Add breaking change documentation for CoseSigner.Key property nullability #47740
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This PR adds documentation for a breaking change in .NET 10 Preview 7 where the
CoseSigner.Key
property may now returnnull
.Changes
The
System.Security.Cryptography.Cose.CoseSigner.Key
property has changed from typeAsymmetricAlgorithm
toAsymmetricAlgorithm?
to support Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms like ML-DSA that don't derive fromAsymmetricAlgorithm
.Previous behavior:
New behavior:
Documentation updates
docs/core/compatibility/cryptography/10.0/cosesigner-key-null.md
- Complete breaking change documentation following the standard templatedocs/core/compatibility/10.0.md
- Added entry to the Cryptography section tabledocs/core/compatibility/toc.yml
- Added navigation entry under Cryptography > .NET 10The documentation explains the reason for the change (support for PQC algorithms), provides clear examples of both old and new behavior, and includes recommended actions for handling null values.
Fixes #46999.
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