Microsoft has announced the release of the first release candidate of .NET 5.0.

Announcing .NET 5.0 RC 1

Today, we are shipping .NET 5.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). It is a near-final release of .NET 5.0, and the first of two RCs before the official release in November. RC1 is a “go live” release; you are supported using it in production.

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