Aspire 13.2

Aspire 13.2 brings major CLI enhancements, a new TypeScript AppHost (preview), dashboard data export/import, Microsoft Foundry integration, and multi-language improvements — all focused on making local development more streamlined for developers and AI coding agents
alike.

Highlights

• 🛠️ CLI overhaul — New commands including aspire start/stop/ps for detached mode, aspire describe for resource monitoring, aspire doctor for environment diagnostics, aspire secret for managing user secrets, aspire docs for browsing documentation from the terminal,
  and aspire agent (renamed from aspire mcp) for AI agent integration.
• 🌐 TypeScript AppHost (preview) — Write your apphost in TypeScript with createBuilder(), using the same app model concepts as C#. Full VS Code extension support included.
• 🧩 VS Code extension — Dedicated Aspire Activity Bar panel with live resource state, inline CodeLens with health status and actions, gutter decorations, and a new Getting Started walkthrough.
• 📊 Dashboard improvements — Bulk telemetry export/import, export environment variables as .env files, a new telemetry HTTP API, set parameters directly from the dashboard, and improved resource graph layout.
• 🤖 Microsoft Foundry — Replaces Azure AI Foundry integration with broader Aspire.Hosting.Foundry support including hosted agents and model deployments.
• 🔒 Azure Virtual Network & Private Endpoints — New Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Network integration for defining VNets, subnets, NAT gateways, NSGs, and private endpoints directly in your apphost.
• 🐳 Docker Compose publishing — Generate docker-compose.yaml from your app model with AddDockerComposeEnvironment.
• 📦 New integrations — Azure Data Lake Storage, MongoDB EF Core (Aspire.MongoDB.EntityFrameworkCore), Bun support for JS resources, and Certbot for automated SSL certificates.
• ⚡ App model — WithMcpServer for declaring MCP endpoints, rebuild command for project resources, contextual endpoint resolution, and improved secret/certificate handling.

⚠️ Breaking changes

Notable breaking changes include service discovery env vars now using endpoint scheme instead of name, aspire.config.json replacing split config files, AIFoundry → Foundry rename, WithSecretBuildArg → WithBuildSecret, and updated default Azure credential behavior.
See the full list of breaking changes.

📖 Learn more

For the full details on everything in this release, check out the What's new in Aspire 13.2 documentation.

Thank you to all the community contributors who helped make this release happen! 💜