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AssemblyLoadContext not unloading if system.runtime.caching MemoryCache used inside ALC. - C#
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nicke
AssemblyLoadContext not unloading if system.runtime.caching MemoryCache used inside ALC.
Our use cases allows third parties to create plugins
, so we do not have full control of how they are implemented
.
When using AppDomains in
.net framework MemoryCache was disposed internally by the MemoryCache implementation when AppDomain unloaded see
:
https://github.com/microsoft/referencesource/blob/dae14279dd0672adead5de00ac8f117dcf74c184/System.Runtime.Caching/System/Caching/MemoryCache.cs#L185
Problem is the unload event is not implemented in
.NET 6 for AppDomains
.
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/AppDomain.cs#L67
Is there any other way than fixing the plugin code to listen for AssemblyLoadContext
.Unloading event and Dispose of the MemoryCache
?
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