ijwhost.dll regression: version downgraded from 6.0.3624 (140.x) to 6.0.3324 (144.x, 145.x)

[Girivasan]

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• I have searched both open/closed issues, no issue already exists.

CefSharp Version

144

Operating System

Windows 11

Architecture

x64

.Net Version

.Net 6

Implementation

OffScreen

Reproduction Steps

Summary
ijwhost.dll bundled in CefSharp.Common.NETCore was downgraded to an older version starting from 144.0.120, compared to 140.1.140.

Steps to Reproduce
Install CefSharp.Common.NETCore 140.1.140 and 144.0.120

Compare ijwhost.dll file versions under runtimes\win-x86\lib\net6.0\ in the NuGet cache

Observe the version downgrade

Expected behavior

ijwhost.dll should be updated to the latest available version with each CefSharp release, or at minimum should not regress to an older version.

Actual behavior

Version details
CefSharp Version - ijwhost.dll Version

• 140.1.140 - 6.0.3624.51421
• 144.0.120 - 6.0.3324.36610
• 145.0.260 - 6.0.3324.36610

Impact
Applications using CefSharp.Common.NETCore >= 144.0.120 will have an older ijwhost.dll copied to their build output, overriding any newer version provided by the .NET runtime packs on the build machine.

Regression?

No response

Known Workarounds

No response

Does this problem also occur in the CEF Sample Application

Not Tested

Other information

No response

[amaitland]

or at minimum should not regress to an older version.

We rely on public build infastructure, appveyor build all of the CefSharp releases. I have no direct control over the specific build configurations. Their official documentation says they currently only have the .NET 6 SDK 6.0.425 installed. They made some breaking changes and I had to pin the SDK to a specific version.

https://www.appveyor.com/docs/windows-images-software/#net-framework

64f9a7e

You can reach out to appveyor and see if they can upgrade to the latest SDK. No idea why it changed, maybe their rollback for some reason.

If you can get appveyor to upgrade to the latest SDK then you are welcome to submit a PR changing the pinned version.