ajcvickers
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4 years ago January 9, 2020
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We're back with weekly updates after a break for the holiday period.
## What are we doing now?
[Critical bugs in 3.1](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.1+is%3Aclosed) are now being considered for patch releases. The first patch release is scheduled for later this month.
Planning for the EF Core "5.0" release (i.e. the one after 3.1) is being finalized and we hope to post an overview in the next couple of weeks.
Work on several major features planned for 5.0 has already begun. See the pull requests section below for details. The [115+ issues already fixed for 5.0 can be found on GitHUb](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A5.0.0+is%3Aclosed)
In addition, we are working on:
* Technical debt
* Code cleanup, additional testing, test reliability, etc.
* Documentation
* Updating docs to be cover changes in the 3.0 and 3.1 releases
* An overhaul of the getting started docs to make them more approachable/easier to follow
* Reorganization of docs to make things easier to find and to add cross-references
* Adding more details and clarifications to existing docs
* Updating the samples and adding more examples
## Builds to use
* The [daily builds](https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore/blob/master/docs/DailyBuilds.md) are the most up-to-date available.
* Using the daily builds is a great way to find issues and provide feedback as early as possible. The sooner we get such feedback, the more likely it will be actionable before the next official release.
* We work hard to keep the daily builds in good shape by running over 50,000 tests per TFM for each build.
* Daily builds now contain work scheduled for release in EF Core 5.0.
* There are already [115 issues closed and merged for EF Core 5.0](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A5.0.0+is%3Aclosed).
* Current and LTS: [EF Core 3.1.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/)
## New features in EF Core 5.0
As stated above, planning of 5.0 major features is ongoing, but in addition to bug fixes we have already merged a few small features/enhancements.
### Simple way to get generated SQL
EF Core 5.0 introduces the `ToQueryString` extension method which will return the SQL that EF Core will generate when executing a LINQ query. For example, the code:
```C#
var query = context.Set
Weekly status updates for 2021
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This issue contains status updates from the Entity Framework team to provide insight into what we are focused on, progress made, and other interesting highlights from the week. [Jump to latest update](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues/19549#issuecomment-742849297) ### More Information Broader information on EF Core planning can be found in the [EF Core roadmap](https://docs.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/roadmap). Use GitHub queries to find full details of * Issues [fixed for EF Core 5.0.0](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A5.0.0+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 5.0.1](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A5.0.1+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 5.0.2](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A5.0.2+is%3Aclosed) but not yet shipped * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.0](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.0+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.1](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.1+is%3Aclosed) * EF Core 3.1.2 contains only dependency updates * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.3](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.3+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.4](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.4+is%3Aclosed) * EF Core 3.1.5 contains only dependency updates * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.6](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.6+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.7](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.7+is%3Aclosed) * EF Core 3.1.8 contains only dependency updates * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.9](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.9+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.10](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.10+is%3Aclosed) * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.1.11](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.1.11+is%3Aclosed) but not yet shipped * Issues [fixed for EF Core 3.0.0](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A3.0.0+is%3Aclosed) > Please note that there is never a guarantee that an issue will be fixed in its assigned release. Re-evaluation of the plan throughout the release cycle sometimes results in issues being pushed out to a later release. Comments are disabled on this issue to reduce noise. Please use [the related discussion issue](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues/15404) for any comments on these status updates.
Weekly status updates for 2019