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 [Known Issues](../release-notes/known-issues.md)
 
+[NuGet 6.9](../release-notes/NuGet-6.9.md)
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 [NuGet 6.8](../release-notes/NuGet-6.8.md)
 
 [NuGet 6.7](../release-notes/NuGet-6.7.md)

docs/release-notes/NuGet-6.9.md

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+---
+title: NuGet 6.9 Release Notes
+description: Release notes for NuGet 6.9 including new features, bug fixes, and DCRs.
+author: jgonz120
+ms.author: jongonza
+ms.date: 2/1/2024
+ms.topic: conceptual
+---
+
+# NuGet 6.9 Release Notes
+
+NuGet distribution vehicles:
+
+| NuGet version | Available in Visual Studio version | Available in .NET SDK(s) |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| [**6.9**](https://nuget.org/downloads) | [Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) | [8.0.200](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 6.9
+
+* Support for dotnet search command (equivalent to nuget.exe list, later search) - [#6060](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/6060) [#5138](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/5138)
+
+* PM UI multi targeting experience is incomplete - support for updating and uninstalling conditional package versions - [#4681](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4681)
+
+### Breaking changes
+
+* Add nullable annotations to NuGet.LibraryModel - [#12889](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12889)
+
+### Issues fixed in this release
+
+* NuGetAudit should not download vulnerabilities database when project does not use any packages - [#13073](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13073)
+
+* Static graph-based restore should not enumerate every item's metadata - [#13049](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13049)
+
+* Migrate NuGet.CommandLine.XPlat package search to use System.CommandLine - [#13031](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13031)
+
+* Add `--format`, `--verbosity` , `configfile` options to `dotnet package search` - [#12978](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12978)
+
+* Set NuGetAudit defaults in MSBuild - [#12960](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12960)
+
+* RestoreTask: Control whether to embed files in the binlog - [#12957](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12957)
+
+* Create NU Error Code for Package Source Mapping & GPF conflicts - [#12953](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12953)
+
+* [DCR]: Allow floating versions with Central Package Management (CPM) - [#10432](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/10432)
+
+* Static Graph restore won't warn for invalid projects - [#9300](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/9300)
+
+* Rename no-cache to no-http-cache - [#9180](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/9180)
+
+* VS Package Manager Console should close Text View - [#13104](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13104)
+
+* Vulnerability indicator shows up on dependent project if parent project has transitive vulnerabilities - [#13068](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13068)
+
+* Conditional updating when *all*  packages are conditioned is broken - [#13034](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13034)
+
+* Perf issue in AssetsFileDependenciesDataSource - [#13019](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13019)
+
+* The `NuGetPackageSearchService.GetDeprecationMetadataAsync` in `NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio` is dead code - [#13007](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/13007)
+
+* Vulnerabilities filter shows incorrectly on “Brower” tab when the default tab was “Browse” instead of “Installed” for the previous opening of solution PM UI   - [#12974](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12974)
+
+* HTTP 401 after some time in VS - [#12961](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12961)
+
+* [NuGet.Versioning] SemanticVersion.HasMetadata should indicate that Metadata is not null when true - [#12949](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12949)
+
+* TelemetryUtility.ToJsonArrayOfTimingsInSeconds returns incorrect json array on locales having comma as decimal separator - [#12915](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12915)
+
+* Static graph-based restore does not respect Interactive option when loading projects - [#12907](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12907)
+
+* Vulnerabilities InfoBar link to `Manage NuGet Packages` is truncated - [#12835](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12835)
+
+* NuGet.Build.Tasks caches CredentialProvider device flow timeout. - [#12540](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12540)
+
+* "error: Sequence contains no matching element" when listing outdated packages - [#12256](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/12256)
+
+* [Bug]: Process argument string is too long when publishing in Visual Studio with static graph enabled - [#11968](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/11968)
+
+* [Bug]: PM UI cannot uninstall packages in multitargeting projects - [#11914](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/11914)
+
+* When a package is installed in the global packages folder, add details about the package location - [#11447](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/11447)
+
+* NuGet should handle duplicate nomination data better.  - [#8749](https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/8749)
+
+[List of commits in this release](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/compare/6.9.0.74...6.8.0.131)
+
+### Community contributions
+
+Thank you to all the contributors who helped make this NuGet release awesome!
+
+* [KirillOsenkov](https://github.com/KirillOsenkov)
+  * Control embedding Restore files in binlog - [5494](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5494)
+  * Don't log task inputs and outputs when binary logger is enabled - [5498](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5498)
+* [Erarndt](https://github.com/Erarndt)
+  * Unroll Linq usage in FilterDependencyProvidersForLibrary - [5535](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5535)
+  * Reduce allocations in calls to CreateGraphNode() - [5531](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5531)
+* [dotnokato](https://github.com/dotnokato)
+  * Fix tests failing when run on systems with non-English language/locale settings - [5442](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5442)
+  * Fix incorrect json array returned for locales with comma as decimal separator in TelemetryUtility.ToJsonArrayOfTimingsInSeconds - [5441](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5441)
+* [ellahathaway](https://github.com/ellahathaway)
+  * Shorten source-build inner clone paths - [5543](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5543)
+* [jasonmalinowski](https://github.com/jasonmalinowski)
+  * Output a more debuggable message if a single value isn't specified - [5533](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5533)
+* [mthalman](https://github.com/mthalman)
+  * Target net9.0 for .NET source build - [5511](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5511)
+* [NikolaMilosavljevic](https://github.com/NikolaMilosavljevic)
+  * Eliminate obsolete API warnings/errors in product source-build - [5496](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5496)
+* [amis92](https://github.com/amis92)
+  * Add MemberNotNullWhen to SemanticVersion.HasMetadata - [5465](https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/5465)