Release notes for MDS 5.1.8

release-notes/5.1/5.1.8.md

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+# Release Notes
+
+## Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 5.1.8 - November 12, 2025
+
+This update brings the following changes since the [5.1.7](5.1.7.md) release:
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed a bulk copy bug that incorrectly prepended a UTF-8 Byte-Order-Marker
+  when processing row data.
+  ([#3716](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3617))
+- Fixed Basic Availability Group failover to ignore server-supplied failover
+  host and use connection string host based on a new AppContext switch.
+  ([#3704](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3704))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Modernized creation of `Microsoft.Identity.Client.PublicClientApplication`
+  instances to use its builder pattern.
+  ([#3367](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3367))
+- Replaced use of undocumented .NET Framework internals when reading `SqlDecimal` values.
+  ([#3465](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3465))
+- Back-ported several test and pipeline changes to stabilize CI and Official pipelines.
+  ([#3599](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3599),
+   [#3494](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3494),
+   [#3591](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3591),
+   [#3204](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3204),
+   [#3542](https://github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/pull/3542))
+
+## Target Platform Support
+
+- .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows x86, Windows x64)
+- .NET 6.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+- .NET Standard 2.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### .NET Framework
+
+- Azure.Identity 1.11.4
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.2
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.61.3
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.35.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.35.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation 4.3.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.Web 6.0.1
+- System.Text.Json 6.0.11
+
+### .NET
+
+- Azure.Identity 1.11.4
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.2
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.61.3
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.35.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.35.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.1
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0
+
+### .NET Standard
+
+- Azure.Identity 1.11.4
+- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI 5.1.2
+- Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.61.3
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens 6.35.0
+- Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect 6.35.0
+- Microsoft.SqlServer.Server 1.0.0
+- Microsoft.Win32.Registry 5.0.0
+- System.Buffers 4.5.1
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Caching 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 6.0.0
+- System.Text.Encodings.Web 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Loader 4.3.0
+- System.Security.Cryptography.Cng 5.0.0
+- System.Security.Principal.Windows 5.0.0

release-notes/5.1/README.md

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 | Release Date | Version | Notes |
 | :-- | :-- | :--: |
+| 2025/11/12 | 5.1.8 | [release notes](5.1.8.md) |
 | 2025/04/25 | 5.1.7 | [release notes](5.1.7.md) |
 | 2024/08/27 | 5.1.6 | [release notes](5.1.6.md) |
 | 2024/01/29 | 5.1.5 | [release notes](5.1.5.md) |

release-notes/README.md

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 # Microsoft.Data.SqlClient Release Notes
 
-The latest stable release is [Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.0](6.0).
+The latest stable release is [Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1](6.1).
 
 ## Release Information