Document breaking change: DefaultAzureCredential defaults to ManagedIdentityCredential on ACA and App Service #5303
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This PR documents a breaking change in Aspire 13.0 where
DefaultAzureCredential
behavior changes when deploying to Azure Container Apps and Azure App Service.Background
With dotnet/aspire#11832, Aspire now automatically sets the
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS
environment variable when deploying to Azure Container Apps and Azure App Service. This forcesDefaultAzureCredential
to only useManagedIdentityCredential
instead of trying the full chain of credential providers (EnvironmentCredential
,WorkloadIdentityCredential
, thenManagedIdentityCredential
).Changes Made
This PR adds comprehensive documentation for this breaking change:
docs/compatibility/13.0/
folder structure - New directory for Aspire 13.0 breaking changesdefaultazurecredential-managedidentity-default.md
with:EnvironmentCredential
orWorkloadIdentityCredential
instead ofDefaultAzureCredential
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS
environment variable viaPublishAsAzureContainerApp
orPublishAsAzureAppService
callbacksAddAzureContainerAppEnvironment
,AddAzureAppServiceEnvironment
)docs/compatibility/13.0/index.md
for the 13.0 breaking changesdocs/compatibility/toc.yml
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frontmatter as requiredFixes #5154
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