Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Added – New AutomaticRetryAttribute.ExceptOn property to skip retries for specific exceptions.
• Changed – Refactor filters pipeline to use less LINQ magic and fewer allocations.
• Changed – Use GetCultureInfo instead of creating an instance in the CaptureCultureAttribute filter.
• Changed – Cache some immutable data to avoid extra allocations.
• Fixed – Improve loopback address detection (by @meziantou).
• Fixed – Reformulate misleading error messages regarding retry timings (by @RGFuaWVs).
• Fixed – Problem with missing localizations in the previous version.
• Fixed – Don't hide exception details on Failed Jobs page when the exception message is empty.
• Fixed – Problems with the first restore when using the build.bat command.
• Fixed – Better display of canceled recurring jobs in dashboard.
• Fixed – Less overall allocations with using static delegates and struct-based iterators.
• Fixed – Improve precision of some diagnostic messages in the wait protection logic.
• Fixed – Make all private and internal classes sealed to improve code consistency.
• Fixed – Less overall pressure on garbage collector.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Changed – Use query template caching based on schema name to avoid excessive string allocations.
• Changed – Use static callbacks almost anywhere to avoid unnecessary delegate allocations.
• Changed – Use QuerySingle* or ReadSingle* where possible to avoid allocating lists.
• Changed – Unify DbCommand and DbParameter creation logic to improve code consistency.

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Changed – Partial cache for serialization and deserialization in InvocationData to produce less strings.
• Changed – Add caching for default type serializer and resolver.
• Changed – Don't let JobFilter-related logic to show up in profilers.
• Changed – Modify IProfiler to be less allocatey for diagnostic purposes that almost never run.
• Changed – Prefer using CancellationToken.WaitHandle again, since early .NET Core days are gone.
• Changed – Fewer allocations when working with IStateHandler collections in a state machine.
• Fixed – Redirect the "System.Private.Xml.Linq" assembly to the "System.Xml.Linq" one for better interoperability.
• Fixed – Don't throw KeyNotFoundException when recurring job is malformed.
• Fixed – Proper relative path calculation in UrlHelper.To for OWIN-based Dashboard UI (by @LordJZ).
• Fixed – Typo in the Turkish localization file (by @ismkdc).
• Project – Switch to a modern PowerShell 7+ to speed up SignPath installation on AppVeyor.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Changed – Limit polling queries when queues are empty with a semaphore for all configurations.
• Changed – Use per-queue signaling for same-process workers, instead of having a global signal.
• Fixed – Don't silently truncate queue names, throw an exception instead.
• Project – Decrease delays in SQL Server-related tests to complete them faster.

Release Notes

• Fixed – Recurring job is scheduled to the past after recovering from error with AddOrUpdate (backported).
• Fixed – AddOrUpdate triggers execution of a recurring job, even if its next execution is in the future (backported).
• Fixed – Send heartbeats until full background processing server shutdown (backported).

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Added – MaxDegreeOfParallelismForSchedulers experimental server option if supported by storage.
• Added – Experimental support for parallel execution of the delayed job scheduler.
• Added – Experimental support for parallel execution of the recurring job scheduler.
• Fixed – Recurring job is scheduled to the past after recovering from error with AddOrUpdate.
• Fixed – AddOrUpdate triggers execution of a recurring job, even if its next execution is in the future.
• Fixed – Two very minor errors in the Swedish localization file (by @Uglack).

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Fixed – Populate InvocationData and LoadException properties in JobDetails method results.

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Changed – Add icons and fix metadata for NuGet packages.
• Changed – Bump ILRepack to version 2.0.27 to avoid problems with internalizing.
• Fixed – "Type exists in both Cronos and Hangfire.Core" exception.

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Changed – Added Norwegian translations for new keys (by @khellang).
• Changed – Update Brazilian Portuguese translation (by @HugoAlames).
• Changed – Bump Cronos dependency to version 0.8.3.

Hangfire.AspNetCore

• Fixed – Don't check HasStarted in Response.WriteAsync to avoid breaking dispatchers.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Changed – Bump Dapper for the netstandard2.0 platform to version 2.1.28.
• Changed – Bump Dapper for net451 and netstandard1.3 platforms to version 1.60.6.

Hangfire.Core, Hangfire.NetCore, Hangfire.AspNetCore, Hangfire.SqlServer, Hangfire.SqlServer.Msmq

• Project – Enable NuGet package and DLL signing with a company certificate.
• Project – Require NuGet package signature validation on restore for dependencies.
• Project – Add HangfireIO as a package owner.

Release Notes

Please note that version 1.8.8 was unlisted on NuGet because of broken package references.

Hangfire.Core

• Changed – Use Environment.MachineName as a server name if other environment vars aren't available.
• Changed – Bump the Cronos package version from 0.7.1 to 0.8.1.
• Changed – Improve portuguese translations (by @filipe-silva).
• Fixed – Possible NullReferenceException on the Deleted Jobs page (regression from 1.8.7).
• Project – Enable full source link support with embedded symbols and repository-based sources.
• Project – Enable repeatable package restore using a lock file.
• Project – Run unit tests against the net6.0 platform.
• Project – Modernise the build system and clean up the build scripts.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Project – Enable full source link support with embedded symbols and repository-based sources.
• Project – Enable repeatable package restore using a lock file.
• Project – Run unit tests against the net6.0 platform.

Hangfire.NetCore

• Project – Enable full source link support with embedded symbols and repository-based sources.
• Project – Enable repeatable package restore using a lock file.

Hangfire.AspNetCore

• Fixed – Don't attempt to write response headers when response has already started (by @maliming).
• Project – Enable full source link support with embedded symbols and repository-based sources.
• Project – Enable repeatable package restore using a lock file.

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Added – Allow using macro expressions like @hourly for recurring jobs (by @Muhamedabdalla).
• Added – Show storage time in page footer when supported by storage implementation.
• Added – Show duration and latency columns separately on the Succeeded Jobs page when supported.
• Added – Show the exception column on the Deleted Jobs page when available and supported by storage.
• Changed – Reduce package size by stripping unnecessary locales in Moment.js.
• Changed – Bump Microsoft.Owin package to version 4.2.2.
• Changed – Log a warning message when a server listens to unsupported queue names (by @Muhamedabdalla).
• Changed – Use storage time, if available, to show delay warnings in the Dashboard UI.
• Fixed – Proper rendering of generic arguments on the Job Details page (by @olivermue).
• Fixed – Language inconsistency in the Dashboard UI related to date/time description.
• Fixed – Big stack traces take too long time to be formatted.
• Fixed – Don't throw NullReferenceException from the Scheduled Jobs page when there's a job with missing data.
• Fixed – Don't throw NullReferenceException from the Processing Jobs page when there's a job with missing data.
• Fixed – CSS for Enqueued and Deleted state cards in dark theme.
• Fixed – Log errors instead of throwing an exception when a particular table can't be cleaned.
• Fixed – Avoid logging fatal exceptions when stopping a faulting background process.
• Fixed – Don't display checkboxes in the Dashboard UI when job details can not be fetched.
• Fixed – Scrollbars in WebKit-based browsers are now dark in dark mode.
• Project – Disable tests for netcoreapp1.0 and netcoreapp2.1 targets since they aren't supported in AppVeyor.
• Project – Add a net6.0 target for unit tests instead of the removed ones.
• Project – Modernise projects and build environments to use the newest features.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Changed – Avoid throwing an exception when a connection string has duplicate property names.
• Project – Disable tests for netcoreapp1.0 and netcoreapp2.1 targets since they aren't supported in AppVeyor.
• Project – Add a net6.0 target for unit tests instead of the removed ones.
• Project – Modernise projects and build environments to use the newest features.

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Changed – Update jQuery library in Dashboard UI to version 3.7.1.
• Changed – Mark all types in Hangfire.Annotations with EditorBrowsableAttribute(Never).
• Changed – Change state card colors for the Awaiting state to match the Scheduled state.
• Fixed – Exception when deserializing an instance of the AutomaticRetryAttribute class from JSON.
• Fixed – Add serialization-related constructors for all the exception classes.
• Fixed – Use invariant culture or ordinal comparisons for internal strings.
• Fixed – Use invariant culture when formatting key names for metrics.
• Fixed – Use CurrentCulture instead of CurrentUICulture when displaying time.
• Project – Enable running static analysis by Coverity Scan weekly.
• Project – Enable mandatory static analysis by the Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers package.
• Project – Change MSBuild path when building using newer .NET SDKs for Razor views.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Fixed – Exception in Dashboard UI when schema version is not present in a database.
• Fixed – DbCommand resource leak when releasing a lock detected by static analysis.
• Fixed – Don't add SQL Server-related metrics multiple times in Dashboard UI.

Hangfire.NetCore

• Fixed – Include assembly information to the Hangfire.NetCore assembly.

Release Notes

Hangfire.Core

• Added – Possibility to inform a FaviconPath on DashboardOptions (by @cezar-pimentel).
• Fixed – Inability to restore a disabled recurring job, regression in version 1.8.3.
• Fixed – Make it possible to serialize the AutomaticRetryAttribute filter to JSON.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Fixed – "Query processor could not produce a query plan" when removing expired counters in Schema 5.