Metalama 2025.0.8 released

[gfraiteur]

I've just realized we forgot to publish the changelog for 2025.0.8, the first stable version of Metalama 2025.0, which became available on the 4th of January.

It is based on Metalama 2025.0.7-rc, plus the following changes:

Fixes

• Aspect framework:

  • Fixed: Local function inside compile-time block doesn't work.
  • Fixed: Using SkipAspect disables [IntroduceDependency] even when other aspects instances are not skipped.
  • Fixed: Auxiliary templates: scope mismatch when passing the args.
  • Fixed: Template compiler: InvalidCastException when casting a template parameter to IExpression.
  • Fixed: Template compiler: aspect classes are classified as compile-time-only instead of run-time-or-compile-time.
  • Fixed: WithTemplateProvider does not work when the template is another aspect -- assumes a non-aspect template provider

• Caching:

  • Fixed: [CacheKey] does not correctly implement IFormattable in derived type.

• Code fixes and live templates

  • Fixed: DesignTime refactorings: adding an assembly-level attribute does not work
  • Fixed: Live templates: exception with inherited or child aspects
  • Fixed: SyntaxNode.FindNode exception in CodeRefactoringDiscoveryService for Razor code

• Design-time experience (not VSX):

  • Fixed: Design-time: assigning values to non-nullable members
  • Fixed: Design-time build cannot find aspect type while normal build passes, no error details shown.
  • Fixed: PostSharp+Metalama extension prevents VS from showing mouse-over tooltips in a Unity generated solution.
  • Fixed: DesignTime: wrong usage of SuppressDiagnostic results in multiple exception report.
  • Fixed: Design-time: Invalid state of compile-time directory results in exception.
  • Fixed: InvalidOperationException in ClientEndpoint`1.GetServerApiAsync
  • Fixed: Null reference in ProjectReferencesResolver.AddUnloadedReference
  • Fixed: Compilation mismatch in a non-structural comparison

• VSX

  • Fixed: Aspect Explorer: contract aspects don't produce enhancements.
  • Fixed: VSIX: Main Thread Blocked exception is reported even when progress dialog is displayed during Diff
  • Fixed: DebuggingServerException thrown while stepping in Metalama.Extensions
  • Fixed: CodeLens: "add annotation" transformations should be hidden

Enhancements

• Dependency Injection: refactoring using IAdviser

Breaking changes

• The extensibility API of Metalama.Extensions.DependencyInjection has been refactored to use IAdviser instead of IAspectBuilder.