Hot Reload in Rider 2023.2 for .NET 6 Applications: Achieving Zero‑Downtime Migration
Goal Migrate a small ASP.NET Core minimal API from .NET 6 to .NET 7 while preserving Rider’s Edit and Continue (hot reload) capability so that code changes can be applied without restarting the service. Constraints and Uncertainty Rider 2023.2 documents hot reload support for .NET 6 projects that use the Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web SDK and have launchSettings.json