• Ability to force creation of Orleans serializers for types not marked with [Serializable] by using GenerateSerializer, KnownType or KnownAssembly.TreatTypesAsSerializable #1888 #1864 #1855
• Troubleshooting improvements:
  • Fixed stacktrace preservation in exceptions from grain calls (bug introduced in 1.2.0) #1879 #1808
  • Better messaging when silo fails to join due to initial connectivity problems #1866 #1933
  • Throw meaningful exception if grain timer is created outside grain context #1858
• Bug fixes:
  • Do not deactivate Stateless Workers upon grain directory partition shutdown #1838
  • interception works with Streams and grain extensions #1874
  • Memory Storage provider properly enforces etags for any state that has been added or removed, but does not enforce etags for newly added state. #1885
  • Other minor bug fixes #1884 #1823