Updates for March 2026 .NET Releases

README.monitor-base.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The following Dockerfiles demonstrate how you can use this base image to build a
 
 Tags | Dockerfile | OS Version
 ---- | ---------- | ----------
-10.0.0-amd64, 10.0-amd64, 10.0.0, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
+10.0.1-amd64, 10.0-amd64, 10.0.1, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 9.0.5-amd64, 9.0-amd64, 9.0.5, 9.0, 9 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/9.0/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 8.1.3-ubuntu-chiseled-amd64, 8.1-ubuntu-chiseled-amd64, 8-ubuntu-chiseled-amd64, 8.1.3-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1-ubuntu-chiseled, 8-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1.3, 8.1, 8 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/8.1/ubuntu-chiseled/amd64/Dockerfile) | Ubuntu 22.04
 8.1.3-azurelinux-distroless-amd64, 8.1-azurelinux-distroless-amd64, 8-azurelinux-distroless-amd64, 8.1.3-azurelinux-distroless, 8.1-azurelinux-distroless, 8-azurelinux-distroless | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/8.1/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Tags | Dockerfile | OS Version
 
 Tags | Dockerfile | OS Version
 ---- | ---------- | ----------
-10.0.0-arm64v8, 10.0-arm64v8, 10.0.0, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
+10.0.1-arm64v8, 10.0-arm64v8, 10.0.1, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 9.0.5-arm64v8, 9.0-arm64v8, 9.0.5, 9.0, 9 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/9.0/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 8.1.3-ubuntu-chiseled-arm64v8, 8.1-ubuntu-chiseled-arm64v8, 8-ubuntu-chiseled-arm64v8, 8.1.3-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1-ubuntu-chiseled, 8-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1.3, 8.1, 8 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/8.1/ubuntu-chiseled/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Ubuntu 22.04
 8.1.3-azurelinux-distroless-arm64v8, 8.1-azurelinux-distroless-arm64v8, 8-azurelinux-distroless-arm64v8, 8.1.3-azurelinux-distroless, 8.1-azurelinux-distroless, 8-azurelinux-distroless | [Dockerfile](src/monitor-base/8.1/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0

README.monitor.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ See [documentation](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2158052) for how to
 
 Tags | Dockerfile | OS Version
 ---- | ---------- | ----------
-10.0.0, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
+10.0.1, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 9.0.5, 9.0, 9 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/9.0/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 8.1.3-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1-ubuntu-chiseled, 8-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1.3, 8.1, 8 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/8.1/ubuntu-chiseled/amd64/Dockerfile) | Ubuntu 22.04
 8.1.3-azurelinux-distroless, 8.1-azurelinux-distroless, 8-azurelinux-distroless | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/8.1/azurelinux-distroless/amd64/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Tags | Dockerfile | OS Version
 
 Tags | Dockerfile | OS Version
 ---- | ---------- | ----------
-10.0.0, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
+10.0.1, 10.0, 10, latest | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/10.0/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 9.0.5, 9.0, 9 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/9.0/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0
 8.1.3-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1-ubuntu-chiseled, 8-ubuntu-chiseled, 8.1.3, 8.1, 8 | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/8.1/ubuntu-chiseled/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Ubuntu 22.04
 8.1.3-azurelinux-distroless, 8.1-azurelinux-distroless, 8-azurelinux-distroless | [Dockerfile](src/monitor/8.1/azurelinux-distroless/arm64v8/Dockerfile) | Azure Linux 3.0

documentation/sample-image-size-report.md

@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ for more details on all of the supported options for publishing .NET apps.
 [`runtime-deps:10.0`]:                      https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/noble
 [`runtime-deps:10.0-noble-chiseled`]:       https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/noble-chiseled
 [`runtime-deps:10.0-noble-chiseled-extra`]: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/noble-chiseled-extra
-[`aspnet:10.0-alpine`]:                     https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/aspnet/10.0/alpine3.22
-[`runtime-deps:10.0-alpine`]:               https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/alpine3.22
-[`runtime-deps:10.0-alpine-extra`]:         https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/alpine3.22-extra
+[`aspnet:10.0-alpine`]:                     https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/aspnet/10.0/alpine3.23
+[`runtime-deps:10.0-alpine`]:               https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/alpine3.23
+[`runtime-deps:10.0-alpine-extra`]:         https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/runtime-deps/10.0/alpine3.23-extra

documentation/vulnerability-reporting.md

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Switching to a [supported base image tag](supported-tags.md) requires knowing th
 * If you're using an out-of-support .NET version, you must upgrade your project and Dockerfiles to target a supported version.
   The [.NET Support Policy](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/support/policy) page contains the latest information on supported .NET versions.
 * If you're using a patch version tag which which has been replaced by a newer patch version, you must switch to the latest patch version.
-* If you're using a version-specific Alpine Linux tag for a version of Alpine that is no longer being maintained via .NET container images, you must move to the latest version. For example, `10.0-alpine3.21` => `10.0-alpine3.22`
+* If you're using a version-specific Alpine Linux tag for a version of Alpine that is no longer being maintained via .NET container images, you must move to the latest version. For example, `10.0-alpine3.22` => `10.0-alpine3.23`
 * If you're using a tag for a specific Windows version that is no longer supported, you must move to a supported version of Windows.
 
 See our [supported tag policy](supported-tags.md) for more information.

eng/dockerfile-templates/Dockerfile.download-dotnet

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
       Public stable builds still use build versions for paths but stable versions for filenames.
       Public unstable builds use build versions for both paths and filenames. ^
     set isStableVersion to find(buildVersion, "alpha") < 0 && find(buildVersion, "preview") < 0 && find(buildVersion, "rc.") < 0 ^
-    set fileVersion to when(isStableVersion, productVersion, buildVersion) ^
+    set useFinalVersion to VARIABLES[cat(baseUrlType, "|", dotnetVersion, "|use-final-version")] = "true" ^
+    set fileVersion to when(isStableVersion, productVersion, when(useFinalVersion, cat(productVersion, ".final"), buildVersion)) ^
 
     set archiveExtension to when(isWindows, ".zip", ".tar.gz") ^
 
@@ -155,6 +156,16 @@
             "dotnet_build_version")),
         buildVersion
     )^_
+}}}}{{if (useFinalVersion && !isStableVersion):{{lineEnd}}
+{{continue}}{{
+    assign(
+        when(product = "aspnet" || product = "aspnet-composite",
+            "aspnetcore_file_version",
+        when(product = "sdk",
+            "dotnet_sdk_file_version",
+            "dotnet_file_version")),
+        fileVersion
+    )^_
 }}}}{{if runtimeVersion:{{lineEnd}}
 {{continue}}{{
     assign("dotnet_version", runtimeVersion)

eng/dockerfile-templates/aspnet/Dockerfile.envs

@@ -9,13 +9,20 @@
         && find(buildVersion, "preview") < 0
         && find(buildVersion, "rc.") < 0 ^
 
+    set useFinalVersion to VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|use-final-version")] = "true" ^
+    set productVersion to VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")] ^
+
     set runtimeVersion to when(isStableBranding,
-        VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")],
-        VARIABLES[cat("runtime|", dotnetVersion, "|build-version")]) ^
+        productVersion,
+        when(useFinalVersion,
+            cat(productVersion, ".final"),
+            VARIABLES[cat("runtime|", dotnetVersion, "|build-version")])) ^
 
     set aspnetVersion to when(isStableBranding,
-        VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")],
-        VARIABLES[cat("aspnet|", dotnetVersion, "|build-version")]) ^
+        productVersion,
+        when(useFinalVersion,
+            cat(productVersion, ".final"),
+            VARIABLES[cat("aspnet|", dotnetVersion, "|build-version")])) ^
 
     set isWindows to find(OS_VERSION, "nanoserver") >= 0 || find(OS_VERSION, "windowsservercore") >= 0 ^
     set lineContinuation to when(isWindows, "`", "\") ^

eng/dockerfile-templates/runtime/Dockerfile.envs

@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
         find(buildVersion, "alpha") < 0
         && find(buildVersion, "preview") < 0
         && find(buildVersion, "rc.") < 0 ^
+    set useFinalVersion to VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|use-final-version")] = "true" ^
     set runtimeVersion to when(isStableBranding,
         VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")],
-        buildVersion)
+        when(useFinalVersion,
+            cat(VARIABLES[cat("dotnet|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")], ".final"),
+            buildVersion))
 
 }}# .NET Runtime version
 {{if ARGS["is-standalone"]:ENV }}DOTNET_VERSION={{runtimeVersion}}

eng/dockerfile-templates/sdk/Dockerfile.envs

@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@
         && find(buildVersion, "preview") < 0
         && find(buildVersion, "rc.") < 0 ^
 
+    set useFinalVersion to VARIABLES[cat("sdk|", dotnetVersion, "|use-final-version")] = "true" ^
     set sdkVersion to when(isStableBranding,
         VARIABLES[cat("sdk|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")],
-        VARIABLES[cat("sdk|", dotnetVersion, "|build-version")]) ^
+        when(useFinalVersion,
+            cat(VARIABLES[cat("sdk|", dotnetVersion, "|product-version")], ".final"),
+            VARIABLES[cat("sdk|", dotnetVersion, "|build-version")])) ^
     set isAlpine to find(OS_VERSION, "alpine") >= 0 ^
     set isWindows to find(OS_VERSION, "nanoserver") >= 0 || find(OS_VERSION, "windowsservercore") >= 0 ^
     set lineContinuation to when(isWindows, "`", "\") ^

eng/mcr-tags-metadata-templates/aspnet-tags.yml

@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled-composite)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled-composite-extra)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22-extra)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22-composite)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22-composite-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23-composite)
@@ -34,10 +30,6 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-composite)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-composite-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22-extra)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22-composite)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22-composite-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23-composite)
@@ -53,10 +45,6 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-composite)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-composite-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22-extra)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22-composite)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22-composite-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23-composite)

eng/mcr-tags-metadata-templates/runtime-deps-tags.yml

@@ -10,16 +10,12 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:11.0-preview-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra|.NET 11 Preview
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled-extra)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-noble)
@@ -29,8 +25,6 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-noble)

eng/mcr-tags-metadata-templates/runtime-tags.yml

@@ -12,16 +12,12 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:11.0-preview-windowsservercore-ltsc2025|.NET 11 Preview Tag
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-chiseled-extra)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-noble)
@@ -31,8 +27,6 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0-distroless-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23-extra)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-noble)

eng/mcr-tags-metadata-templates/sdk-tags.yml

@@ -9,19 +9,15 @@ $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:11.0-preview-nanoserver-ltsc2025|.NET 11 Preview Tags)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:11.0-preview-windowsservercore-ltsc2025|.NET 11 Preview Tags)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-noble-aot)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.22-aot)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-alpine3.23-aot)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:10.0-azurelinux3.0-aot)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.22)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-noble)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:9.0-azurelinux3.0)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-bookworm-slim)
-$(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.22)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-alpine3.23)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-noble)
 $(McrTagsYmlTagGroup:8.0-jammy)

eng/pipelines/pipelines/update-dependencies-internal.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 parameters:
-# Stage container name (e.g., "stage-1234567") to fetch updates from. This can be
-# from the real staging pipeline or the staging test pipeline, but the
-# stagingStorageAccount parameter must match which pipeline is used here.
-- name: stageContainer
+# Comma-delimited list of stage container names (e.g., "stage-1234567,stage-2345678")
+# to fetch updates from. This can be from the real staging pipeline or the staging
+# test pipeline, but the stagingStorageAccount parameter must match which pipeline
+# is used here.
+- name: stageContainers
   type: string
   default: ""
 # Staging storage account for .NET release artifacts
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ extends:
         parameters:
           dependencyName: dotnet
           updateSteps:
+          - ${{ if eq(parameters.stageContainers, '') }}:
+            - "stageContainers parameter must not be empty.": error
           - task: AzureCLI@2
             displayName: Update .NET
             continueOnError: False
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ extends:
               inlineScript: >-
                 dotnet run --project eng/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.csproj --
                 from-staging-pipeline
-                ${{ parameters.stageContainer }}
+                "${{ parameters.stageContainers }}"
                 --mode Remote
                 --azdo-organization "$(System.CollectionUri)"
                 --azdo-project "$(System.TeamProject)"

eng/pipelines/update-dependencies-internal-official.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 trigger: none
 pr: none
 
+parameters:
+# Comma-delimited list of stage container names (e.g., "stage-1234567,stage-2345678")
+# Each stage container will be processed in sequence.
+- name: stageContainers
+  type: string
+  default: ""
+  displayName: Comma-delimited list of stage containers to process
+
 variables:
 - template: /eng/docker-tools/templates/variables/dotnet/common.yml@self
 # This pipeline expects there to be a variable named "targetBranch" defined
@@ -9,19 +17,10 @@ variables:
 # It is not a parameter since it needs to be permanent but also changed to the
 # next release branch every month without modifying the pipeline YAML.
 
-resources:
-  pipelines:
-  # All release pipelines are located at: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_build?definitionScope=%5Cdotnet%5Crelease
-  # Stage-DotNet-Prepare-Artifacts: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_build?definitionId=1300
-  # Stage-DotNet-Prepare-Artifacts-Test: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_build?definitionId=1286
-  - pipeline: "dotnet-staging-pipeline"
-    source: "Stage-DotNet-Prepare-Artifacts"
-    trigger: true
-
 extends:
   template: /eng/pipelines/pipelines/update-dependencies-internal.yml@self
   parameters:
-    stageContainer: "stage-$(resources.pipeline.dotnet-staging-pipeline.runID)"
+    stageContainers: "${{ parameters.stageContainers }}"
     stagingStorageAccount: "dotnetstage"
     targetBranch: "$(targetBranch)"
     gitServiceConnectionName: "$(updateDepsInt.serviceConnectionName)"

eng/pipelines/update-dependencies-internal-unofficial.yml

@@ -6,25 +6,20 @@ parameters:
   type: string
   default: "nightly"
   displayName: Target branch for dependency update pull request.
+# Comma-delimited list of stage container names (e.g., "stage-1234567,stage-2345678")
+# Each stage container will be processed in sequence.
+- name: stageContainers
+  type: string
+  default: ""
+  displayName: Comma-delimited list of stage containers to process
 
 variables:
 - template: /eng/docker-tools/templates/variables/dotnet/common.yml@self
 
-resources:
-  pipelines:
-  # All release pipelines are located at: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_build?definitionScope=%5Cdotnet%5Crelease
-  # Stage-DotNet-Prepare-Artifacts: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_build?definitionId=1300
-  # Stage-DotNet-Prepare-Artifacts-Test: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_build?definitionId=1286
-  - pipeline: "dotnet-staging-pipeline"
-    # Although this pipeline is "unofficial", it uses the production staging pipeline as a resource
-    # since we don't actually need to download any .NET artifacts from it in order to update this
-    # repo, so there's no risk in using the real versions.
-    source: "Stage-DotNet-Prepare-Artifacts"
-
 extends:
   template: /eng/pipelines/pipelines/update-dependencies-internal.yml@self
   parameters:
-    stageContainer: "stage-$(resources.pipeline.dotnet-staging-pipeline.runID)"
+    stageContainers: "${{ parameters.stageContainers }}"
     stagingStorageAccount: "dotnetstage"
     targetBranch: "${{ parameters.targetBranch }}"
     gitServiceConnectionName: "$(updateDepsInt-test.serviceConnectionName)"