Distribution status: GitHub archives and NuGet 0.5.7 are published. npm 0.5.7 is not published: registry publication failed with E404, and trusted-publisher inspection requires owner MFA. The workflow correctly withheld the main npm package. No token fallback or weakened publishing gate has been introduced.
Important authentication change
Microsoft Entra connection-string authentication is no longer supported in 0.5.7. The owner authorized removing the Azure/MSAL/native broker integration rather than seeking redistribution clearance or downgrading SqlClient security fixes. Use SQL password authentication, or Windows Integrated Authentication on Windows. SqlClient remains 7.1.1.
Native SNI assets are also explicitly excluded from application/tool publications, and SqlClient's documented managed Windows networking switch is enabled. The existing Windows .NET 10 runtime requirement remains. These removals address the known restrictions; they are not a general legal/licensing audit. Windows/macOS/ARM64 execution remains unverified.
Modernization
.NET SDK 10.0.401, runtime 10.0.12, fixed C# 14.0, Microsoft.Extensions 10.0.12, MCP SDK 2.2.0, and ScriptDom 180.117.0. Resource-ownership, cancellation/pool recovery, large-decimal output, row scratch allocation, and avoidable plan-accounting work are improved. See measured verification and limitations.
Final candidate verification: 452 unit / 479 live-SQL successes, zero failures, four existing skips; all three mandatory Inspector checks; all nine tools and clean EOF shutdown in the actual installed 0.5.7 tool and published Linux candidate; all 15 required protected-PR CI checks. Publication runs through the normal release workflow.