Release notes for 2.24.0.

Author: rstam

Release Notes/Release Notes v2.24.0.md

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+# .NET Driver Version 2.24.0 Release Notes
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+This is the general availability release for the 2.24.0 version of the driver.
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+The main new features in 2.24.0 include:
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+* New DistinctMany method in IMongoCollection
+* Support for latest $dateFromString optional arguments
+* ExceededTimeLimit server error is now retryable for reads as well as writes
+* Support sort by score in $search stage
+* New custom method to test if a field exists or is missing in LINQ (Mql.Exists, Mql.IsMissing, Mql.IsNullOrMissing)
+* Enable TLS 1.3 support
+* Fix a GridFS error when attempting to upload a GridFS file with a duplicate id and the new file is smaller than the original file
+* Add support for Atlas Search $in operator
+* Add support for IComparable CompareTo method in LINQ queries
+* Add VectorSearchScore builder for $vectorSearch stage
+* Update libmongocrypt package version
+* Support for nested AsQueryable in LINQ queries (not a common use case but legal, primarily added for use by the EF Core Provider)
+* Updated authentication to occur over OP_MSG on supporting servers to improve MongoDB Atlas Serverless compatibility
+* Use polling monitoring when running within a FaaS environment such as AWS Lambda
+* Fixed segfault in Kerberos (libgssapi) on newer Linux distros
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+An online version of these release notes is available [here](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/blob/master/Release%20Notes/Release%20Notes%20v2.24.0.md).
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+The full list of issues resolved in this release is available at [CSHARP JIRA project](https://jira.mongodb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20CSHARP%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.24.0%20ORDER%20BY%20key%20ASC).
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+Documentation on the .NET driver can be found [here](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/csharp/v2.24/).