CoreWCF Support Policy

Last updated: February 3, 2025

Microsoft Support for CoreWCF

CoreWCF is a port of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET and .NET Core and its support depends on the support status for the underlying .NET platforms it runs on.

Supported versions

The following table tracks release and end of support dates for CoreWCF versions.

Supported versions
Version Original release date Latest patch version Patch release date Supported .NET version(s) End of support
CoreWCF 1.7 February 3, 2024 1.7.0 February 3, 2024 .NET 9 May 12, 2026 or six months after the next major or minor version release.
.NET 8 November 10, 2026 or six months after the next major or minor version release.
.NET Framework 4.6.2 and later versions The end of life date for the specific version of .NET Framework or six months after the next major or minor version release.
CoreWCF 1.6 August 26, 2024 1.6.0 August 26, 2024 .NET 8 August 3, 2025
.NET 6 November 12, 2024
.NET Framework 4.6.2 and later versions August 3, 2025
CoreWCF 1.5 November 9, 2023 1.5.2 March 14, 2024 .NET 8 February 26, 2025
.NET 6 November 12, 2024
.NET Framework 4.6.2 and later versions February 26, 2025

Out of support versions

The following table lists CoreWCF versions no longer supported.

Out of support versions
Version Original release date Latest patch version Patch release date End of support
Core WCF1.4 September 7, 2023 1.4.2 March 14, 2024 May 9, 2024
CoreWCF 1.3 December 15, 2022 1.3.2 March 23, 2023 March 7, 2024
CoreWCF 1.2 September 20, 2022 1.2.1 December 12, 2022 June 15, 2023
CoreWCF 1.1 May 6, 2022 1.1.1 December 12, 2022 March 20, 2023
CoreWCF 1.0 April 28, 2022 1.0.2 May 16, 2022 November 6, 2022

The following list shows the details of the support policy for CoreWCF:

Supported packages

The following packages are supported:

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