Aspire Update is VERY Slow

[aarondglover]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Describe the bug

This is taking an AGE to update my solution from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4 using the 'aspire update' command.

The "Executing: Update package" tasks are taking all the time.

PS C:\repos\ExampleSolution\ExampleSolution.AppHost> aspire update

📁 ExampleSolution.AppHost.csproj:
📦 Aspire.AppHost.Sdk 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Azure.Npgsql 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Azure.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Azure.AppConfiguration 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVault 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Azure.PostgreSQL 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Hosting.Seq 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.ApiService.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.StackExchange.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.Data.Postgres.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Npgsql 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Azure.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.WorkerA.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Seq 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.StackExchange.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.WorkerB.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Seq 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.StackExchange.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.ServiceA.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.Web.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.StackExchange.Redis.OutputCaching 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.ModuleA.Services.csproj:
📦 Aspire.StackExchange.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.ModuleA.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
📦 Aspire.StackExchange.Redis 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.ServiceDefaults.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Seq 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.ModuleA.AzureBlob.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

📁 ExampleSolution.Web.Client.csproj:
📦 Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

Perform updates? [Y/n]: Y

Executing: Update package Aspire.AppHost.Sdk from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Npgsql from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.AppConfiguration from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVault from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.PostgreSQL from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Redis from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Redis from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Hosting.Seq from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.StackExchange.Redis from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Npgsql from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Seq from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.StackExchange.Redis from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Security.KeyVault from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Azure.Storage.Blobs from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.Seq from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4
Executing: Update package Aspire.StackExchange.Redis from 13.3.2 to 13.3.4

⠲ Applying updates...

Expected Behavior

It should be as fast as doing normal nuget package updates

Steps To Reproduce

aspire update

Exceptions (if any)

No response

Aspire doctor output

Aspire Environment Check

.NET SDK
✅ .NET 10.0.300 installed (x64)

Container Runtime
✅ Docker v29.4.3: running (auto-detected (default)) ← active

Environment
✅ HTTPS development certificate is trusted

Summary: 3 passed, 0 warnings, 0 failed

Anything else?

No response

[MihuBot]

I'm a bot. Here is a possible related and/or duplicate issue (I may be wrong):

• aspire update is slow due to using dotnet package search - using the nuget API directly would be faster #12054

[joperezr]

🤖 Aspire triage pass — 2026-05-20 05:40 UTC

Area: area-cli (also touches area-integrations, already applied)
Kind: bug (performance)
Repro: partial — see body for full package list and observed "Applying updates..." stall after the "Executing: Update package …" lines
Affected version(s): updating from 13.3.2 → 13.3.4 (latest: 13.3.4)
Severity: S3 — aspire update is slow but completes; workaround is to update packages via dotnet add package / NuGet directly

Urgency: 🟡 vNext — recommend milestone 13.4
Reason: perf complaint in the CLI update command, no data loss / no crash, workaround exists. Not a regression vs. 13.2 (the aspire update command is recent). Worth investigating in the next minor.

Suggested owner(s): @JamesNK (primary), backup @mitchdenny
Evidence:

• @JamesNK is the dominant area-cli contributor in the last 90 days (~40+ merged PRs), including Add --yes validation to UpdateCommand and share validation logic #16829 "Add --yes validation to UpdateCommand and share validation logic" which directly touches the UpdateCommand cited by this issue
• @JamesNK also recently merged Refactor CLI commands to return CommandResult and centralize cancellation handling #17005 (CLI command refactor), Improve version log messages in CLI, AppHost and dashboard #17163, Fix CLI cancellation disposal race on shutdown #17179, Improve ConsoleCancellationManager with process termination timeout #17251 in area-cli
• @mitchdenny merged Fix config discovery to search from apphost directory and add aspire.config.json to .NET templates #15423 in area-cli (config discovery / aspire.config.json), reasonable backup for CLI infra questions

Confidence: medium
Needs human?: no — but please confirm milestone choice; if the slowness is a recent regression vs. 13.3.2, this could be servicing (13.3.x). Reporter implies behavior is observed when going 13.3.2 → 13.3.4 so a regression in the patch stream is plausible.

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