No option for Adding .NET Aspire Support

[dajma00]

Type of issue

Missing information

Description

I am trying to add .NET Aspire support to an existing Blazor server application that was initially started with .NET7 and later upgraded to .NET9. When I go into Add option by right clicking the project in Visual Studio 2022, I don't see the Add .NET Aspire Support option there. Instead I see Add Telemetry option.

We need improvement in the docs to guide what to do when the option to .NET Aspire is not seen.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/get-started/add-aspire-existing-app?tabs=windows

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs-aspire/blob/main/docs/get-started/add-aspire-existing-app.md

Document Version Independent Id

8fd88d3c-cf2c-973d-e88b-83e552cd8fa0

Platform Id

e910e88b-fdb8-ee4b-83d3-e833e605bd03

Article author

@IEvangelist

Related Issues

[IEvangelist]

Hi @dajma00 - thank you for posting this issue. I just tried this locally, and I am seeing the option that you're missing. Let's start by verifying the version of Visual Studio that you're on, could you please share that?

Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio

Then tell me the version...

[dajma00]

I am on Visual Stuido 2022 version 17.13.5. I see the option in recently added AI Extensions template from Steve Sanderson. However, I have an older Blazor project that was started as a .NET7 Blazor server app which is now upgraded to .NET9. I don't see the Aspire option for that project.

[davidfowl]

Aspire supports .NET 8 and 9

[dajma00]

So this app has been upgraded to .NET9, that is what I am trying to figure out:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

	<PropertyGroup>
		<TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
		<Nullable>disable</Nullable>
		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
		<UserSecretsId>aspnet-Clinic-8C7DD3E1-7599-48D2-AD7C-1C39265C5BDB</UserSecretsId>
		<VersionSuffix>$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(yy)).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(MM)).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(dd)).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(hhmm))</VersionSuffix>
		<AssemblyVersion Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' == '' ">0.0.0.1</AssemblyVersion>
		<AssemblyVersion Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' != '' ">$(VersionSuffix)</AssemblyVersion>
		<Version Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' == '' ">0.0.1.0</Version>
		<Version Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' != '' ">$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
	
	</PropertyGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
		<Compile Remove="Models\Base\**" />
		<Compile Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-2\**" />
		<Compile Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-3\**" />
		<Compile Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-4\**" />
		<Compile Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-6\**" />
		<Compile Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-7\**" />
		<Compile Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-8\**" />
		<Content Remove="Models\Base\**" />
		<Content Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-2\**" />
		<Content Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-3\**" />
		<Content Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-4\**" />
		<Content Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-6\**" />
		<Content Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-7\**" />
		<Content Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-8\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="Models\Base\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-2\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-3\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-4\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-6\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-7\**" />
		<EmbeddedResource Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-8\**" />
		<None Remove="Models\Base\**" />
		<None Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-2\**" />
		<None Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-3\**" />
		<None Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-4\**" />
		<None Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-6\**" />
		<None Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-7\**" />
		<None Remove="wwwroot\Files\Patient-8\**" />
	</ItemGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
		<Compile Remove="Models\PhysicalFileProvider.cs" />
	</ItemGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
	  <Content Remove="Pages\TreatmentPlan_I_old.razor" />
	</ItemGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
	  <Content Include="logo.png">
	    <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
	    <CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
	  </Content>
	</ItemGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
		<PackageReference Include="BlazorSchool.Components.Web" Version="7.2.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="bunit" Version="1.31.3" />
		<PackageReference Include="DeviceId" Version="6.7.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="DeviceId.Linux" Version="6.4.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="DeviceId.Windows" Version="6.6.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Google" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="9.0.3" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Twitter" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UI" Version="9.0.0-rc.2.24474.3" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.0">
			<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
			<IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
		</PackageReference>
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.3.0-preview.1.25161.3" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.3.0-preview.1.25161.3" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.Abstractions" Version="9.0.0-preview.1.25078.1" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core" Version="1.37.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Core" Version="9.0.0-rc.2.24508.2" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="9.0.0-rc.2.24508.2" />
		<PackageReference Include="MudBlazor" Version="8.3.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="NewRelic.LogEnrichers.Serilog" Version="1.2.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
		<PackageReference Include="OllamaSharp" Version="5.1.9" />
		<PackageReference Include="OpenAI" Version="2.2.0-beta.1" />
		<PackageReference Include="PdfPig" Version="0.1.11-alpha-20250331-4fbcc" />
		<PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Postmark" Version="5.1.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Standard.Licensing" Version="1.2.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Stubble.Core" Version="1.10.8" />
		<PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen" Version="8.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Calendars" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Core" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.DropDowns" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.FileManager" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Grid" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.ImageEditor" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Inputs" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Schedule" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.EJ2.AspNet.Core" Version="28.1.35" />
		<PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.0.1" />
		<!--<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Linux" Version="28.2.5" />-->



		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Windows" Version="28.2.5" />



		<PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />



		<PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Tensors" Version="10.0.0-preview.2.25163.2" />

		<PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.0" />


	</ItemGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
		<Folder Include="wwwroot\Files\Patient-9\" />
	</ItemGroup>


	<!-- Conditional Package Reference for Windows -->
	<!--<ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Windows" Version="28.2.5" />
	</ItemGroup>

	--><!-- Conditional Package Reference for Linux --><!--
	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
		<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Linux" Version="28.2.5" />
	</ItemGroup>-->

	

</Project>

and this is what I see:

[IEvangelist]

Yeah, I would expect that to work too, @dajma00. I think this is a product issue, not a docs issue. Do you agree @davidfowl?

[MatthewSteeples]

I'm experiencing the same issue here on 2 different computers.

VS Enterprise 2022 17.4.0

It's definitely something specific to our project because if I open up the eShop template then I do see those options.

Comparing the menus, I'm also missing the option to create add Docker Support and Container Orchestrator Support.

In our case it's because our Web project references Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />

Is there any way for those to be made visible? This is a deployable web project that (in DEBUG mode only) references the Test SDK.

[maddymontaquila]

@timheuer this seems like a VS issue to me. wheres the best place to transfer? cc @JakeRadMSFT