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title : EF Core releases and planning
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description : Current EF Core releases and schedule/planning details for future releases
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author : ajcvickers
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- ms.date : 11/09/2021
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+ ms.date : 05/26/2022
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uid : core/what-is-new/index
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# EF Core releases and planning
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## Stable releases
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- | Release | Target framework | Supported until | Links |
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- | [ EF Core 6.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore ) | .NET 6 | November 8, 2024 (LTS) | [ What's new] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-6.0/whatsnew ) / [ Breaking changes] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-6.0/breaking-changes ) |
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- | [ EF Core 5.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/5.0.12 ) | .NET Standard 2.1 | Mid May, 2022 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-release-of-ef-core-5-0/ ) / [ Breaking changes] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/breaking-changes ) |
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- | [ EF Core 3.1] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/3.1.21 ) | .NET Standard 2.0 | December 3, 2022 (LTS) | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-3-1-and-entity-framework-6-4/ ) |
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- | ~~ [ EF Core 3.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/3.0.3 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.1 | Expired March 3, 2020 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-ef-core-3-0-and-ef-6-3-general-availability/ ) / [ Breaking changes] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-3.x/breaking-changes ) |
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- | ~~ [ EF Core 2.2] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/2.2.6 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.0 | Expired December 23, 2019 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-2-2/ ) |
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- | ~~ [ EF Core 2.1] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/2.1.14 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.0 | Expired August 21, 2021* | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-2-1/ ) |
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- | ~~ [ EF Core 2.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/2.0.3 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.0 | Expired October 1, 2018 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-2-0/ ) |
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- | ~~ [ EF Core 1.1] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/1.1.6 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 1.3 | Expired June 27 2019 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-1-1/ ) |
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- | ~~ [ EF Core 1.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/1.0.6 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 1.3 | Expired June 27 2019 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/entity-framework-core-1-0-0-available/ ) |
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+ | Release | Target framework | Supported until | Links |
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+ | [ EF Core 6.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore ) | .NET 6 | November 8, 2024 (LTS) | [ What's new] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-6.0/whatsnew ) / [ Breaking changes] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-6.0/breaking-changes ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 5.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/5.0.12 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.1 | Expired May 10 , 2022 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-release-of-ef-core-5-0/ ) / [ Breaking changes] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/breaking-changes ) |
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+ | [ EF Core 3.1] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/3.1.21 ) | .NET Standard 2.0 | December 3, 2022 (LTS) | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-3-1-and-entity-framework-6-4/ ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 3.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/3.0.3 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.1 | Expired March 3, 2020 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-ef-core-3-0-and-ef-6-3-general-availability/ ) / [ Breaking changes] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-3.x/breaking-changes ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 2.2] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/2.2.6 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.0 | Expired December 23, 2019 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-2-2/ ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 2.1] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/2.1.14 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.0 | Expired August 21, 2021* | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-2-1/ ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 2.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/2.0.3 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 2.0 | Expired October 1, 2018 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-2-0/ ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 1.1] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/1.1.6 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 1.3 | Expired June 27 2019 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-entity-framework-core-1-1/ ) |
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+ | ~~ [ EF Core 1.0] ( https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore/1.0.6 ) ~~ | .NET Standard 1.3 | Expired June 27 2019 | [ Announcement] ( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/entity-framework-core-1-0-0-available/ ) |
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See [ supported platforms] ( xref:core/miscellaneous/platforms ) for information about the specific platforms supported by each EF Core release.
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The next planned stable release is ** EF Core 7.0** , or just ** EF7** , scheduled for ** November 2022** .
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- A high-level plan for EF7 is coming soon .
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+ See the [ high-level plan for EF7] ( xref:core/what-is-new/ef-core-7.0/plan ) for more information .
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