What's new in the SDK and tooling for .NET 10
This article describes new features and enhancements in the .NET SDK for .NET 10. It has been updated for Preview 1.
New features and enhancements
Pruning of framework-provided package references
Starting in .NET 10, the NuGet Audit feature can now prune framework-provided package references that aren't used by the project. This feature is enabled by default for all net target frameworks (for example, net8.0 and net10.0) and .NET Standard 2.0 and greater target frameworks. This change helps to reduce the number of packages that are restored and analyzed during the build process, which can lead to faster build times and reduced disk space usage. It also can lead to a reduction in false positives from NuGet Audit and other dependency-scanning mechanisms.
When this feature is enabled, you may see a reduction in the contents of your applications' generated .deps.json files. Any package references you might have had that are actually supplied by the .NET runtime you use are automatically removed from the generated dependency file.
While this feature is enabled by default for the listed TFMs, you can disable it by setting the RestoreEnablePackagePruning property to false in your project file or Directory.Build.props file.
