Lifecycle guide for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

All supported products Free Versio.io trial

📅 Last update on 2026-01-19

What is Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel?

Automate product release and end-of-life management

Provides abstractions for reading `.deps` files. When a .NET application is compiled, the SDK generates a JSON manifest file (`<ApplicationName>.deps.json`) that contains information about application dependencies. You can use `Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel` to read information from this manifest at run time. This is useful when you want to dynamically compile code (for example, using Roslyn Emit API) referencing the same dependencies as your main application. By default, the dependency manifest contains information about the application"s target framework and runtime dependencies. Set the PreserveCompilationContext project property to `true` to additionally include information about reference assemblies used during compilation.

The entire lifecycle of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.