Release notes for 6.11 (#3330)

* release notes for 6.11

Author: martinrrm

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 ### [Known Issues](release-notes/known-issues.md)
 
 ### NuGet 6.x
+#### [NuGet 6.11](release-notes/NuGet-6.11.md)
 #### [NuGet 6.10](release-notes/NuGet-6.10.md)
 #### [NuGet 6.9](release-notes/NuGet-6.9.md)
 #### [NuGet 6.8](release-notes/NuGet-6.8.md)

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+---
+title: NuGet 6.11 Release Notes
+description: Release notes for NuGet 6.11 including new features, bug fixes, and DCRs.
+author: martinrrm
+ms.date: 8/13/2024
+ms.topic: conceptual
+---
+# NuGet 6.11 Release Notes
+
+NuGet distribution vehicles:
+
+| NuGet version | Available in Visual Studio version | Available in .NET SDK(s) |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| [**6.11**](https://nuget.org/downloads) | [Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) | [8.0.4xx](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)<sup>1</sup> |
+
+<sup>1</sup> Installed with Visual Studio 2022 with any .NET workload
+
+## Summary: What's New in 6.11
+
+* Suppress NuGetAudit warnings for specific advisories for PackageReference projects - [#13679](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13679)
+
+* Add `--allow-insecure-connections` option to dotnet SDK - [#13396](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13396)
+
+* Swap authors for owners in Visual Studio Package Manager UI - [#12501](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12501)
+
+* [Feature]: add dotnet nuget why to dotnet CLI - [#11943](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/11943)
+
+* NuGet cannot restore from HTTPS sources that have SSL certificate problems - [#4387](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4387)
+
+### Breaking changes
+
+* `MSBuildRestoreUtility.GetRestoreAuditProperties` needs a breaking change to read `NuGetAuditSuppress` items - [#13313](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13313)
+
+### Issues fixed in this release
+
+* IVsNuGetProjectUpdateEvents.ProjectUpdateStarted or ProjectUpdateFinished should only provide a list of files that will get changed. - [#13413](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13413)
+
+* `dotnet nuget` commands should not output usage information on all errors - [#13251](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13251)
+
+* [DCR]: NuGet causes many ArgumentExceptions to be thrown & caught in VS - [#11535](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/11535)
+
+* Remove .NET Framework TFM from NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat - [#8452](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/8452)
+
+* PERF: GetPackageInfo allocates by unnecessarily calling GetNupkgMetadataPath - [#13556](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13556)
+
+* 'dotnet nuget why' crashes when using --framework option - [#13547](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13547)
+
+* SignatureUtility.GetCertificates in NuGet.Client can skip calling Dispose on error - [#13535](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13535)
+
+* 'dotnet nuget why' does not work when a directory is provided for the 'Path' argument - [#13527](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13527)
+
+* NuGet IntelliCode Package Suggestions are missing Author in packages list - [#13515](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13515)
+
+* Rebuilding in VS causes unnecessary restores - [#13505](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13505)
+
+* MSB4181: The "Restore Task" task returned false but did not log an error. - [#13460](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13460)
+
+* TaskResultCache incorrectly shares the same lock object for all the keys. - [#13448](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13448)
+
+* Calls to CompareTo and Equals should not allocate - [#13442](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13442)
+
+* Enable Nullable and throw in KnownOwnerViewModel - [#13425](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13425)
+
+* `PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource` doesn't respect a value from `disableTLSCertificateValidation` attribute - [#13423](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13423)
+
+* `PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource` doesn't respect a value from `AllowInsecureConnection` field - [#13418](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13418)
+
+* "nuget install -ExcludeVersion" inaccurate reports "already installed" when trying to install older version - [#13334](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13334)
+
+* Vulnerability InfoBar remains visible in the Solution Explorer after closing solution - [#13055](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13055)
+
+[List of commits in this release](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/compare/6.11.0.122...6.10.1.5)
+
+### Community contributions
+
+Thank you to all the contributors who helped make this NuGet release awesome!
+
+* [seclerp](https://github.com/seclerp)
+  * [5783](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5783) Fix `PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource` doesn't respect a value from `DisableTLSCertificateValidation` field
+  * [5767](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5767) Fix `PackageSourceProvider.UpdatePackageSource` doesn't respect a value from `AllowInsecureConnection` field
+* [mmitche](https://github.com/mmitche)
+  * [5749](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5749) Build NuGet from the VMR
+  * [5752](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5752) Fixup signing support conditional
+* [ToddGrun](https://github.com/ToddGrun)
+  * [5859](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5859) Reduce allocations in GetPackageInfo by conditionally calling GetNupkgMetadataPath
+* [omajid](https://github.com/omajid)
+  * [5848](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5848) Dispose certificates on failure in SignatureUtility.GetCertificates
+* [SimonCropp](https://github.com/SimonCropp)
+  * [5842](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5842) remove redundant .GetTypeInfo()
+* [ryanmolden](https://github.com/ryanmolden)
+  * [5834](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5834) Eliminate first-chance ArgumentExceptions when querying a legacy project for properties that don't exist via DTE
+* [hickford](https://github.com/hickford)
+  * [5743](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5743) Correct message in the case that a higher version of package is already installed
+* [ViktorHofer](https://github.com/ViktorHofer)
+  * [5764](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5764) Use .NET SDK sourcelink integration
+* [NikolaMilosavljevic](https://github.com/NikolaMilosavljevic)
+  * [5738](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5738) Disable CA2022 errors
+* [jv42](https://github.com/jv42)
+  * [5717](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5717) Fixed NullReferenceException in ResolverComparer