the format MM/DD/YYYY. This date cannot be earlier than 01/12/2026.
+> - Do NOT include ms.custom metadata with an issue number.
 
 Then, include these sections in this order:
 
 ### 1. H1 Title
 
-- Use the header title, but remove "Breaking change - ".
+- Use the header title, but remove "Breaking change: ".
 
 **Intro paragraph:**
 Summarize the breaking change.

diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5d4e8d1aca955e8d8589aabd499c5cae939e33c7 # v3.29.5
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@cdefb33c0f6224e58673d9004f47f7cb3e328b89 # v3.29.5
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snippets5000.yml b/.github/workflows/snippets5000.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     # Get the latest preview SDK (or sdk not installed by the runner)
     - name: Setup .NET
       if: ${{ env.DOTNET_DO_INSTALL == 'true' }}
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 #@5.0.1
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@baa11fbfe1d6520db94683bd5c7a3818018e4309 #@5.1.0
       with:
         dotnet-version: ${{ env.DOTNET_VERSION }}
         dotnet-quality: ${{ env.DOTNET_QUALITY }}

diff --git a/.openpublishing.redirection.fundamentals.json b/.openpublishing.redirection.fundamentals.json
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@
             "source_path_from_root": "/docs/fundamentals/productivity/configure-code-analysis-rules.md",
             "redirect_url": "/dotnet/fundamentals/code-analysis/configuration-options"
         },
+        {
+            "source_path_from_root": "/docs/fundamentals/reflection/reflection.md",
+            "redirect_url": "/dotnet/fundamentals/reflection/overview"
+        },
         {
             "source_path_from_root": "/docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-data-linq-dataloadoptions.md",
             "redirect_url": "/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/sql/linq/"

diff --git a/docfx.json b/docfx.json
diff --git a/docs/ai/evaluation/snippets/evaluate-safety/EvaluateResponseSafety.csproj b/docs/ai/evaluation/snippets/evaluate-safety/EvaluateResponseSafety.csproj
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.17.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions" Version="10.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation" Version="10.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting" Version="10.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions" Version="10.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation" Version="10.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting" Version="10.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Safety" Version="9.5.0-preview.1.25265.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.5.0-preview.1.25265.7" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="10.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="10.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="10.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="10.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest" Version="4.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>

diff --git a/docs/ai/evaluation/snippets/evaluate-with-reporting/TestAIWithReporting.csproj b/docs/ai/evaluation/snippets/evaluate-with-reporting/TestAIWithReporting.csproj
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.17.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions" Version="10.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation" Version="10.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality" Version="10.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting" Version="10.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions" Version="10.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation" Version="10.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Quality" Version="10.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting" Version="10.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.4.3-preview.1.25230.7" />
-    <PackageReference Include="microsoft.extensions.configuration" Version="10.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="10.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="microsoft.extensions.configuration" Version="10.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="10.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest" Version="4.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>

diff --git a/docs/ai/how-to/snippets/hosted-app-auth/hosted-app-auth.csproj b/docs/ai/how-to/snippets/hosted-app-auth/hosted-app-auth.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.17.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="10.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="9.0.12" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="10.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.4.0-preview.1.25207.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" Version="1.13.1" />
   </ItemGroup>

diff --git a/docs/ai/includes/sk-connectors.md b/docs/ai/includes/sk-connectors.md
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-author: alexwolfmsft
-ms.author: alexwolf
 ms.date: 07/29/2024
 ms.topic: include
 ---

diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/add-custom-mcp-server-http.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/add-custom-mcp-server-http.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/add-mcp-server-config-target.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/add-mcp-server-config-target.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/add-mcp-server-select-type.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/add-mcp-server-select-type.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/additional-information-new-mcp-server.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/additional-information-new-mcp-server.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/cli-mcp-server-template-options.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/cli-mcp-server-template-options.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/create-new-project-mcp-server-app.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/create-new-project-mcp-server-app.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/mcp-server-stdio-project-structure.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/mcp-server-stdio-project-structure.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/naming-mcp-server-project.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/naming-mcp-server-project.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/start-window-create-new-project.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/start-window-create-new-project.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-add-custom-mcp-server.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-add-custom-mcp-server.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-mcp-server-project-structure.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-mcp-server-project-structure.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-mcp-tools-list.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-mcp-tools-list.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-mcp-tools-popup.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vs-mcp-tools-popup.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-command-palette-dotnet-projects.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-command-palette-dotnet-projects.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-create-new-mcp-server-project.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-create-new-mcp-server-project.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-mcp-server-template-options.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-mcp-server-template-options.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-mcp-tools-list.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-mcp-tools-list.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-naming-mcp-server.png b/docs/ai/media/build-mcp-server/vscode-naming-mcp-server.png
diff --git a/docs/ai/quickstarts/ai-templates.md b/docs/ai/quickstarts/ai-templates.md
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ title: Quickstart - Create a .NET AI app using the AI app template
 description: Create a .NET AI app to chat with custom data using the AI app template extensions and the Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries
 ms.date: 07/30/2025
 ms.topic: quickstart
-author: alexwolfmsft
-ms.author: alexwolf
 zone_pivot_groups: meai-targets
 ---