Azure Core and Identity January 2026 patch releases #6911
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Pull request overview
This PR prepares the January 2026 patch releases for Azure Core (1.16.2) and Azure Identity (1.13.3). Both releases backport bug fixes to their respective stable release branches.
Changes:
- Updates Azure Core version from 1.17.0-beta.1 to 1.16.2 with a fix for CPU spinning issue
- Updates Azure Identity version from 1.14.0-beta.1 to 1.13.3 with a fix for
DefaultAzureCredentialaccess violation - Updates the minimum azure-core-cpp dependency version to 1.16.2 in vcpkg.json
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Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| sdk/core/azure-core/src/private/package_version.hpp | Updates version constants to 1.16.2 for patch release |
| sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md | Adds release notes for version 1.16.2 with bug fix details |
| sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/private/package_version.hpp | Updates version constants to 1.13.3 for patch release |
| sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md | Adds release notes for version 1.13.3 with bug fix details |
| sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json | Updates minimum azure-core-cpp dependency to 1.16.2 |
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Jan 16, 2026
Updated release date for version 1.16.2 and fixed a bug related to SSL socket writes.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Updated release date for version 1.13.3 and fixed a bug reference.
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