v1.2.0-beta

• Major improvements
  • Added an EventHub stream provider based on the same code that is used in Halo 5.
  • Increased throughput by between 5% and 26% depending on the scenario. #1586
  • Migrated all but 30 functional tests to GitHub.
  • Grain state doesn't have to extend GrainState anymore (marked as [Obsolete]) and can be a simple POCO class.
  • Added support for per-grain-class and global server-side interceptors. #965 #963
  • Added support for using Consul 0.6.0 as a Membership Provider. #1267
  • Support C# 6. #1479
  • Switched to xUnit for testing as a step towards CoreCLR compatibility. #1455
• Codegen & serialization
  • Added support for generic type constraints in codegen. #1137
  • Added support for Newtonsoft.Json as a fallback serializer. #1047
  • Added generation of serializers for type arguments of IAsyncObserver<T>. #1319
  • Improved support for F# interfaces. #1369
  • Consolidated two compile time codegen NuGet packages into one Microsoft.Orleans.OrleansCodeGenerator.Build. Microsoft.Orleans.Templates.Interfaces and Microsoft.Orleans.Templates.Grains are now meta-packages for backward compatibility only. #1501
  • Moved to Newtonsoft.Json 7.0.1. #1302
• Programmatic config
  • Added helper methods for programmatic test configuration. #1411
  • Added helper methods to AzureClient and AzureSilo for easier programmatic config. #1622
  • Added extension methods for using programmatic config. #1623
  • Remove config filed from Server and Client NuGet packages. #1629
• Other
  • Improved support for SQL membership, reminders, and grain storage.
    #1060
  • Improved propagation of exception, so that the caller gets the originally thrown exception instead of an AggregateException wrapping it. #1356
  • Added a storage provider for Azure Blob (graduated from OrleansContrib). #1376
  • Start Reminder Service initial load in the background. #1520
  • Added automatic cleanup of dead client stream producers and consumers. #1429 #1669
  • Added GetPrimaryKeyString extension method for IAddressable. #1675
  • Added support for additional application directories. #1674
• Many other fixes and improvements.

v1.1.3

A patch release with a set of bug fixes.

• #1345 Initialize SerializationManager before CodeGeneratorManager
• #1348 Avoid unnecessary table scan when finding reminder entries to delete
• #1351 Stop a stuck BlockingCollection.Take operation that caused thread leak on the client.
• #1381 Fixed Azure table property being not sanitized.
• #1384 Fixed String.Format arguments in DetailedGrainReport.ToString()
• #1405 Increment and DecrementMetric methods in Orleans.TraceLogger had same body
• #1414 Update the custom serializer warning message to adequately reflect the OSS status of Orleans
• #1503 Fix retry timeout when running under debugger
• #1478 Networking bug fix: Reset receive buffer on error.
• #1518 Fixed performance regression in networking
• #1520 Start ReminderService initial load in the background
• #1534 Safe load of types from failing assemblies in TypeUtils.GetTypes

v1.1.2

A patch release with bug fixes, primarily for codegen and serializer corner cases.

• #1137 Add support for generic type constraints in codegen
• #1178 Correctly specify struct type constraint in generated code
• #1182 fix issue:GetReminder throws exception when reminder don't exists #1167
• #1240 Cleanup/fix usage of IsNested vs. IsNestedXXX & serialize nested types.
• #1241 Correctly serialize [Obsolete] fields and properties.
• #1249 Nested serialization of Guid with Json serializer.
• #1261 Fix a race in StreamConsumer.SubscribeAsync.
• #1280 fix deepcopy issue #1278
• #1284 Check declaring types when performing accessibility checks for code gen.
• #1285 Allow to configure PubSub for SMS.
• #1270 Make Namespace access modifier public in ImplicitStreamSubscriptionAttribute. Add Provider property.

v1.1.1

A patch release for two bug fixes.

• #1134 Missing argument to trace format in TraceLogger.Initialize
• #1195 Make ConsoleText resilient to ObjectDisposedExceptions

v1.1.0

• New Roslyn-based codegen, compile time and run time
• Public APIs:
  • Core API for Event Sourcing
  • Most methods of Grain class are now virtual
  • ASP.NET vNext style Dependency Injection for grains
  • New telemetry API
• Portability:
  • Support for C# 6.0
  • Improved support for F# and VB
  • Code adjustments towards CoreCLR compliance
  • Orleans assemblies are not strong-named anymore
• SQL:
  • OrleansSQLUtils.dll for SQL-related functionality
  • MySQL is now supported as a cluster membership store
  • Storage provider for SQL Server
• Serialization:
  • Support for pluggable external serializers
  • Bond serializer plugin
  • Support for Json.Net as a fallback serializer
  • Added [KnownType] attribute for generating serializers for arbitrary types
• Upgraded to Azure Storage 5.0
• Upgraded to .NET 4.5.1
• Other fixes and improvements

v1.1.0-beta2

• New Roslyn-based codegen, compile time and run time
• Support for C# 6.0
• ASP.NET vNext style Dependency Injection for grains
• Core API for Event Sourcing
• Code adjustments towards CoreCLR compliance
• OrleansSQLUtils.dll for SQL-related functionality
• MySQL is now supported as a cluster membership store
• Most methods of Grain class are now virtual
• Orleans assemblies are not strong-named anymore
• Storage provider for SQL Server
• Support for pluggable external serializers
• Bond serializer plugin
• Support for Json.Net as a fallback serializer
• Improved support for F# and VB
• Added [KnownType] attribute for generating serializers for arbitrary types
• New telemetry API
• Upgraded to Azure Storage 5.0
• Other fixes and improvements

v1.1.0-beta1

• New Roslyn-based codegen, compile time and run time
• Support for C# 6.0
• ASP.NET vNext style Dependency Injection for grains
• Core API for Event Sourcing
• Code adjustments towards CoreCLR compliance
• OrleansSQLUtils.dll for SQL-related functionality
• Most methods of Grain class are now virtual
• Orleans assemblies are not strong-named anymore
• Other fixes and improvements (including progress on CoreCLR compatability)

v1.0.10

General:

• No SDK msi anymore, only NuGets from now on
• Removed support for grain state interfaces and code generation of state classes
• Removed code generated MyGrainFactory.GetGrain() factory methods
• StorageProvider attribute is now optional
• Membership and reminder table implementations were made pluggable
• Improvements to ObserverSubscriptionManager
• Strong guarantee for specified max number of StatelessWorker activations per silo
• General purpose interface for sending run time control commands to providers
• Named event to trigger silo shutdown

Streaming:

• Support for multiple ImplicitSubscription attributes for streams
• Support for rewinding of implicit stream subscriptions
• Propagate request context via persistent streams
• More options for stream Queue Balancers
• Delayed repartitioning of stream queues
• Improved cleanup of client stream producers/consumers when client shuts down
• Config option and management grain API for controlling start/stop state of stream pulling agents
• Azure Queue stream provider fixed to guarantees at least once delivery
• Numerous bug fixes and improvements, mostly to streaming

v1.0.9

• Graceful shutdown of a silo with deactivation of all grains hosted in it.
• Support for Dependency Injection and better testability of grains:
  • Direct instantiation of grains with passing IGrainIdentity and IGrainRuntime to constructor.
  • IGrainRuntime is a mockable interface that includes a set of system service interfaces, also mockable.
  • GrainFactory is a non-static class that is accessed via base.GrainFactory from within a grain and via GrainClient.GrainFactory on the client.
• Deprecated generated per-interface GetGrain static factory methods.
• Added support for concrete grain state classes, deprecated grain state interfaces and code generation of grain classes.
• Removed Read/Write/ClearStateAsync methods from IGrainState and moved them to Grain<T>.
• Performance optimizations of messaging with up to 40% improvements in throughput.
• Added ZooKeeper based cluster membership storage option.
• Removed compile time dependency on Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.dll.
• Consolidated dependencies on Azure in OrleansAzureUtils.dll, which is now optional.
• Refactored SQL system store to be more robust and vendor agnostic.
• Added streaming event deliver policy and failure reporting.
• Changed VS project templates to use only NuGet packages and not the SDK.
• Removed binaries and local silo environment from the SDK.
• Numerous bug fixes and other improvements.

v1.0.8

Fixed versions of references Orleans NuGet packages to match the current one.
Switched message header keys from strings to enums for performance.
Fixed a deadlock issue in deactivation process.
Added a NuGet package to simplify testing of grain projects - Microsoft.Orleans.TestingHost.
Fixed regression of reporting codegen error to Visual Studio Errors window.
Added version to SDK msi product and folder name.
Other fixes and improvements.