CoreRemoting 1.2.2

• .NETStandard 2.0

  • Castle.Windsor (>= 6.0.0)
  • Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces (>= 9.0.10)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection (>= 9.0.10)
  • Newtonsoft.Json (>= 13.0.4)
  • Newtonsoft.Json.Bson (>= 1.0.3)
  • Serialize.Linq (>= 4.0.167)
  • stakx.DynamicProxy.AsyncInterceptor (>= 0.1.0)
  • System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 9.0.10)
  • System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
  • System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight (>= 4.7.0)
  • System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters (>= 4.3.0)
  • System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms (>= 4.3.1)
  • System.Security.Cryptography.Cng (>= 5.0.0)
  • System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl (>= 5.0.0)
  • System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 5.0.0)
  • WatsonTcp (>= 6.0.10)

New Features and Enhancements
- Added support for LINQ expression return values in remote calls.
- Full ValueTask handling, including new unit tests.
- Introduced experimental QUIC channel (requires .NET 9.0, Windows only) with lock‑protected send/receive and a shared QuicTransport base class.
- New async primitives: AsyncCountdownEvent, AsyncManualResetEvent, AsyncReaderWriterLock, AsyncLock and AsyncDisposable helpers (based on ideas by Stephen Toub and Stephen Cleary).
- Thread‑safe BsonReferenceResolver with reference‑counting to avoid deserialization problems.
- Customizable thread‑pool for event handlers to improve remote‑event processing.
- ServiceProxy now includes ServiceInterfaceType and ServiceName properties.
- Remote event handling improvements: subscription and un‑subscription support for non‑singleton server components, plus an EventStub class ported from the Zyan Framework.
- Session and proxy utilities: ClientConfig can specify a custom proxy builder; all CreateProxy overloads now guarantee identical results.
- Authentication enhancements: new BeginCall event, server Logon/Logoff events, and earlier authentication checks in the server pipeline.
- Channel upgrades:
 * WebSocketSharp moved to a dedicated project and external package dependency removed.
 * New WebsocketSharpServerChannel and WebsocketSharpClientChannel classes.
 * Added System‑Net‑WebSockets client channel.
 * Refactored TCP handshake sequence, added configurable MaxMessageSize.
 * WatsonTcp v6.0.10 now handles partial headers and disposal race conditions correctly.
- Support for processing messages larger than 2 MiB.
- DataTable serialization added with corresponding unit test.

Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements
- Fixed numerous race conditions, especially around disconnect and dispose operations in TcpClientChannel, WatsonTcpClient and RemotingClient.
- Resolved memory leaks in ClientRpcContext, the internal TCP client, and SmallMemoryStream handling.
- Improved serialization/deserialization handling for DateTimeKind, TimeSpan, BSON for common .NET types, and non‑serializable return values.
- Corrected exception propagation so remote exceptions deserialize reliably; constructors now throw RemoteInvocationException on failure.
- Fixed counter bugs that caused mismatched pending‑message counts.
- Prevented duplicate RPC calls after session disposal or when the client is disconnected.
- Fixed WebSocket thread‑safety issues on Windows for SendAsync and ReceiveAsync.
- Resolved message‑order problems in the TCP handshake (issues #55 and #148).
- Eliminated unhandled exceptions in KeepSessionAliveTimerOnElapsed and other background tasks.
- Fixed authentication failure handling: client no longer stays connected after a failed login; proper disconnect logic added.
- Cleaned up compiler warnings related to missing XML comments, unsafe Task.Result usage, and obsolete IDisposable implementations (now IAsyncDisposable).
- Updated QUIC channel removal handling and solution structure.
- Added missing unit tests for async RPC processing, event handling, DI containers, and race‑condition detection.

Performance and Code Quality Improvements
- Introduced granular lock objects and AsyncLock to reduce contention.
- Replaced wait‑handles with TaskCompletionSource‑based synchronization.
- Added locking for send/receive in QUIC and TCP channels to avoid race conditions.
- Implemented reference‑counter logic for BSON resolver, reducing garbage collection pressure.
- Added SmallBlockMemoryStream to lower allocations when handling large payloads.
- Cleaned up unreachable code, namespace indentation and duplicated warnings.
- Updated CI matrix to include Windows‑latest detection and OS matrix for Linux and Windows testing.

Documentation and Miscellaneous
- Added extensive XML comments and enabled ConfigureAwait(false) compliance checks.
- Provided release notes for many tracked issues (e.g., #92, #95, #100, #105, #108, #116, #120, #134, #141, #153, #155, #156, #163, #168, #192, #203).
- Updated CodeQL workflow to the latest version.
- Included .NET 8.0 as a separate target framework for examples and tests.