# dotnet/announcements

Subscribe to this repo to be notified of Announcements and changes in .NET Core.

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/announcements
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dotnet-announcements
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-06-29T17:39:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3457, "days_push": 1526, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1374, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.934766+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub repository used by the .NET team to post official announcements about .NET Core, including breaking changes and security bulletins. Users subscribe to it to receive notifications of major changes and can filter issues by labels and milestones.

## Use cases
- stay notified of .NET Core breaking changes
- track security bulletins for .NET
- find announcements for a specific .NET release
- follow major changes in the .NET ecosystem

## When to choose
- you maintain .NET Core applications and need early warning of breaking changes
- you want official security bulletin notifications
- you need a searchable archive of .NET release announcements

## When to avoid
- you want to file bugs or start discussions (use the appropriate dotnet repo instead)
- you need general .NET issue discussions (use dotnet/core)

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: announcements, dotnet-core, breaking-changes, security-bulletins, notifications

## Member repositories
- dotnet/announcements (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.934766+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:37.193526+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet/announcements (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.934766+00:00, sha a83cebd6e2ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.