This servicing update refreshes the .NET AI project templates ahead of the July 30, 2026 retirement of GitHub Models — removing the GitHub Models provider option and updating template dependencies.
As a result, both the AI Chat Web (aichatweb) and AI Agent Web API (aiagent-webapi) templates now require the AI service provider to be chosen explicitly via --provider; there is no longer a default. One of the following must be selected:
--provider azureopenai— Azure OpenAI--provider ollama— Ollama (for local development)--provider openai— OpenAI Platform
Packages in this release
| Package | Version |
|---|---|
| Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates | 10.8.4-preview.3.26379.3 |
| Microsoft.Agents.AI.ProjectTemplates | 1.13.0-preview.1.26379.3 |
What's Changed
Project templates
- Removed the GitHub Models provider from the AI Chat Web and AI Agent Web API templates, ahead of GitHub Models being fully retired on July 30, 2026. The
--provideroption is now required with no default (#7667). - Updated AI template dependencies — bumped
Aspire.Hosting.AppHostto13.4.6andCommunityToolkit.VectorData.SqliteVecto1.0.0-preview.4(alignedSystem.Linq.AsyncEnumerableto10.0.9), replacing earlier workaround package pins (#7639).