Hangfire.SqlServer 1.8.17

• .NETFramework 4.5.1

  • Hangfire.Core (= 1.8.17)

• .NETStandard 1.3

  • Hangfire.Core (= 1.8.17)
  • NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
  • System.Data.Common (>= 4.1.0)

• .NETStandard 2.0

  • Hangfire.Core (= 1.8.17)

Release notes are available in our blog https://www.hangfire.io/blog/
Please see https://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/upgrade-guides/upgrading-to-hangfire-1.8.html to learn how to upgrade.

1.8.17
• Fixed – `InvalidCastException` while fetching a job with older schemas regression from 1.8.16.

1.8.16
• Changed – Use vanilla ADO.NET when fetching a job in the `SqlServerJobQueue` implementation.
• Fixed – SqlException: Must declare the scalar variable "@key" in delayed and recurring job schedulers.
• Fixed – Decrease the `LockTimeout` time when calling the `sp_getapplock` procedure to 1 second for less blocking.
• Project – Disable parallel tests execution when building under .NET 9.0.
• Project – Run tests over the latest Microsoft.Data.SqlClient package and the `net6.0` platform.
• Project – Reduce execution time of integration tests.
• Project – Disable `PoolBlockingPeriod` setting on AppVeyor to handle transient test failures.

1.8.15
• Changed – Use query template caching based on schema name to avoid excessive `string` allocations.
• Changed – Use static callbacks almost anywhere to avoid unnecessary delegate allocations.
• Changed – Use `QuerySingle`* or `ReadSingle`* where possible to avoid allocating lists.
• Changed – Unify `DbCommand` and `DbParameter` creation logic to improve code consistency.

1.8.13 and 1.8.14
• Changed – Limit polling queries when queues are empty with a semaphore for all configurations.
• Changed – Use per-queue signaling for same-process workers, instead of having a global signal.
• Fixed – Don't silently truncate queue names, throw an exception instead.
• Project – Decrease delays in SQL Server-related tests to complete them faster.

1.8.12
• Fixed – Populate `InvocationData` and `LoadException` properties in `JobDetails` method results.

1.8.10
• Changed – Bump Dapper for the `netstandard2.0` platform to version 2.1.28.
• Changed – Bump Dapper for `net451` and `netstandard1.3` platforms to version 1.60.6.
• Project – Enable NuGet package and DLL signing with a company certificate.
• Project – Require NuGet package signature validation on restore for dependencies.
• Project – Add `HangfireIO` as a package owner.
     
1.8.9
• Project – Enable full source link support with embedded symbols and repository-based sources.
• Project – Enable repeatable package restore using a lock file.
• Project – Run unit tests against the `net6.0` platform.

1.8.7
• Changed – Avoid throwing an exception when a connection string has duplicate property names.
• Project – Disable tests for `netcoreapp1.0` and `netcoreapp2.1` targets since they aren't supported in AppVeyor.
• Project – Add a `net6.0` target for unit tests instead of the removed ones.
• Project – Modernise projects and build environments to use the newest features.

1.8.6
• Fixed – Exception in Dashboard UI when schema version is not present in a database.
• Fixed – `DbCommand` resource leak when releasing a lock detected by static analysis.
• Fixed – Don't add SQL Server-related metrics multiple times in Dashboard UI.

1.8.5
• Fixed – "Query processor could not produce a query plan" when removing expired counters in `Schema 5`.

1.8.2
• Fixed – `InvalidOperationException` with new dashboard metrics when a database has multiple data/log files.

1.8.1
• Fixed – Blocked workers regression since 1.7.33 when using multiple servers inside a process.
• Fixed – Target schema version is less than the current schema version error.
• Fixed – Implement database metrics without the need for additional permissions.
• Fixed – Use the `forceseek` table hint whenever possible to avoid performance drops.

1.8.0
• Breaking – Prioritise Microsoft.Data.SqlClient package over System.Data.SqlClient one.
• Breaking – Dropped the `NET45` platform target in favor of the `NET451` target to support Visual Studio 2022.
• Added – `Schema 8` migration with fixed `JobQueue.Id` column to use the `bigint` type.
• Added – `Schema 9` migration that creates an index for the `State.CreatedAt` column.
• Added – Automatic client package detection based on available types, preferring `System.Data.SqlClient` (by @0xced).
• Added – `SqlServerStorageOptions.DbProviderFactory` option to use a custom provider factory.
• Added – Clean up of old state entries of a non-finished job when `InactiveStateExpirationTimeout` is set.
• Added – `TryAutoDetectSchemaDependentOptions` option to automatically enable options based on the schema.
• Added – Optional experimental transactional acknowledge for SQL Server (`UseTransactionalAcknowledge` option).
• Added – Implement the `Connection.GetUtcDateTime` feature to make work the new changes in schedulers.
• Added – `SqlServerStorage.SchemaVersion` metric for Dashboard UI.
• Added – `DefaultQueueProvider` option to specify a custom default queue provider.
• Changed – Remove dependency on System.Data.SqlClient for Hangfire.SqlServer (by @0xced).
• Changed – Set default value for the `QueuePollInterval` option to `TimeSpan.Zero`.
• Changed – Polling delay when `QueuePollInterval` is set to zero now defaults to 200 ms.
• Changed – Sliding invisibility timeout-based fetching method is now used by default with a 5-minute timeout.
• Changed – Use command batching by default with a 5-minute maximum timeout.
• Changed – Enable the `UseRecommendedIsolationLevel` option by default.
• Changed – `GetJobData` now populates the `JobData.ParametersSnapshot` property to avoid additional roundtrips.
• Changed – Display scheduled and processing jobs in ascending order in Dashboard UI.
• Changed – Implement the `Transaction.AcquireDistributedLock` feature.
• Changed – Implement the `GetSetCount.Limited feature`.
• Changed – Implement the `GetSetContains feature`.
• Changed – Bump the internal version of Dapper to 2.0.123.
• Changed – Enable common metrics for SQL Server storage to be shown by default.
• Changed – Enable the `Monitoring.AwaitingJobs` feature for SQL storage.
• Deprecated – `UsePageLocksOnDequeue` option is now obsolete and doesn't affect anything.