Update dependency Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing to 10.8.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing (source)	10.7.0 → 10.8.0

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Release Notes

dotnet/extensions (Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing)

v10.8.0

This release adds new experimental APIs to Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions and updates the OpenAI dependency to 2.12.0, alongside documentation, test, and repository maintenance.

Experimental API Changes

New Experimental APIs

• New experimental API: AIFunctionNameAttribute and AIParameterNameAttribute #​7610 by @​jozkee (co-authored by @​jeffhandley @​Copilot)
• New experimental API: ToolApprovalRequestContent.RequiresConfirmation (MEAI001) #​7549 by @​javiercn (co-authored by @​Copilot)

What's Changed

AI

• Upgrade OpenAI dependency to 2.12.0 #​7608 by @​jozkee (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Auto-detect audio format in OpenAISpeechToTextClient #​7575 by @​jozkee (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Fix ImageGeneratingChatClient duplicating preceding content and dropping following content #​7624 by @​jozkee (co-authored by @​Copilot)

Vector Data

• Make all test methods virtual in VectorData.ConformanceTests #​7606 by @​adamsitnik (co-authored by @​Copilot)

Documentation Updates

• Remove links to ai-samples repo #​7574 by @​gewarren
• Fix up docs with Copilot (MEVD) #​7597 by @​gewarren
• Fix up docs with Copilot (M.E.ServiceDiscovery) #​7598 by @​gewarren (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Fix up docs with Copilot (MEAI) #​7600 by @​gewarren
• Fix up docs with Copilot #​7601 by @​gewarren

Test Improvements

• Fix flaky StampedeTests and harden related test waits #​7572 by @​jeffhandley (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Fix SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3 vulnerability by replacing SemanticKernel connectors with CommunityToolkit #​7579 by @​adamsitnik (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Removing SemanticKernel Connectors dependency and replacing it #​7584 by @​adamsitnik (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Migrate to xUnit v3 #​7607 by @​adamsitnik (co-authored by @​shyamnamboodiripad @​Copilot)

Repository Infrastructure Updates

• Update OTel GenAI conventions skill for standalone semconv-genai repo #​7519 by @​jeffhandley (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Bump dotnet-coverage from 18.7.0 to 18.8.0 #​7552
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade #​7559
• Fix transitive MessagePack vulnerability in AI template AppHost projects #​7561 by @​adamsitnik (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Bump esbuild, @​vitejs/plugin-react and vite in /src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/TypeScript #​7564
• Bump tmp from 0.2.6 to 0.2.7 in /src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/TypeScript #​7569
• Bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 in /src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Reporting/TypeScript #​7570
• Bump PowerShell from 7.6.2 to 7.6.3 #​7576
• Remove duplicate 'WebAPI' classification from template #​7577 by @​danroth27
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/arcade #​7590
• Eliminate redundant Correctness CI stage by merging into Build #​7594 by @​adamsitnik (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Update Agent Framework to 1.13.0 #​7613 by @​jeffhandley (co-authored by @​Copilot)
• Bump dotnet-coverage from 18.8.0 to 18.9.0 #​7615

Acknowledgements

• @​wtgodbe @​tarekgh @​eiriktsarpalis @​peterwald @​PranavSenthilnathan @​stephentoub @​evgenyfedorov2 @​roji @​DeagleGross reviewed pull requests

Full Changelog: dotnet/extensions@v10.7.0...v10.8.0

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