OPC UA 1.04 Maintenance Update

Roll up until December 15th

Known Issues:

• #2446 RemoveReferences may remove the wrong reference.

Bug Fixes / Improvements:

• Nuget packages support .NET 8 libraries
• Implement the CloseAsync codepath which also contributed to stalls during Session creation, when the discovery is used.
• Implement async versions of client ReconnectAsync and RepublishAsync.
• Various GDS improvements, e.g. a user database to avoid hardcoded credentials in the sample code and CA cert creation fixes. by @romanett.
• Fix a Xml encoder namespace issue with arrays. by @MarkusHorstmann
• Support for subclassing of client Session, Subscription and MonitoredItem which preserve state after reconnect.
• Fix detection of the Pss security profile support on some Linux flavors which deprecate SHA-1 signatures.
• Fix for node references in the server address space which may leak after a session disconnected.
• Sample and test to propagate Otel activity trace information in the RequestHeader.
• Add PubSub uadp discovery to library.
• Fix for complex type which contains Decimal. by @JSGInray.

Released packages

OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Security.Certificates
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Configuration
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Server
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client.ComplexTypes
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Bindings.Https
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.PubSub

What's Changed

• Fix codesmells. No functional changes and bug fixes. by @mregen in #2368
• Bump BenchmarkDotNet from 0.13.9 to 0.13.10 by @dependabot in #2370
• Bump NUnit from 3.13.3 to 3.14.0 by @dependabot in #2369
• Bump Serilog from 3.0.1 to 3.1.1 by @dependabot in #2380
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.7.2 to 17.8.0 by @dependabot in #2377
• Bump Serilog.Sinks.Console from 4.1.0 to 5.0.0 by @dependabot in #2378
• Bump Serilog.Expressions from 3.4.1 to 4.0.0 by @dependabot in #2379
• Implement the close async codepath by @mregen in #2381
• Array xmlns encoding/decoding by @MarkusHorstmann in #2309
• GDS: add ArgumentException to Method CreateCACertificateAsync by @romanett in #2336
• Fix for references that may cause a memory leak by @mregen in #2345
• fix .NET 8 build and warnings by @mregen in #2395
• Support for subclassing of client sessions, subscriptions and monitored items by @mregen in #2384
• Bump System.Text.Encodings.Web from 6.0.0 to 8.0.0 by @dependabot in #2386
• Implement async reconnect by @mregen in #2399
• Bump Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub from 1.1.1 to 8.0.0 by @dependabot in #2385
• SHA-1 signatures will no longer be trusted by default by @mregen in #2406
• Bump Moq from 4.20.69 to 4.20.70 by @dependabot in #2409
• Add custom test targets to the build process, support for .NET 8. by @mregen in #2410
• GDS: Trust own CA & add revoked Certificates to CRL by @romanett in #2333
• GDS: manage GDS Server users in Database and make it possible to avoid hardcoded passwords by @romanett in #2402
• Bump Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions from 3.1.32 to 8.0.0 by @dependabot in #2388
• Fix potential deadlocks with WaitAsync on a SemaphoreSlim by @mregen in #2415
• Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #2418
• Bump BenchmarkDotNet from 0.13.10 to 0.13.11 by @dependabot in #2420
• Add missing DataTypes.Decimal to AttributeExtensions by @JSGInray in #2426
• Propagate tracing data to RequestHeader(AdditionaHeader) by @bhnaphade in #2322
• Make CertStoreIdentifier.GetCertificateStoreTypeByName and RegisteredStoreTypeNames by @mregen in #2429
• Add Pubsub uadp discovery for Publisher Server Endpoints and DataSetWriter configuration by @mrsuciu in #2428
• Bump MQTTnet from 4.3.1.873 to 4.3.3.952 by @dependabot in #2419
• Merge monthly update into release branch by @mregen in #2430

New Contributors

• @romanett made their first contribution in #2336
• @JSGInray made their first contribution in #2426

Full Changelog: 1.4.372.76...1.4.372.106