[Bug]: [Bug Bash] The version of a deprecated package “Microsoft.NetCore.App” is empty and the “Update” button is available in Browse tab

[v-luzh]

NuGet Product Used

Visual Studio Package Management UI

Product Version

Dev\6.4.0.51

Worked before?

No response

Impact

It bothers me. A fix would be nice

Repro Steps & Context

Details about Problem

VS Version: Main\32825.32
NuGet Version: Dev\6.4.0.51
OS Version: Windows-11-Enterprise-21H2 ENU

Detailed repro steps

1. Create a “C# Web Driver Test for Edge (.NET Core)” project in VS.
2. Right-Click the project in the Solution Explorer window and select ‘Manage NuGet Packages…’.
3. Click the “Browse” tab and search package “Microsoft.NetCore.App” in the filter.
4. Click the searched package in the list and observe the right panel.

Expected

The version of a deprecated package “Microsoft.NetCore.App” should not be empty. The “Update” button should not be available if the empty version is expected.

Actual

The version of a deprecated package “Microsoft.NetCore.App” is empty and the “Update” button is available as below screenshot.

Note:

It doesn’t repro on NuGet Client 5.11.2.2.

Verbose Logs

No response

[donnie-msft]

@martinrrm could you take a look today to help understand the prioritization? What happens when clicking Update, for example?

[martinrrm]

If you click update nothing happens, I can reproduce this bug. The problem is that Microsoft.NetCore.App doesnt have a OriginalString property and the combobox breaks. I created the application, and some packages are as package reference to the .csproj, but not this one and its being displayed as a top-level dependency.

[nkolev92]

Is this a regression?

[martinrrm]

I think it is, it should be like this since the combobox version was merged

[nkolev92]

Regression during this version (6.4), or from a previous version (6.3)?

We might want to get the fix in 6.4 regardless.

[martinrrm]

This should be present in 6.3 too

[nkolev92]

Ok, so it was a bug in 6.3. Given the lack of reports, then maybe we don't need it patched.

[nkolev92]

Given that this affects Maui projects, we want to take this in 6.4