Api is not compatible with net8.0

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I am trying to update the Dlubal api nuget package from 2.13.8 (2.3.2026) to latest 2.14.5 (4.5.2026) and I get an error that “Package Dlubal.Api 2.14.5 is not compatible with net8.0…Package Dlubal.Api 2.14.5 supports: net9.0…”. I see nothing about that in Api Releases notes on https://www.dlubal.com/en/products/dlubal-api/api-documentation/examples

Am I missing something? It seems unusually that a random weekly update would change runtime platform which is the base on which C# Apps using the api are built on.

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Hi Bojan,

You are not missing anything. This requirement was not clearly documented in the release notes, and we have corrected that.

Starting with Dlubal.Api 2.14.1, the C# NuGet package targets net9.0 instead of net8.0. The reason for this change was the integration of the GeoZone Tool client into the API package line.

As a consequence, Dlubal.Api 2.14.1 and newer, including 2.14.5, cannot be referenced from a project that still targets net8.0.

The current options are:

  • retarget the C# application to net9.0 and use Dlubal.Api 2.14.x

  • stay on Dlubal.Api 2.13.12 or earlier if the application must remain on net8.0

This affects only the C#/.NET client package. We agree that a runtime/platform change like this should have been highlighted explicitly, so we have added an “Action Required” note to the 2.14.1 release notes:
https://apidocs.dlubal.com/release_notes.html#release-2-14-1

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Thank you Tomas for the answer although this is quite frustrating from our side, since our developed internal solutions are now effectively blocked from updating to newer API versions without a framework migration. Changing .NET runtime availability across multiple company devices is also not a negligible issue. Also .net 8 is the current long support LTS release, while .net 9 is not and they have the same end date for support. Should we expect .net10 towards the end of year? Are there any plans to support both net8.0 and net9.0 packages going forward?

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Hi @Bojan ,
we have used .Net9 as it was the base platform for our nuget package for Geo-Zone tool NuGet Gallery | Dlubal.API.GeoZoneTool 1.0.18.
I undersand that changes of the .Net versions are painful. We might consider multi platform approach for our nuget packages.