Start using readonly memory

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -17,27 +17,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dotnet-version: |
             8.0.x
-            10.0.x
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Load strong name certificate
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
         run: |
           echo "$SNC_BASE64" | base64 --decode > "${{ github.workspace }}/certificate.snk"
         shell: bash
         env:
           SNC_BASE64: ${{ secrets.SNC_BASE64 }}
 
-      - name: Build package (signed)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+      - name: Build package
         run: dotnet build MQTTnet.sln --configuration Release /p:FileVersion=${{ env.VERSION }} /p:AssemblyVersion=${{ env.VERSION }} /p:PackageVersion=${{ env.VERSION }}${{ env.PACKAGE_SUFFIX }} /p:SignAssembly=true /p:AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile=${{ github.workspace }}/certificate.snk
 
-      - name: Build package (unsigned)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository }}
-        run: dotnet build MQTTnet.sln --configuration Release /p:FileVersion=${{ env.VERSION }} /p:AssemblyVersion=${{ env.VERSION }} /p:PackageVersion=${{ env.VERSION }}${{ env.PACKAGE_SUFFIX }}
-
       - name: Upload nuget packages
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -55,19 +48,24 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dotnet-version: |
             8.0.x
-            10.0.x
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Execute tests
-        run: dotnet test --framework net10.0 --configuration Release --project Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTnet.Tests.csproj
+        run: dotnet test --framework net8.0 --configuration Release Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTnet.Tests.csproj
 
   sign:
     needs: build
     runs-on: windows-latest # Code signing must run on a Windows agent for Authenticode signing (dll/exe)
-    if: github.repository == 'dotnet/MQTTnet' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository)
+    if: github.repository == 'dotnet/MQTTnet'
     steps:
+      - name: Setup .NET SDK
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: |
+            6.0.x
+
       - name: Download nuget packages
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           path: nugets
 
       - name: Install sign CLI tool
-        run: dotnet tool install --tool-path . sign --version 0.9.1-beta.25379.1
+        run: dotnet tool install --tool-path . sign --version 0.9.0-beta.23127.3
 
       - name: Sign nugets
         shell: pwsh
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
         run: dotnet nuget push ${{ github.workspace }}/nugets/**/*.nupkg -k ${{ secrets.MYGET_API_KEY }} -s https://www.myget.org/F/mqttnet/api/v3/index.json --skip-duplicate
 
   publish-nuget:
-    # Tag schema is 'v5.1.0-rc' etc.
+    # Tag schema is 'v5.0.0-rc' etc.
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     needs: [sign, test]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Product>MQTTnet</Product>
         <Authors>The contributors of MQTTnet</Authors>
         <Company>The contributors of MQTTnet</Company>
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
         <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
         <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>false</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-        <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
 
         <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
         <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
@@ -25,10 +24,35 @@
         <AnalysisLevel>latest</AnalysisLevel>
         <AnalysisMode>recommended</AnalysisMode>
         <AnalysisModeStyle>default</AnalysisModeStyle>
+
+        <TestingPlatformShowTestsFailure>true</TestingPlatformShowTestsFailure>
+        <TestingPlatformDotnetTestSupport>true</TestingPlatformDotnetTestSupport>
+        <EnableMSTestRunner>true</EnableMSTestRunner>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GITHUB_ACTIONS)'=='true'">
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GITHUB_ACTIONS)' == 'true'">
         <ContinuousIntegrationBuild>true</ContinuousIntegrationBuild>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GeneratePackageOnBuild)'=='true'">
+        <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
+        <PackageIcon>nuget.png</PackageIcon>
+        <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/MQTTnet</PackageProjectUrl>
+        <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/MQTTnet.git</RepositoryUrl>
+        <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+        <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
+        <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
+        <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
+        <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(GeneratePackageOnBuild)'=='true'">
+        <None Include="README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="" Condition="Exists('README.md')" />
+        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
+        <None Include="..\..\LICENSE" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IncludeSymbols)'=='true'">
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

Directory.Build.targets

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GeneratePackageOnBuild)'=='true'">
-        <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
-        <PackageIcon>nuget.png</PackageIcon>
-        <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/MQTTnet</PackageProjectUrl>
-        <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/MQTTnet.git</RepositoryUrl>
-        <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
-        <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
-        <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
-        <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
-        <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(GeneratePackageOnBuild)'=='true'">
-        <None Include="README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="" Condition="Exists('README.md')" />
-        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
-        <None Include="..\..\LICENSE" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IncludeSymbols)'=='true'">
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All"/>
-    </ItemGroup>
-</Project>

MQTTnet.sln

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		LICENSE = LICENSE
 		README.md = README.md
 		Source\ReleaseNotes.md = Source\ReleaseNotes.md
-		Directory.Build.targets = Directory.Build.targets
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MQTTnet.AspNetCore", "Source\MQTTnet.AspnetCore\MQTTnet.AspNetCore.csproj", "{F10C4060-F7EE-4A83-919F-FF723E72F94A}"

Samples/Client/Client_Publish_Samples.cs

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
 
-using System;
-using System.Text;
-
 namespace MQTTnet.Samples.Client;
 
 public static class Client_Publish_Samples
@@ -87,21 +84,4 @@ public static class Client_Publish_Samples
 
         Console.WriteLine("MQTT application message is published.");
     }
-
-    public static MqttApplicationMessage Create_Message_With_Binary_User_Property()
-    {
-        /*
-         * MQTT v5 user properties are encoded as UTF-8 strings. When the UTF-8 payload is already available
-         * as a byte buffer, the builder APIs can avoid creating intermediate strings.
-         */
-
-        var encodedValue = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("sensor-01");
-
-        return new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder()
-            .WithTopic("samples/metadata/binary")
-            .WithUserProperty("client-id", encodedValue.AsMemory())
-            .WithUserProperty("checksum", new ArraySegment<byte>(encodedValue))
-            .WithPayload("metadata")
-            .Build();
-    }
 }

Samples/Client/Client_Subscribe_Samples.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
 // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Local
 
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 using MQTTnet.Samples.Helpers;
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public static class Client_Subscribe_Samples
             args.ResponseReasonString = "That did not work!";
 
             // User properties require MQTT v5!
-            args.ResponseUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty("My", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Data")));
+            args.ResponseUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty("My", "Data"));
 
             // Now the broker will resend the message again.
             return Task.CompletedTask;

Samples/Server/Server_TLS_Samples.cs

@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@ public static class Server_TLS_Samples
         certRequest.CertificateExtensions.Add(sanBuilder.Build());
 
         using var certificate = certRequest.CreateSelfSigned(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(-10), DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(10));
-#pragma warning disable SYSLIB0057
         var pfxCertificate = new X509Certificate2(
             certificate.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx),
             (string)null!,
             X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet | X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
-#pragma warning restore SYSLIB0057
 
         return pfxCertificate;
     }

Source/MQTTnet.Server/Disconnecting/MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public sealed class MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder
         return this;
     }
 
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance `WithUserProperty` with ArraySegment<byte> or ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for the value.")]
     public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         if (_options.UserProperties == null)
@@ -51,26 +50,4 @@ public sealed class MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder
         _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
         return this;
     }
-
-    public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        if (_options.UserProperties == null)
-        {
-            _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
-        }
-
-        _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        if (_options.UserProperties == null)
-        {
-            _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
-        }
-
-        _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Server/EnhancedAuthentication/ExchangeEnhancedAuthenticationOptionsFactory.cs

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public sealed class ExchangeEnhancedAuthenticationOptionsFactory
         return this;
     }
 
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance `WithUserProperty` with ArraySegment<byte> or ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for the value.")]
     public ExchangeEnhancedAuthenticationOptionsFactory WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(name);
@@ -65,32 +64,4 @@ public sealed class ExchangeEnhancedAuthenticationOptionsFactory
 
         return this;
     }
-
-    public ExchangeEnhancedAuthenticationOptionsFactory WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(name);
-
-        if (_options.UserProperties == null)
-        {
-            _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
-        }
-
-        _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public ExchangeEnhancedAuthenticationOptionsFactory WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(name);
-
-        if (_options.UserProperties == null)
-        {
-            _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
-        }
-
-        _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-
-        return this;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Server/Internal/Adapter/MqttTcpServerListener.cs

@@ -202,14 +202,9 @@ public sealed class MqttTcpServerListener : IDisposable
 
                 clientCertificate = sslStream.RemoteCertificate as X509Certificate2;
 
-                // TODO: Check why this export is needed. Is there something else in the RemoteCertificate as a X509Certificate2???
                 if (clientCertificate == null && sslStream.RemoteCertificate != null)
                 {
-                    #if NET10_0_OR_GREATER
-                    clientCertificate = X509CertificateLoader.LoadCertificate(sslStream.RemoteCertificate.Export(X509ContentType.Cert));
-                    #else
                     clientCertificate = new X509Certificate2(sslStream.RemoteCertificate.Export(X509ContentType.Cert));
-                    #endif
                 }
             }
 

Source/MQTTnet.Server/Internal/MqttConnectedClient.cs

@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ public sealed class MqttConnectedClient : IDisposable
         HandleTopicAlias(publishPacket);
 
         var applicationMessage = MqttApplicationMessageFactory.Create(publishPacket);
-        // Topic aliases are scoped to this network connection and must not be forwarded to other clients.
-        applicationMessage.TopicAlias = 0;
 
         var dispatchApplicationMessageResult =
             await _sessionsManager.DispatchApplicationMessage(Id, UserName, Session.Items, applicationMessage, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -581,4 +579,4 @@ public sealed class MqttConnectedClient : IDisposable
             _logger.Warning(exception, "Client '{0}': Error while sending DISCONNECT packet (ReasonCode = {1})", Id, options.ReasonCode);
         }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet.TestApp/MQTTnet.TestApp.csproj

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+        <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/MqttClient/MqttClient_Connection_Tests.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
-using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 using MQTTnet.Server;
 using MQTTnet.Server.EnhancedAuthentication;
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ public sealed class MqttClient_Connection_Tests : BaseTestClass
 
         var client = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
 
-        var disconnectOptions = testEnvironment.ClientFactory.CreateClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder().WithUserProperty("test_name", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("test_value")).Build();
+        var disconnectOptions = testEnvironment.ClientFactory.CreateClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder().WithUserProperty("test_name", "test_value").Build();
 
         // Perform a clean disconnect.
         await client.DisconnectAsync(disconnectOptions);
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ public sealed class MqttClient_Connection_Tests : BaseTestClass
         Assert.IsNotNull(eventArgs.UserProperties);
         Assert.HasCount(1, eventArgs.UserProperties);
         Assert.AreEqual("test_name", eventArgs.UserProperties[0].Name);
-        Assert.AreEqual("test_value", eventArgs.UserProperties[0].ReadValueAsString());
+        Assert.AreEqual("test_value", eventArgs.UserProperties[0].Value);
     }
 
     sealed class TestClientKerberosAuthenticationHandler : IMqttEnhancedAuthenticationHandler
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ public sealed class MqttClient_Connection_Tests : BaseTestClass
 
         server.ValidatingConnectionAsync += args =>
         {
-            args.ResponseUserProperties = [new("Property", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Value"))];
+            args.ResponseUserProperties = [new("Property", "Value")];
 
             args.ReasonCode = MqttConnectReasonCode.QuotaExceeded;
 
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ public sealed class MqttClient_Connection_Tests : BaseTestClass
         Assert.IsNotNull(response);
         Assert.AreEqual(MqttClientConnectResultCode.QuotaExceeded, response.ResultCode);
         Assert.AreEqual("Property", response.UserProperties[0].Name);
-        Assert.AreEqual("Value", response.UserProperties[0].ReadValueAsString());
+        Assert.AreEqual("Value", response.UserProperties[0].Value);
     }
 
     [TestMethod]

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/MqttClient/MqttClient_Tests.cs

@@ -454,67 +454,6 @@ public sealed class MqttClient_Tests : BaseTestClass
         }
     }
 
-    [TestMethod]
-    public async Task Raise_Disconnected_On_KeepAlive_Timeout()
-    {
-        using var listener = new TcpListener(System.Net.IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
-        listener.Start();
-
-        var port = ((System.Net.IPEndPoint)listener.LocalEndpoint).Port;
-
-        using var testEnvironment = new TestEnvironment(TestContext);
-        using var client = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
-
-        var options = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
-            .WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", port)
-            .WithKeepAlivePeriod(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
-            .WithTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)) // For ping timeout and others
-            .Build();
-
-        var disconnectedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<MqttClientDisconnectedEventArgs>();
-        client.DisconnectedAsync += e =>
-        {
-            disconnectedTask.TrySetResult(e);
-            return CompletedTask.Instance;
-        };
-
-        // Fake server implementation
-        _ = Task.Run(async () =>
-        {
-            using var clientSocket = await listener.AcceptTcpClientAsync();
-            await using var stream = clientSocket.GetStream();
-
-            // Read CONNECT
-            var buffer = new byte[1024];
-            _ = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer.AsMemory(), CancellationToken.None);
-
-            // Send CONNACK
-            var connack = new byte[] { 0x20, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00 };
-            await stream.WriteAsync(connack.AsMemory(), CancellationToken.None);
-
-            // Wait until client drops connection because of ping timeout
-            while (true)
-            {
-                var readCount = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer.AsMemory(), CancellationToken.None);
-                if (readCount == 0)
-                {
-                    break; // connection closed
-                }
-            }
-        });
-
-        await client.ConnectAsync(options, CancellationToken.None);
-
-        var timeoutTask = Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
-        var completedTask = await Task.WhenAny(disconnectedTask.Task, timeoutTask);
-
-        listener.Stop();
-
-        Assert.AreEqual(disconnectedTask.Task, completedTask, "DisconnectedAsync was not raised.");
-        var result = await disconnectedTask.Task;
-        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
-    }
-
     [TestMethod]
     public async Task Publish_QoS_1_In_ApplicationMessageReceiveHandler()
     {

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Formatter/MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Buffers;
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             SubscriptionIdentifiersAvailable = true,
             TopicAliasMaximum = 963,
             WildcardSubscriptionAvailable = true,
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(connAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             SubscriptionIdentifiersAvailable = true,
             TopicAliasMaximum = 963,
             WildcardSubscriptionAvailable = true,
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(connAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V310);
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             WillResponseTopic = "WillResponseTopic",
             WillMessageExpiryInterval = 542,
             WillPayloadFormatIndicator = MqttPayloadFormatIndicator.CharacterData,
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))],
-            WillUserProperties = [new("WillFoo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("WillBar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")],
+            WillUserProperties = [new("WillFoo", "WillBar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(connectPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
             ServerReference = "ServerReference",
             SessionExpiryInterval = 234,
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(disconnectPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubAckReasonCode.NoMatchingSubscribers,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubCompReasonCode.PacketIdentifierNotFound,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubCompPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             SubscriptionIdentifiers = [123],
             MessageExpiryInterval = 38,
             PayloadFormatIndicator = MqttPayloadFormatIndicator.CharacterData,
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(publishPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubRecReasonCode.UnspecifiedError,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubRecPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubRelReasonCode.PacketIdentifierNotFound,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubRelPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
             ReasonCodes = [MqttSubscribeReasonCode.GrantedQoS1],
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(subAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -384,7 +383,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
                     QualityOfServiceLevel = MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce
                 }
             ],
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(subscribePacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -408,7 +407,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCodes = [MqttUnsubscribeReasonCode.ImplementationSpecificError],
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(unsubAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V3_Tests
         {
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             TopicFilters = ["TopicFilter1"],
-            UserProperties = [new("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(unsubscribePacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V311);

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Formatter/MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Buffers;
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             AuthenticationMethod = "AuthenticationMethod",
             ReasonCode = MqttAuthenticateReasonCode.ContinueAuthentication,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(authPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             SubscriptionIdentifiersAvailable = true,
             TopicAliasMaximum = 963,
             WildcardSubscriptionAvailable = true,
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(connAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -125,8 +124,8 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             WillResponseTopic = "WillResponseTopic",
             WillMessageExpiryInterval = 542,
             WillPayloadFormatIndicator = MqttPayloadFormatIndicator.CharacterData,
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))],
-            WillUserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("WillFoo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("WillBar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")],
+            WillUserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("WillFoo", "WillBar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(connectPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
             ServerReference = "ServerReference",
             SessionExpiryInterval = 234,
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(disconnectPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubAckReasonCode.NoMatchingSubscribers,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubCompReasonCode.PacketIdentifierNotFound,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubCompPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             SubscriptionIdentifiers = [123],
             MessageExpiryInterval = 38,
             PayloadFormatIndicator = MqttPayloadFormatIndicator.CharacterData,
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(publishPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubRecReasonCode.UnspecifiedError,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubRecPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCode = MqttPubRelReasonCode.PacketIdentifierNotFound,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(pubRelPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
             ReasonCodes = [MqttSubscribeReasonCode.GrantedQoS1],
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(subAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
                     QualityOfServiceLevel = MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce
                 }
             ],
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(subscribePacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             ReasonCodes = [MqttUnsubscribeReasonCode.ImplementationSpecificError],
             ReasonString = "ReasonString",
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(unsubAckPacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPacketSerialization_V5_Tests
         {
             PacketIdentifier = 123,
             TopicFilters = ["TopicFilter1"],
-            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Bar"))]
+            UserProperties = [new MqttUserProperty("Foo", "Bar")]
         };
 
         var deserialized = MqttPacketSerializationHelper.EncodeAndDecodePacket(unsubscribePacket, MqttProtocolVersion.V500);

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTnet.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
+
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
         <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
         <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1707</NoWarn>
-        <EnableMSTestRunner>true</EnableMSTestRunner>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream" Version="3.0.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="MSTest" Version="4.0.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="MSTest" Version="4.0.1" />
+
         <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -23,10 +25,4 @@
         <ProjectReference Include="..\MQTTnet.Extensions.TopicTemplate\MQTTnet.Extensions.TopicTemplate.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include=".\..\..\global.json"
-            Link="global.json"
-            CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
-    </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTv5/Client_Tests.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.IO;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
@@ -65,8 +64,8 @@ public sealed class Client_Tests : BaseTestClass
         await client.PublishAsync(
             new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("a")
                 .WithPayload("x")
-                .WithUserProperty("a", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1"))
-                .WithUserProperty("b", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2"))
+                .WithUserProperty("a", "1")
+                .WithUserProperty("b", "2")
                 .WithPayloadFormatIndicator(MqttPayloadFormatIndicator.CharacterData)
                 .WithQualityOfServiceLevel(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtLeastOnce)
                 .Build());
@@ -99,8 +98,8 @@ public sealed class Client_Tests : BaseTestClass
         var applicationMessage = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("Hello")
             .WithPayload("World")
             .WithQualityOfServiceLevel(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce)
-            .WithUserProperty("x", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1"))
-            .WithUserProperty("y", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2"))
+            .WithUserProperty("x", "1")
+            .WithUserProperty("y", "2")
             .WithResponseTopic("response")
             .WithContentType("text")
             .WithMessageExpiryInterval(50)
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ public sealed class Client_Tests : BaseTestClass
 
         Assert.IsNotNull(receivedMessage);
         Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.Topic, receivedMessage.Topic);
-        Assert.AreEqual(0, receivedMessage.TopicAlias);
+        Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.TopicAlias, receivedMessage.TopicAlias);
         Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.ContentType, receivedMessage.ContentType);
         Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.ResponseTopic, receivedMessage.ResponseTopic);
         Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.MessageExpiryInterval, receivedMessage.MessageExpiryInterval);
@@ -215,8 +214,8 @@ public sealed class Client_Tests : BaseTestClass
         var applicationMessage = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("Hello")
             .WithPayload("World")
             .WithQualityOfServiceLevel(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce)
-            .WithUserProperty("x", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1"))
-            .WithUserProperty("y", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2"))
+            .WithUserProperty("x", "1")
+            .WithUserProperty("y", "2")
             .WithResponseTopic("response")
             .WithContentType("text")
             .WithMessageExpiryInterval(50)
@@ -251,8 +250,8 @@ public sealed class Client_Tests : BaseTestClass
         var applicationMessage = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("Hello")
             .WithPayload(memoryStream.GetReadOnlySequence())
             .WithQualityOfServiceLevel(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce)
-            .WithUserProperty("x", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1"))
-            .WithUserProperty("y", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2"))
+            .WithUserProperty("x", "1")
+            .WithUserProperty("y", "2")
             .WithResponseTopic("response")
             .WithContentType("text")
             .WithMessageExpiryInterval(50)
@@ -344,4 +343,4 @@ public sealed class Client_Tests : BaseTestClass
         memoryStream.Position = 0;
         return memoryStream;
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MqttApplicationMessageBuilder_Tests.cs

@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
-using MQTTnet.Formatter;
-using MQTTnet.Formatter.V5;
-using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests;
@@ -64,64 +59,4 @@ public sealed class MqttApplicationMessageBuilder_Tests
         Assert.IsTrue(message.Retain);
         Assert.AreEqual(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.ExactlyOnce, message.QualityOfServiceLevel);
     }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void CreateApplicationMessage_UserProperty_ReadOnlyMemoryValue()
-    {
-        var value = "utf8";
-        var buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value);
-
-        var message = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("topic").WithUserProperty("name", buffer.AsMemory()).Build();
-
-        Assert.IsNotNull(message.UserProperties);
-        Assert.HasCount(1, message.UserProperties);
-
-        var userProperty = message.UserProperties[0];
-        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(buffer, userProperty.ValueBuffer.ToArray());
-        Assert.AreEqual(value, userProperty.ReadValueAsString());
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void CreateApplicationMessage_UserProperty_ArraySegmentValue()
-    {
-        var buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("segment");
-        var segment = new ArraySegment<byte>(buffer);
-
-        var message = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("topic").WithUserProperty("name", segment).Build();
-
-        Assert.IsNotNull(message.UserProperties);
-        Assert.HasCount(1, message.UserProperties);
-
-        var userProperty = message.UserProperties[0];
-        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(buffer, userProperty.ValueBuffer.ToArray());
-        Assert.AreEqual("segment", userProperty.ReadValueAsString());
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void WriteUserProperty_FromBinaryBuffer_EqualsStringEncoding()
-    {
-        var name = "name";
-        var value = "value";
-        var encoded = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value);
-
-        var binaryWriter = new MqttBufferWriter(32, 256);
-        var binaryPropertiesWriter = new MqttV5PropertiesWriter(binaryWriter);
-        binaryPropertiesWriter.WriteUserProperties(new List<MqttUserProperty> { new(name, encoded.AsMemory()) });
-
-        var stringWriter = new MqttBufferWriter(32, 256);
-        var stringPropertiesWriter = new MqttV5PropertiesWriter(stringWriter);
-#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
-        stringPropertiesWriter.WriteUserProperties(new List<MqttUserProperty> { new(name, value) });
-#pragma warning restore CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
-
-        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(GetWrittenBytes(stringWriter), GetWrittenBytes(binaryWriter));
-    }
-
-    static byte[] GetWrittenBytes(MqttBufferWriter writer)
-    {
-        var length = writer.Length;
-        var copy = new byte[length];
-        Array.Copy(writer.GetBuffer(), copy, length);
-        return copy;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MqttApplicationMessageValidator_Tests.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ public sealed class MqttApplicationMessageValidator_Tests
     public void Succeed_When_Using_UserProperties_And_MQTT_500()
     {
         MqttApplicationMessageValidator.ThrowIfNotSupported(
-            new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("A").WithUserProperty("User", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Property")).Build(),
+            new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("A").WithUserProperty("User", "Property").Build(),
             MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
     }
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ public sealed class MqttApplicationMessageValidator_Tests
     public void Succeed_When_Using_WillUserProperties_And_MQTT_311()
     {
         Assert.ThrowsExactly<NotSupportedException>(() => MqttApplicationMessageValidator.ThrowIfNotSupported(
-            new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("B").WithUserProperty("User", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Property")).Build(),
+            new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("B").WithUserProperty("User", "Property").Build(),
             MqttProtocolVersion.V311));
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MqttClientOptionsValidator_Tests.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests;
@@ -14,27 +13,27 @@ public sealed class MqttClientOptionsValidator_Tests
     [TestMethod]
     public void Succeed_When_Using_UserProperties_And_MQTT_500()
     {
-        new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500).WithUserProperty("User", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Property")).WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build();
+        new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500).WithUserProperty("User", "Property").WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build();
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
     public void Succeed_When_Using_WillUserProperties_And_MQTT_311()
     {
         Assert.ThrowsExactly<NotSupportedException>(() =>
-            new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithWillUserProperty("User", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Property")).WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build());
+            new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithWillUserProperty("User", "Property").WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build());
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
     public void Succeed_When_Using_WillUserProperties_And_MQTT_500()
     {
-        new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500).WithWillUserProperty("User", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Property")).WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build();
+        new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500).WithWillUserProperty("User", "Property").WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build();
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
     public void Throw_When_Using_UserProperties_And_MQTT_311()
     {
         Assert.ThrowsExactly<NotSupportedException>(() =>
-            new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithUserProperty("User", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Property")).WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build());
+            new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithUserProperty("User", "Property").WithTcpServer("FAKE").Build());
     }
 
     [TestMethod]

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MqttTcpChannel_Tests.cs

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ public class MqttTcpChannel_Tests
 
         try
         {
-            serverSocket.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 0));
-            var serverPort = ((IPEndPoint)serverSocket.LocalEndPoint).Port;
+            serverSocket.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 50001));
             serverSocket.Listen(0);
 
 #pragma warning disable 4014
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public class MqttTcpChannel_Tests
                 },
                 ct.Token);
 
-            var remoteEndPoint = new DnsEndPoint("localhost", serverPort);
+            var remoteEndPoint = new DnsEndPoint("localhost", 50001);
             using var clientSocket = new CrossPlatformSocket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, ProtocolType.Tcp);
             await clientSocket.ConnectAsync(remoteEndPoint, CancellationToken.None);
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Cross_Version_Tests.cs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public sealed class Cross_Version_Tests : BaseTestClass
 
         var applicationMessage = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder().WithTopic("My/Message")
             .WithPayload("My_Payload")
-            .WithUserProperty("A", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("B"))
+            .WithUserProperty("A", "B")
             .WithResponseTopic("Response")
             .WithCorrelationData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Correlation"))
             .Build();

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/HotSwapCerts_Tests.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Security;
-using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Security.Authentication;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
         using var client01 = new ClientTestHarness();
         server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
         client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
-        client01.SetServerPort(server.EncryptedPort);
 
         await server.StartServer();
 
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
         using var client01 = new ClientTestHarness();
         server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
         client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
-        client01.SetServerPort(server.EncryptedPort);
 
         await server.StartServer();
 
@@ -73,7 +70,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
         using var client01 = new ClientTestHarness();
         server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
         client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
-        client01.SetServerPort(server.EncryptedPort);
 
         await server.StartServer();
         await client01.Connect();
@@ -95,7 +91,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
         using var client01 = new ClientTestHarness();
         server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
         client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
-        client01.SetServerPort(server.EncryptedPort);
 
         await server.StartServer();
         await client01.Connect();
@@ -127,12 +122,10 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
         certRequest.CertificateExtensions.Add(sanBuilder.Build());
 
         using var certificate = certRequest.CreateSelfSigned(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(-10), DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(10));
-#pragma warning disable SYSLIB0057
         var pfxCertificate = new X509Certificate2(
             certificate.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx),
             (string)null,
             X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet | X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
-#pragma warning restore SYSLIB0057
 
         return pfxCertificate;
     }
@@ -140,11 +133,10 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
     sealed class ClientTestHarness : IDisposable
     {
         readonly HotSwappableClientCertProvider _hotSwapClient = new HotSwappableClientCertProvider();
-        int _serverPort = 8883;
 
         IMqttClient _client;
 
-        public string ClientId => _client?.Options?.ClientId;
+        public string ClientId => _client.Options.ClientId;
 
         public Task Connect()
         {
@@ -153,15 +145,10 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
 
         public void Dispose()
         {
-            _client?.Dispose();
+            _client.Dispose();
             _hotSwapClient.Dispose();
         }
 
-        public void SetServerPort(int port)
-        {
-            _serverPort = port;
-        }
-
         public X509Certificate2 GetCurrentClientCert()
         {
             var result = _hotSwapClient.GetCertificates()[0];
@@ -227,7 +214,7 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
                     o => o.WithClientCertificatesProvider(_hotSwapClient)
                         .WithCertificateValidationHandler(_hotSwapClient.OnCertificateValidation)
                         .WithSslProtocols(SslProtocols.Tls12))
-                .WithTcpServer("localhost", _serverPort)
+                .WithTcpServer("localhost")
                 .WithCleanSession()
                 .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
 
@@ -253,7 +240,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
     sealed class ServerTestHarness : IDisposable
     {
         readonly HotSwappableServerCertProvider _hotSwapServer = new HotSwappableServerCertProvider();
-        readonly int _encryptedPort = GetFreeTcpPort();
 
         MqttServer _server;
 
@@ -273,8 +259,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
             return _server.DisconnectClientAsync(client.ClientId, MqttDisconnectReasonCode.UnspecifiedError);
         }
 
-        public int EncryptedPort => _encryptedPort;
-
         public X509Certificate2 GetCurrentServerCert()
         {
             return _hotSwapServer.GetCertificate();
@@ -295,7 +279,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
             var mqttServerFactory = new MqttServerFactory();
 
             var mqttServerOptions = new MqttServerOptionsBuilder().WithEncryptionCertificate(_hotSwapServer)
-                .WithEncryptedEndpointPort(_encryptedPort)
                 .WithRemoteCertificateValidationCallback(_hotSwapServer.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback)
                 .WithEncryptedEndpoint()
                 .Build();
@@ -305,17 +288,6 @@ public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
             _server = mqttServerFactory.CreateMqttServer(mqttServerOptions);
             return _server.StartAsync();
         }
-
-        static int GetFreeTcpPort()
-        {
-            var listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
-            listener.Start();
-
-            var port = ((IPEndPoint)listener.LocalEndpoint).Port;
-            listener.Stop();
-
-            return port;
-        }
     }
 
     sealed class HotSwappableClientCertProvider : IMqttClientCertificatesProvider, IDisposable

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Subscribe_Tests.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ public sealed class Subscribe_Tests : BaseTestClass
 
         var client = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
 
-        var subscribeOptions = testEnvironment.ClientFactory.CreateSubscribeOptionsBuilder().WithTopicFilter("X").WithUserProperty("A", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1")).Build();
+        var subscribeOptions = testEnvironment.ClientFactory.CreateSubscribeOptionsBuilder().WithTopicFilter("X").WithUserProperty("A", "1").Build();
         await client.SubscribeAsync(subscribeOptions);
 
         CollectionAssert.AreEqual(subscribeOptions.UserProperties.ToList(), eventArgs.UserProperties);

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Subscription_TopicHash_Tests.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -521,11 +520,10 @@ public sealed class SubscriptionTopicHashTests : IDisposable
     static byte[] GetBytes(ulong value)
     {
         var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-
         // Ensure that highest byte comes first for comparison left to right
         if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
         {
-            bytes = bytes.AsEnumerable().Reverse().ToArray();
+            return bytes.Reverse().ToArray();
         }
 
         return bytes;

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Tls_Tests.cs

@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ public sealed class Tls_Tests : BaseTestClass
         certRequest.CertificateExtensions.Add(sanBuilder.Build());
 
         using var certificate = certRequest.CreateSelfSigned(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(-10), DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(10));
-#pragma warning disable SYSLIB0057
         var pfxCertificate = new X509Certificate2(
             certificate.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx),
             (string)null,
             X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet | X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
-#pragma warning restore SYSLIB0057
 
         return pfxCertificate;
     }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Topic_Alias_Tests.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public sealed class Topic_Alias_Tests : BaseTestClass
         await testEnvironment.StartServer();
 
         var receivedTopics = new List<string>();
-        var receivedTopicAliases = new List<ushort>();
 
         var c1 = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient(options => options.WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500));
         c1.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ public sealed class Topic_Alias_Tests : BaseTestClass
             lock (receivedTopics)
             {
                 receivedTopics.Add(e.ApplicationMessage.Topic);
-                receivedTopicAliases.Add(e.ApplicationMessage.TopicAlias);
             }
 
             return CompletedTask.Instance;
@@ -70,6 +68,5 @@ public sealed class Topic_Alias_Tests : BaseTestClass
         Assert.HasCount(3, receivedTopics);
         CollectionAssert.AllItemsAreNotNull(receivedTopics);
         Assert.IsTrue(receivedTopics.All(t => t.Equals("this_is_the_topic", System.StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-        Assert.IsTrue(receivedTopicAliases.All(a => a == 0));
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Unsubscribe_Tests.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public sealed class Unsubscribe_Tests : BaseTestClass
 
         var client = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
 
-        var unsubscribeOptions = testEnvironment.ClientFactory.CreateUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder().WithTopicFilter("X").WithUserProperty("A", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1")).Build();
+        var unsubscribeOptions = testEnvironment.ClientFactory.CreateUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder().WithTopicFilter("X").WithUserProperty("A", "1").Build();
         await client.UnsubscribeAsync(unsubscribeOptions);
 
         CollectionAssert.AreEqual(unsubscribeOptions.UserProperties.ToList(), eventArgs.UserProperties);

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/User_Properties_Tests.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ public class Feature_Tests
 
         var message = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder()
             .WithTopic("A")
-            .WithUserProperty("x", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("1"))
-            .WithUserProperty("y", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2"))
-            .WithUserProperty("z", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("3"))
-            .WithUserProperty("z", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("4")); // z is here two times to test list of items
+            .WithUserProperty("x", "1")
+            .WithUserProperty("y", "2")
+            .WithUserProperty("z", "3")
+            .WithUserProperty("z", "4"); // z is here two times to test list of items
 
         await receiver.SubscribeAsync(new MqttClientSubscribeOptions
         {

Source/MQTTnet/Certificates/BlobCertificateProvider.cs

@@ -14,17 +14,6 @@ public class BlobCertificateProvider(byte[] blob) : ICertificateProvider
 
     public X509Certificate2 GetCertificate()
     {
-        #if NET10_0_OR_GREATER
-
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Password))
-        {
-            return X509CertificateLoader.LoadCertificate(Blob);
-        }
-
-        return X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12(Blob, Password);
-
-        #else
-
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Password))
         {
             // Use a different overload when no password is specified. Otherwise, the constructor will fail.
@@ -32,7 +21,5 @@ public class BlobCertificateProvider(byte[] blob) : ICertificateProvider
         }
 
         return new X509Certificate2(Blob, Password);
-
-        #endif
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Connecting/MqttClientConnectResultFactory.cs

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public static class MqttClientConnectResultFactory
             RetainAvailable = connAckPacket.RetainAvailable,
             AssignedClientIdentifier = connAckPacket.AssignedClientIdentifier,
             AuthenticationMethod = connAckPacket.AuthenticationMethod,
-            AuthenticationData = connAckPacket.AuthenticationData,
+            AuthenticationData = connAckPacket.AuthenticationData.ToArray(),
             MaximumPacketSize = connAckPacket.MaximumPacketSize,
             ReasonString = connAckPacket.ReasonString,
             ReceiveMaximum = connAckPacket.ReceiveMaximum,

Source/MQTTnet/Disconnecting/MqttClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 
 namespace MQTTnet;
@@ -49,25 +48,10 @@ public sealed class MqttClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder
         return this;
     }
 
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance `WithUserProperty` with ArraySegment<byte> or ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for the value.")]
     public MqttClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         _userProperties ??= [];
         _userProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
         return this;
     }
-
-    public MqttClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        _userProperties ??= [];
-        _userProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public MqttClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        _userProperties ??= [];
-        _userProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/MqttApplicationMessageFactory.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public static class MqttApplicationMessageFactory
             Dup = publishPacket.Dup,
             ResponseTopic = publishPacket.ResponseTopic,
             ContentType = publishPacket.ContentType,
-            CorrelationData = publishPacket.CorrelationData,
+            CorrelationData = publishPacket.CorrelationData.ToArray(),
             MessageExpiryInterval = publishPacket.MessageExpiryInterval,
             SubscriptionIdentifiers = publishPacket.SubscriptionIdentifiers,
             TopicAlias = publishPacket.TopicAlias,

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/MqttBufferReader.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferReader
         return value;
     }
 
-    public byte[] ReadRemainingData()
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> ReadRemainingData()
     {
         var bufferLength = BytesLeft;
         if (bufferLength == 0)

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/MqttBufferWriter.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
@@ -109,31 +110,47 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
         WriteBinary(propertyWriter._buffer, 0, propertyWriter.Length);
     }
 
-    public void WriteBinary(byte[] value)
+    public void WriteBinary(ReadOnlySequence<byte> value)
     {
-        if (value == null || value.Length == 0)
+        if (value.IsEmpty)
         {
-            EnsureAdditionalCapacity(2);
-
-            _buffer[_position] = 0;
-            _buffer[_position + 1] = 0;
-
-            IncreasePosition(2);
+            WriteEmptyBinary();
+            return;
         }
-        else
+
+        EnsureAdditionalCapacity(value.Length + 2);
+
+        _buffer[_position] = (byte)(value.Length >> 8);
+        _buffer[_position + 1] = (byte)value.Length;
+
+        Advance(2);
+
+        foreach (var segment in value)
         {
-            var valueLength = value.Length;
-
-            EnsureAdditionalCapacity(valueLength + 2);
-
-            _buffer[_position] = (byte)(valueLength >> 8);
-            _buffer[_position + 1] = (byte)valueLength;
-
-            MqttMemoryHelper.Copy(value, 0, _buffer, _position + 2, valueLength);
-            IncreasePosition(valueLength + 2);
+            MqttMemoryHelper.Copy(segment, 0, _buffer, _position + 2, segment.Length);
+            Advance(segment.Length);
         }
     }
 
+    public void WriteBinary(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
+    {
+        if (value.Length == 0)
+        {
+            WriteEmptyBinary();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        EnsureAdditionalCapacity(value.Length + 2);
+
+        _buffer[_position] = (byte)(value.Length >> 8);
+        _buffer[_position + 1] = (byte)value.Length;
+
+        Advance(2);
+
+        MqttMemoryHelper.Copy(value, 0, _buffer, _position + 2, (int)value.Length);
+        Advance(value.Length);
+    }
+
     public void WriteBinary(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(buffer);
@@ -146,15 +163,7 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
         EnsureAdditionalCapacity(count);
 
         MqttMemoryHelper.Copy(buffer, offset, _buffer, _position, count);
-        IncreasePosition(count);
-    }
-
-    public void WriteByte(byte @byte)
-    {
-        EnsureAdditionalCapacity(1);
-
-        _buffer[_position] = @byte;
-        IncreasePosition(1);
+        Advance(count);
     }
 
     public void WriteString(string value)
@@ -166,7 +175,7 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
             _buffer[_position] = 0;
             _buffer[_position + 1] = 0;
 
-            IncreasePosition(2);
+            Advance(2);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -190,49 +199,52 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
             _buffer[_position] = (byte)(writtenBytes >> 8);
             _buffer[_position + 1] = (byte)writtenBytes;
 
-            IncreasePosition(writtenBytes + 2);
+            Advance(writtenBytes + 2);
         }
     }
 
-    public void WriteString(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
+    public void WriteByte(byte @byte)
     {
-        var span = value.Span;
-        var length = span.Length;
+        const int size = sizeof(byte);
+        var span = GetSpan(size);
 
-        if (length > EncodedStringMaxLength)
-        {
-            throw new MqttProtocolViolationException($"The maximum string length is 65535. The current string has a length of {length}.");
-        }
-
-        EnsureAdditionalCapacity(length + 2);
-
-        _buffer[_position] = (byte)(length >> 8);
-        _buffer[_position + 1] = (byte)length;
-
-        if (length > 0)
-        {
-            span.CopyTo(_buffer.AsSpan(_position + 2));
-        }
-
-        IncreasePosition(length + 2);
+        span[0] = @byte;
+        Advance(size);
     }
 
     public void WriteTwoByteInteger(ushort value)
     {
-        EnsureAdditionalCapacity(2);
+        const int size = sizeof(ushort);
+        var span = GetSpan(size);
 
-        _buffer[_position] = (byte)(value >> 8);
-        IncreasePosition(1);
-        _buffer[_position] = (byte)value;
-        IncreasePosition(1);
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16BigEndian(span, value);
+
+        Advance(size);
     }
 
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    Span<byte> GetSpan(int size)
+    {
+        var freeSpace = _buffer.Length - _position;
+        if (freeSpace < size)
+        {
+            EnsureCapacity(_buffer.Length + size - freeSpace);
+        }
+
+        return _buffer.AsSpan(_position, size);
+    }
+
+
+
+
+
+
     public void WriteVariableByteInteger(uint value)
     {
         if (value == 0)
         {
             _buffer[_position] = 0;
-            IncreasePosition(1);
+            Advance(1);
 
             return;
         }
@@ -240,7 +252,7 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
         if (value <= 127)
         {
             _buffer[_position] = (byte)value;
-            IncreasePosition(1);
+            Advance(1);
 
             return;
         }
@@ -262,11 +274,11 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
             size++;
         } while (x > 0);
 
-        IncreasePosition(size);
+        Advance(size);
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    void EnsureAdditionalCapacity(int additionalCapacity)
+    void EnsureAdditionalCapacity(long additionalCapacity)
     {
         var bufferLength = _buffer.Length;
 
@@ -280,7 +292,7 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    void EnsureCapacity(int capacity)
+    void EnsureCapacity(long capacity)
     {
         var newBufferLength = _buffer.Length;
 
@@ -299,7 +311,7 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    void IncreasePosition(int length)
+    void Advance(int length)
     {
         _position += length;
 
@@ -310,4 +322,14 @@ public sealed class MqttBufferWriter
             Length = _position;
         }
     }
+
+    void WriteEmptyBinary()
+    {
+        EnsureAdditionalCapacity(2);
+
+        _buffer[_position] = 0;
+        _buffer[_position + 1] = 0;
+
+        Advance(2);
+    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/MqttConnectPacketFactory.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Buffers;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Formatter;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public static class MqttConnectPacketFactory
         connectPacket.WillFlag = true;
         connectPacket.WillTopic = clientOptions.WillTopic;
         connectPacket.WillQoS = clientOptions.WillQualityOfServiceLevel;
-        connectPacket.WillMessage = clientOptions.WillPayload;
+        connectPacket.WillMessage = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(clientOptions.WillPayload);
         connectPacket.WillRetain = clientOptions.WillRetain;
         connectPacket.WillDelayInterval = clientOptions.WillDelayInterval;
         connectPacket.WillContentType = clientOptions.WillContentType;

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/V3/MqttV3PacketFormatter.cs

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV3PacketFormatter : IMqttPacketFormatter
             packet.WillRetain = willRetain;
 
             packet.WillTopic = _bufferReader.ReadString();
-            packet.WillMessage = _bufferReader.ReadBinaryData();
+            packet.WillMessage = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(_bufferReader.ReadBinaryData());
         }
 
         if (usernameFlag)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV3PacketFormatter : IMqttPacketFormatter
 
         if (!_bufferReader.EndOfStream)
         {
-            packet.PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(_bufferReader.ReadRemainingData());
+            packet.Payload = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(_bufferReader.ReadRemainingData());
         }
 
         return packet;
@@ -430,12 +430,12 @@ public sealed class MqttV3PacketFormatter : IMqttPacketFormatter
             }
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null && packet.Username == null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0 && packet.Username == null)
         {
             throw new MqttProtocolViolationException("If the User Name Flag is set to 0, the Password Flag MUST be set to 0 [MQTT-3.1.2-22].");
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0)
         {
             connectFlags |= 0x40;
         }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV3PacketFormatter : IMqttPacketFormatter
             bufferWriter.WriteString(packet.Username);
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0)
         {
             bufferWriter.WriteBinary(packet.Password);
         }
@@ -501,12 +501,12 @@ public sealed class MqttV3PacketFormatter : IMqttPacketFormatter
             }
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null && packet.Username == null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0 && packet.Username == null)
         {
             throw new MqttProtocolViolationException("If the User Name Flag is set to 0, the Password Flag MUST be set to 0 [MQTT-3.1.2-22].");
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0)
         {
             connectFlags |= 0x40;
         }
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV3PacketFormatter : IMqttPacketFormatter
             bufferWriter.WriteString(packet.Username);
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0)
         {
             bufferWriter.WriteBinary(packet.Password);
         }

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/V5/MqttV5PacketDecoder.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Buffers;
 using MQTTnet.Adapter;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PacketDecoder
             }
 
             packet.WillTopic = _bufferReader.ReadString();
-            packet.WillMessage = _bufferReader.ReadBinaryData();
+            packet.WillMessage = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(_bufferReader.ReadBinaryData());
             packet.WillUserProperties = willPropertiesReader.CollectedUserProperties;
         }
 
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PacketDecoder
 
         if (!_bufferReader.EndOfStream)
         {
-            packet.PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(_bufferReader.ReadRemainingData());
+            packet.Payload = new  ReadOnlySequence<byte>(_bufferReader.ReadBinaryData());
         }
 
         return packet;

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/V5/MqttV5PacketEncoder.cs

@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PacketEncoder(MqttBufferWriter bufferWriter)
             }
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null && packet.Username == null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0 && packet.Username == null)
         {
             throw new MqttProtocolViolationException("If the User Name Flag is set to 0, the Password Flag MUST be set to 0 [MQTT-3.1.2-22].");
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0)
         {
             connectFlags |= 0x40;
         }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PacketEncoder(MqttBufferWriter bufferWriter)
             _bufferWriter.WriteString(packet.Username);
         }
 
-        if (packet.Password != null)
+        if (packet.Password.Length > 0)
         {
             _bufferWriter.WriteBinary(packet.Password);
         }

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/V5/MqttV5PropertiesReader.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -60,14 +59,14 @@ public struct MqttV5PropertiesReader
             if (CurrentPropertyId == MqttPropertyId.UserProperty)
             {
                 var name = _body.ReadString();
-                var valueBuffer = ReadUserPropertyValueBuffer();
+                var value = _body.ReadString();
 
                 if (CollectedUserProperties == null)
                 {
                     CollectedUserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
                 }
 
-                CollectedUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, valueBuffer));
+                CollectedUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -191,11 +190,6 @@ public struct MqttV5PropertiesReader
         return _body.ReadTwoByteInteger();
     }
 
-    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> ReadUserPropertyValueBuffer()
-    {
-        return _body.ReadBinaryData();
-    }
-
     public bool ReadWildcardSubscriptionAvailable()
     {
         return _body.ReadByte() == 1;

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/V5/MqttV5PropertiesWriter.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PropertiesWriter
         Write(MqttPropertyId.AssignedClientIdentifier, value);
     }
 
-    public void WriteAuthenticationData(byte[] value)
+    public void WriteAuthenticationData(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
     {
         Write(MqttPropertyId.AuthenticationData, value);
     }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PropertiesWriter
         Write(MqttPropertyId.ContentType, value);
     }
 
-    public void WriteCorrelationData(byte[] value)
+    public void WriteCorrelationData(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
     {
         Write(MqttPropertyId.CorrelationData, value);
     }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PropertiesWriter
         {
             _bufferWriter.WriteByte((byte)MqttPropertyId.UserProperty);
             _bufferWriter.WriteString(property.Name);
-            _bufferWriter.WriteString(property.ValueBuffer);
+            _bufferWriter.WriteString(property.Value);
         }
     }
 
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ public sealed class MqttV5PropertiesWriter
         _bufferWriter.WriteString(value);
     }
 
-    void Write(MqttPropertyId id, byte[] value)
+    void Write(MqttPropertyId id, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
     {
-        if (value == null)
+        if (value.Length == 0)
         {
             return;
         }

Source/MQTTnet/MQTTnet.csproj

@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
         <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
     </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

Source/MQTTnet/MqttApplicationMessageBuilder.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
@@ -264,33 +263,10 @@ public sealed class MqttApplicationMessageBuilder
     ///     Adds the user property to the message.
     ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
     /// </summary>
-    [Obsolete("Use the WithUserProperty accepting a ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for better performance.")]
     public MqttApplicationMessageBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         _userProperties ??= [];
         _userProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
         return this;
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Adds the user property to the message using a pre-encoded UTF-8 value buffer.
-    ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
-    /// </summary>
-    public MqttApplicationMessageBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        _userProperties ??= [];
-        _userProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Adds the user property to the message using a pre-encoded UTF-8 value buffer.
-    ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
-    /// </summary>
-    public MqttApplicationMessageBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        _userProperties ??= [];
-        _userProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/MqttClient.cs

@@ -1049,12 +1049,6 @@ public sealed class MqttClient : Disposable, IMqttClient
             switch (exception)
             {
                 case OperationCanceledException:
-                    // if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
-                    // {
-                    //     return;
-                    // }
-
-                    //break;
                     return;
                 case MqttCommunicationException:
                     _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while sending/receiving keep alive packets");

Source/MQTTnet/Options/MqttClientOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Text;
@@ -358,7 +357,6 @@ public sealed class MqttClientOptionsBuilder
         return this;
     }
 
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance `WithUserProperty` with ArraySegment<byte> or ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for the value.")]
     public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         if (_options.UserProperties == null)
@@ -370,28 +368,6 @@ public sealed class MqttClientOptionsBuilder
         return this;
     }
 
-    public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        if (_options.UserProperties == null)
-        {
-            _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
-        }
-
-        _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        if (_options.UserProperties == null)
-        {
-            _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
-        }
-
-        _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
-
     public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWebSocketServer(Action<MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder> configure)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(configure);
@@ -486,25 +462,10 @@ public sealed class MqttClientOptionsBuilder
         return this;
     }
 
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance `WithWillUserProperty` with ArraySegment<byte> or ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for the value.")]
     public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWillUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         _options.WillUserProperties ??= [];
         _options.WillUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
         return this;
     }
-
-    public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWillUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        _options.WillUserProperties ??= [];
-        _options.WillUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWillUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        _options.WillUserProperties ??= [];
-        _options.WillUserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-        return this;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Options/MqttEnhancedAuthenticationEventArgs.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class MqttEnhancedAuthenticationEventArgs : EventArgs
     ///     Gets the authentication data.
     ///     Hint: MQTT 5 feature only.
     /// </summary>
-    public byte[] AuthenticationData => _initialAuthPacket.AuthenticationData;
+    public byte[] AuthenticationData => _initialAuthPacket.AuthenticationData.ToArray();
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the authentication method.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class MqttEnhancedAuthenticationEventArgs : EventArgs
         {
             return new ReceiveMqttEnhancedAuthenticationDataResult
             {
-                AuthenticationData = authPacket.AuthenticationData,
+                AuthenticationData = authPacket.AuthenticationData.ToArray(),
                 AuthenticationMethod = authPacket.AuthenticationMethod,
                 ReasonString = authPacket.ReasonString,
                 ReasonCode = authPacket.ReasonCode,

Source/MQTTnet/Packets/MqttAuthPacket.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Packets;
 /// <summary>Added in MQTTv5.0.0.</summary>
 public sealed class MqttAuthPacket : MqttPacket
 {
-    public byte[] AuthenticationData { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> AuthenticationData { get; set; }
 
     public string AuthenticationMethod { get; set; }
 

Source/MQTTnet/Packets/MqttConnAckPacket.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public sealed class MqttConnAckPacket : MqttPacket
     /// </summary>
     public string AssignedClientIdentifier { get; set; }
 
-    public byte[] AuthenticationData { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> AuthenticationData { get; set; }
 
     public string AuthenticationMethod { get; set; }
 

Source/MQTTnet/Packets/MqttConnectPacket.cs

@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Buffers;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Packets;
 
 public sealed class MqttConnectPacket : MqttPacket
 {
-    public byte[] AuthenticationData { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> AuthenticationData { get; set; }
 
     public string AuthenticationMethod { get; set; }
 
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ public sealed class MqttConnectPacket : MqttPacket
 
     public string ClientId { get; set; }
 
-    public byte[] WillCorrelationData { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> WillCorrelationData { get; set; }
 
     public ushort KeepAlivePeriod { get; set; }
 
     public uint MaximumPacketSize { get; set; }
 
-    public byte[] Password { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> Password { get; set; }
 
     public ushort ReceiveMaximum { get; set; }
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public sealed class MqttConnectPacket : MqttPacket
 
     public bool WillFlag { get; set; }
 
-    public byte[] WillMessage { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlySequence<byte> WillMessage { get; set; }
 
     public uint WillMessageExpiryInterval { get; set; }
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public sealed class MqttConnectPacket : MqttPacket
     {
         var passwordText = string.Empty;
 
-        if (Password != null)
+        if (Password.Length > 0)
         {
             passwordText = "****";
         }

Source/MQTTnet/Packets/MqttPublishPacket.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPublishPacket : MqttPacketWithIdentifier
 {
     public string ContentType { get; set; }
 
-    public byte[] CorrelationData { get; set; }
+    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> CorrelationData { get; set; }
 
     public bool Dup { get; set; }
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public sealed class MqttPublishPacket : MqttPacketWithIdentifier
 
     public MqttPayloadFormatIndicator PayloadFormatIndicator { get; set; } = MqttPayloadFormatIndicator.Unspecified;
 
-    public ArraySegment<byte> PayloadSegment { set => Payload = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(value); }
+    //public ArraySegment<byte> PayloadSegment { set => Payload = new ReadOnlySequence<byte>(value); }
 
     public ReadOnlySequence<byte> Payload { get; set; }
 

Source/MQTTnet/Packets/MqttUserProperty.cs

@@ -2,37 +2,19 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System.Text;
-
 namespace MQTTnet.Packets;
 
 public sealed class MqttUserProperty
 {
-    readonly ReadOnlyMemory<byte> _valueBuffer;
-
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance constructor with ArraySegment<byte> or ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for the value.")]
     public MqttUserProperty(string name, string value)
-        : this(name, new ReadOnlyMemory<byte>(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value)))))
-    {
-    }
-
-    public MqttUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-        : this(name, CreateMemory(value))
-    {
-    }
-
-    public MqttUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
     {
         Name = name ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
-        _valueBuffer = value;
+        Value = value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value));
     }
 
     public string Name { get; }
 
-    public ReadOnlyMemory<byte> ValueBuffer => _valueBuffer;
-
-    [Obsolete("Please use more performance property ValueBuffer or the MqttUserPropertyExtensionMethod `ReadValueAsString`")]
-    public string Value => this.ReadValueAsString();
+    public string Value { get; }
 
     public override bool Equals(object obj)
     {
@@ -51,46 +33,16 @@ public sealed class MqttUserProperty
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!string.Equals(Name, other.Name, StringComparison.Ordinal))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return _valueBuffer.Span.SequenceEqual(other._valueBuffer.Span);
+        return string.Equals(Name, other.Name, StringComparison.Ordinal) && string.Equals(Value, other.Value, StringComparison.Ordinal);
     }
 
-
     public override int GetHashCode()
     {
-        var hashCode = new HashCode();
-
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name))
-        {
-            hashCode.Add(Name, StringComparer.Ordinal);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            hashCode.Add(0);
-        }
-
-        hashCode.AddBytes(_valueBuffer.Span);
-
-        return hashCode.ToHashCode();
+        return Name.GetHashCode() ^ Value.GetHashCode();
     }
 
-
     public override string ToString()
     {
-        return $"{Name} = {this.ReadValueAsString()}";
-    }
-
-    static ReadOnlyMemory<byte> CreateMemory(ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        if (value.Array == null)
-        {
-            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value));
-        }
-
-        return new ReadOnlyMemory<byte>(value.Array, value.Offset, value.Count);
+        return $"{Name} = {Value}";
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Packets/MqttUserPropertyExtensions.cs

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace MQTTnet.Packets;
-
-public static class MqttUserPropertyExtensions
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Reads the value of the user property as a UTF-8 string.
-    /// </summary>
-    public static string ReadValueAsString(this MqttUserProperty userProperty)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(userProperty);
-
-        var buffer = userProperty.ValueBuffer;
-        if (buffer.IsEmpty)
-        {
-            return string.Empty;
-        }
-
-        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer.Span);
-    }
-}

Source/MQTTnet/Subscribing/MqttClientSubscribeOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ public sealed class MqttClientSubscribeOptionsBuilder
     ///     Adds the user property to the subscribe options.
     ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
     /// </summary>
-    [Obsolete("Use the WithUserProperty accepting a ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for better performance.")]
     public MqttClientSubscribeOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         _subscribeOptions.UserProperties ??= [];
@@ -86,28 +84,4 @@ public sealed class MqttClientSubscribeOptionsBuilder
 
         return this;
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Adds the user property to the subscribe options.
-    ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
-    /// </summary>
-    public MqttClientSubscribeOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        _subscribeOptions.UserProperties ??= [];
-        _subscribeOptions.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Adds the user property to the subscribe options.
-    ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
-    /// </summary>
-    public MqttClientSubscribeOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        _subscribeOptions.UserProperties ??= [];
-        _subscribeOptions.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-
-        return this;
-    }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Unsubscribing/MqttClientUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 
 namespace MQTTnet;
@@ -37,30 +36,11 @@ public sealed class MqttClientUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder
     ///     Adds the user property to the unsubscribe options.
     ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
     /// </summary>
-    [Obsolete("Use the WithUserProperty accepting a ReadOnlyMemory<byte> for better performance.")]
     public MqttClientUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
     {
         return WithUserProperty(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Adds the user property to the unsubscribe options.
-    ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
-    /// </summary>
-    public MqttClientUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ReadOnlyMemory<byte> value)
-    {
-        return WithUserProperty(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Adds the user property to the unsubscribe options.
-    ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
-    /// </summary>
-    public MqttClientUnsubscribeOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, ArraySegment<byte> value)
-    {
-        return WithUserProperty(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     ///     Adds the user property to the unsubscribe options.
     ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>

Source/ReleaseNotes.md

@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-- Server: Fixed exposinbg Topic Alias to clients (#2250, thanks to @suhashollakc)
+* Core: Used new language features across the entire library
+* Core: Performance improvements
+* Core: Added validations for variable byte integers which do not match the .NET uint perfectly
+* Server: Improved performance of retained messages when no event handler is attached (#2093, thanks to @zhaowgit)
+* Server: The event `InterceptingClientEnqueue` is now also called for retained messages (BREAKING CHANGE!)
+* Server: The local end point is now also exposed in the channel adapter (#2179)
+* Marked all projects as AOT compatible
+* Restored the strong name of the nugets
+* Embedded license file in all nugets (#2197, thanks to @JensNordenbro)

global.json

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "test": {
-        "runner": "Microsoft.Testing.Platform"
-    }
-}